CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Relatives acting as foster parents often can provide a permanent home for children. The options for doing that are adoption and legal guardianship. Adoption, however, sometimes ...

For over 5,000 New York City children living in the foster care of relatives, the main barrier to a permanent home may be the foster care system itself. A new report by Fostering Results, a national ...

George White, 17, knows what happens to many California kids like him when they age out of the foster-care system. One of White's eight biological siblings recently turned 18. When the payments ...

Every child deserves to grow up in a loving, stable home that fosters identity, well-being and successful adulthood. At the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, we envision and are ...

Every child deserves to grow up in a loving, stable home that fosters identity, well-being and successful adulthood. At DCFS, we envision and are working hard to realize a future where every child in ...