States fail to track abuses in foster care facilities housing thousands of children, US says

WASHINGTON — Many states are failing to track how frequently children in foster care facilities are…

West Virginia’s first ombudsman for state’s heavily burdened foster care system resigns

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The first ombudsman of West Virginia’s heavily burdened foster care system has resigned.…

For decades, states have taken foster children’s federal benefits. That’s starting to change

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — By the time Jesse Fernandez turned 18, the federal government had paid…