Make Christmas wishes come true for youth in foster care

Foster care kids' 'angels' Readers help grant wishes for bikes and more. Hayes, Holly, Mercury News, Dec. 23, 2006. Christmas wi...

Reading this, my Christmas just became merrier

400 Children in Foster Care Receive Holiday Gifts from PMI 'Angels' Press release from the PMI Foundation, Dec. 22, 2006. WALNUT CRE...

Parents kidnap their son from foster care

Bio Parents Run Off From Foster Care With Baby Boy CBS 2 - Los Angeles,CA,USA A 5-month-old boy was taken by his biological parents Monday d...

Letting children die to avoid appearance of racial disparity

Racial split a breach in foster care Simerman, John. Contra Costa Times, Dec. 20, 2006. When it comes to child welfare in Contra Costa Count...

Three young lives cut short

Foster Care Reform These deaths drew news coverage. But we need to know what happened whenever a foster youth dies San Francisco Chronicle, ...

Rising rate of homelessness for mothers, children and emancipated foster youth

New face of homeless women, Kids almost half of county's transients Anderson, Troy. Los Angeles Daily News, Dec. 1, 2006, pb. N1. More t...

Christmas gifts for foster youth

Some angels need holiday cheer too Hayes, Holly. Oakland Tribune, Dec 2, 2006. pg. 1. Some kids ask for bath towels, slippers, pajamas, back...

South Carolina discloses information; California doesn't

Editorial: Foster Care Reform It works in South Carolina Millner, Caille. San Francisco Chronicle, Dec 3, 2006. p. E5 . FOR MORE than 10 yea...

Who will hold DCFS accountable?

County withou entity to probe foster-case issues Anderson, Troy. Los Angeles Daily News, Dec. 14, 2006, pg. N4. Even as the number of foster...

Father makes sacrifices to keep children out of foster care

The Chronicle season of sharing fund: Father's love overcomes tragedy Car accident couldn't deter dad's drive for custody of kid...

County welfare directors stonewall attempts to track deaths in foster care

EDITORIAL On Foster Care Reform Why are these children dying? San Francisco Chronicle, December 3, 2006, pg. E4. THE STATE OF California can...

Foster mother shares her story...

Foster care changes the lives of SCV family Llanos, Connie, LA Daily News, Nov. 25, 2006. SANTA CLARITA - It's difficult to imagine Chr...

Foster youth sue for more mental health support

Better mental health services ordered for foster children A federal judge tells L.A. County it must improve care and move faster on previous...

Concerns about foster parents who are in it for the wrong reasons

Current foster care system fails to put children's needs first Greenberg, Doni. November 17, 2006. Editor's note: Doni Greenberg is ...

Former foster child collects 1000 suitcases for foster children

Youth helps out fellow foster kids Lee, Dan. Press - Enterprise, Oct. 29, 2006, pg B8. MORENO VALLEY For his Eagle Scout project, Timothy B...

What progress has been made on this July initiative?

NGA Partners With States On Foster-Care Effort McNeil, Michele, Education Week; 7/12/2006, Vol. 25 Issue 42, p26-26, 1/9p Six states will wo...

Why no state or federal funds for programs like Inspire?

Our Views: Fostering success The Press - Enterprise. Riverside, Calif.:Sep 11, 2006. p. B06 Turning 18 does not equip teens for self-suff...

Renaissance Scholar program at California State University

New program helps foster youth make transition to college living Michelle Maitre, Oakland Tribune. Oakland, Calif.:Sep 14, 2006. p. 1 Not...

Like Vince, foster youth often find it hard to vocalize what they need

Words they've lived by: For children at the Optimist Home, the glass-half-full message of the organization's Creed has been an inspi...

12,000 California foster youth are housed in group homes

California Alliance of Child and Family Services wins right to trial on behalf of California's most vulnerable children in group homes C...