Homeless families on skid row

Sides Differ on Rescuing Homeless Children Leonard, Jack, Los Angeles Times, April 23, 2007. LOS ANGELES -- Sonny Okereke combs the crime-pl...

No accountability or records regarding kids who die in foster care

Editorial: Every child's life counts San Francisco Chronicle, April 24, 2007, pg. B6. SENATE BILL 39, by state Sen. Carole Migden, D-San...

Many state welfare agencies keep SSI benefits intended for foster children for themselves??

Letter to the Editor: Stark's foster care bill San Francisco, April 24, 2007. Editor -- My friend John Burton correctly points out that...

Housing might keep families together

Jill May's saga: After growing up in a family broken by drugs and homelessness, three young adults who built solid lives honor a woman t...

For most Americans, transition to adulthood is not complete until age 26

Working together to foster success Mickelson, Jim. North County Times, April 24, 2007. It happens every day ---- someone comes into your hom...

Or maybe some foster care alumni choose to skip Mother's Day

Celebrating Mother's Day and National Foster Care Month Lillpop, John. NewsBlaze, April 23, 2007. To most Americans, Mother's Day is...

Cost-benefit ratio of investing in foster children

Foster kids face future of homelessness Steffens, Sara Steffens, San Mateo County Times, April 23, 2007. When a foster youth becomes homeles...

Siblings separated in foster care are reunited at this event

Siblings in foster care get a day together Brothers and sisters ecstatically reunite at event, some after months apart. Slaby, Margaret. Fre...

Ventura County foster care statistics

Foster care statistics Agoura Hills Acorn, April 12, 2007. Did you know . . . +In Ventura County, there are about 85 females between the ag...

Two-year-old girl dies in Sacramento foster care

Probe sought of dead girl's medical care Enkoji, M. S. Sacramento Bee, April 11, 2007, pg. B2. The family of a 2-year-old girl who died ...

New federal law requires concurrent planning

Foster parents step in to help kids who've had a tough beginning Nugent, Mary. Enterprise Record, April 9, 2007. Liz Griffin knows what...

Foster teens learn to cook in Life Skills 101

Foster Teens Learning to Cook it Up with Life Skills 101 Steele, Debra, Fresno, CA: ABC30.com, April 5, 2007. A group of Fresno teenagers in...

Incarcerated mothers visit with their children

Visiting loved ones in prison Garrity, Bridget. Los Angeles Tidings, March 30, 2007. Donna, a petite blond, is sitting on the floor with her...