Senate Republicans kill foster care bill Lin, Judy. Sacramento Bee Capitol Bureau, June 29, 2007. Senate Republicans turned up the heat on...

Graduating foster children in need of extended services Harlan, Sparky. San Jose Mercury News, June 28, 2007. For years, advocates for youth...

State sees model in Indian-county alliance on foster care DeArmond, Michelle. Press-Enterprise, June 22, 2007. State and local officials sai...

Green cards go unclaimed by many youths in foster care Certain abused or abandoned dependents of the state are eligible for legal residency ...

For local foster care teens, graduation blends hope and fear Tintocalis, Ana. KBPS News, June 21, 2007. Photo: Ortisha Jones is one of 24 S...

California Blue Ribbon Commission on Foster Care San Diego Union Tribune, June 20, 2007 RIVERSIDE – A state commission appointed to identify...

4,000 young people age out of the California foster care system each year

Program takes a personal approach with foster kids Rooney, Julie. Enterprise, June 17, 2007. They each started out as somebody's child....

Plea to support foster parents by increasing reimbursement rates

Take care of those giving care Scheer, Dan. Chico News Review, June 14, 2007. Chico resident Dan Scheer is a social worker with a foster-fam...

No funds for boys from LA County living in Canada with a relative

SF: Court nixes foster care payments to children in other countries. CBS: San Francisco, June 7, 2007. The California Supreme Court ruled i...

Foster homes are cheaper than residential placements

Capitol Watchdog: Foster care funding out in cold California's low funding shifts wards into costly institutions designed for troubled k...

Transitional youth need to be linked with available resources

Editorial : A helping hand San Francisco Chronicle, June 3, 2007. IT'S TOUGH enough for foster youths to fend for themselves when they ...

Shipping children out of county leads to group homes shutting down due to empty bed

Report criticizes O.C. foster care Grand jury says practice of sending children to other counties makes it hard to reunify families, wastes ...

80,000 foster children in California

Califoria Political Desk Evans Foster Care Reform Bill Moves to Assembly Floor California Chronicle, June 1, 2007. SACRAMENTO, CA) The Assem...