Foster care alumna advocates for extending foster care until age 21

Opinion by Jim Beall Special to the Mercury News, Dec. 16, 2008. No caring parent would banish their son or daughter from their home and cut...

Money Makeover for Kinship Care Provider

Second set of children presents second set of challenges: North Hills woman will have difficulty retiring with modest savings and four adopt...

Let's keep moving forward with California Blue Ribbon Commission on Children in Foster Care

Summit aims to improve foster care outcomes Ukiah Daily Journal, Dec. 10, 2008. Ukiah,CA - A team comprised of Mendocino County people and ...

California level of foster parent compensation violates federal law

Judge: Calif. Foster Care Reimbursement Violates Federal Law KCBS, Dec. 9, 2008. A federal judge in San Francisco ruled Tuesday that the way...

Christmas gifts for San Fernando Valley foster care children

Givers remember foster children Doyle, Sue. Los Angeles Daily News, Dec. 7, 2008. SHERMAN OAKS - Despite a down economy, the spirit of givi...

Concerns over possible false accusations and long-term consequences

Child Abuse Central Index offers no way out, even for the innocent: An accusation is enough to land people on California's list of child...

If you're going to bail out the banks and automakers, you should bail out the children

Expert calls Tracy torture case a "social services plane wreck" Benca, Jeanine. San Jose Mercury News, Dec. 7, 2008. Studies show ...

Jeremiah's Promise

Youth 'aged out' of foster care get a helping hand at Sunnyvale transitional home Kraatz, Cody. Sunnyvale Sun, Dec. 3, 2008. The ins...

Federal help with kinship care costs might help Cali increase foster care until age 21

Foster care system changes are in the works Melandez, Lyanne. abc7news.com, Dec. 10, 2008. SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- California's foster ca...

Troubled by failure to protect children

The shame of California's foster care system Neslon, Jennifer. Sacramento Bee, Dec. 14, 2008. The recent story about the boy who was hel...