foster care

Roughly one in 10 former foster youth go on to attain a college degree. A federally funded program is working to increase those odds.

In the wake of federal legislation meant to improve the foster care system, county children’s services agencies are struggling with soaring placement costs.

There are not enough foster families in Ohio to care for all of the kids that need help, especially for kids with complex behavioral and mental health needs. A pilot program spreading across the state could help.

Ohio is the first state in the nation to use this technology.

Democratic lawmakers sponsoring the legislation say it's needed to protect Ohio's foster kids

Ohio’s foster care system is about to make some changes when it comes to dealing with kids who are aging out of the system. Child welfare advocates say…

The advisory council that’s been looking into how to improve Ohio’s overloaded child welfare system has made some preliminary recommendations the state…

In Ohio, as many as 19,000 children are projected to be in the foster care system by this time next year. State leaders are offering a plan that could…

Gov. Mike DeWine has signed an executive order that establishes an advisory council that will come up with suggestions for how to make it work better for…

The Ohio House has unanimously passed a bill to offer some flexibility in state training requirements for people who want to become foster parents. This…