A new statewide initiative is providing vital support to foster youth and caregivers facing crisis situations. The California Family Urgent Response System, known as Cal-FURS, is a 24/7 hotline and ...

Foster and adoptive parents are hoping to help other families navigate the challenges of caregiving with their new nonprofit, Steadfast Foster and Adoptive Support. Launching in September, the ...

A bill that would require state and local child welfare services to find qualified family members to care for at-risk children has passed both houses of the California Legislature. AB 562, called the ...

Three organizations representing about 78,000 foster children in California have sued the state for failing to compensate foster parents with federal funds owed them for basic costs such as food, ...

Actor Christian Bale is building 12 homes in a $22 million village in Palmdale, California, that aims to keep siblings in the foster-care system together. In August 2025, a heartwarming claim ...

In Sacramento, cultural brokers mediate between child welfare officials and families to prevent Black children from entering ...