Foster Care

YAKIMA: Appeals court upholds conviction of mom in death of 2-year-old boy

The Washington State Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a homicide-by-abuse conviction for an Ephrata woman convicted of killing her 25-month-old son, a case that led to a review of how the state handles foster children.

Foster Families

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY- Santa Barbara County needs parents to take in children for both Foster care and Adoption. The Family Care Network says more than 400 kids in the County are separated from their families right now. Three...

Want to own a cat?

Oct 16 2008 by Alex Moore, Rhondda Leader CAN YOU help give abandoned kittens like these a loving new home? Rhondda Cats Protection say their foster homes are “over-run” with cats in dire need of a permanent place to settle....

Study Covers Abuses of Swedish Foster Children 50 Years Ago

4 hrs ago

In continuing revelations of one of the ugly shadows of the Swedish welfare state, an ongoing study is appealing to people to come forward - and openly explain what happened to them when placed in foster homes or with foster...

Audit faults computer monitoring of foster kids

The troubled and costly implementation of "Chessie," a statewide computer system to monitor child services, hampered the Department of Human Resources' ability to ensure compliance with state and federal foster care service...

Silt foster family recognized for efforts

Mother says her kids were an integral part of program By John Gardner Glenwood Springs, CO Colorado RIFLE, Colorado — Annie and Glen Delaplane of Silt were recognized by the Garfield County Department of Human Services (DHS)...

Girl, 14, found starving in home; parents charged

A father and stepmother were charged with withholding their 14-year-old daughter's food and water so drastically that she weighed only 48 pounds, authorities said. Jon Pomeroy, 43, and his wife, Rebecca Long, 44, could face as...

Effort helps foster kids succeed

Precious Adail works on a questionnaire about her qualities in a job placement class at Covenant House. Adail recently aged out of foster care and is currently living at Covenant House and enrolled in Job Corps. (Christian...

Baby in foster care after abandoned in woods

Amy L. Edwards and Walter Pacheco | Sentinel Staff Writer William Edward Allen, 23, was arrested Monday. TODAY'S UPDATES: Child under care of DCF 9 a.m. Carrie Hoeppner of the Department of Children and Families said the...

Murdered teenager Hannah Foster 'dialled 999 after she was abducted - but call was disconnected'

A teenager called 999 before she was murdered in a desperate attempt to get help after she was abducted by her alleged killer, a court heard today. A-level student Hannah Foster, 17, dialled the emergency services, hoping that...

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