Post Tagged 'Foster care'

August 10, 2015

A System In Distress: Too Many American Children In State Care

Generally speaking, social services do not remove children from their homes as a first choice. Most have family programs that work with parents to resolve issues with parenting skills, nutrition, education, addiction issues and so on. Continue Reading...

June 11, 2015

Michigan Lawmakers Approve Legislation Allowing Adoption Refusals on Religious Grounds

Every year about 400,000 children spend time in our nation’s foster care system, with roughly 100,000 eligible for adoption. Yet despite this urgent need for parents, note Sarah Torre and Ryan T. Continue Reading...

August 11, 2014

Government Should Not Discriminate Against Religious Foster, Adoption Agencies

Yesterday was a great day for my family. We had recently celebrated the addition of two girls. My niece and her husband adopted them, and yesterday was the girls’ baptism. My mother was there; she and my dad fostered children and adopted two. Continue Reading...

July 23, 2014

Our Foster Care System Is Becoming A ‘Pipeline’ For Human Trafficking

At any given time in the U.S., there are about half a million children in foster care. Many of these children are in crisis situations, and will be in foster care for only a short time, returning home or to live with a family member when the crisis has been resolved. Continue Reading...