The proposed legislation seeks to improve outcomes by shifting the focus from time spent to demonstrated competency. This ...

This session, lawmakers are trying to fix one of the biggest gaps in the troubled foster care system: The training requirements for the majority of foster parents, kinship caregivers and adoptive ...

LAKEWOOD, Colo (CBS4) – For teens in foster care making the transition to adulthood can be fraught with peril. Many of these young people will face living completely on their own at the age of 18. The ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — After the coronavirus halted all in-person training for foster care parents, the KY Cabinet for Health and Family Services moved training online. Before they could revamp ...

An unknown child is pictured in front of a sign at a construction site, near Kirkwood Community College in southeast Cedar Rapids, which began work in 1987. (Courtesy of Four Oaks and The History ...

The 2025 audit called the training reduction and elimination of professional qualifications “woefully insufficient” to ...