Foster Care

New state funding may help some of the region’s most vulnerable: children in foster care who live in social services offices because of a lack of foster family placements.The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced the DSS Emergency Placement Fund to provide county departments of social services with resources to help children in their custody. Check out the breakdown of funding in WNC.

State lawmakers want to make it easier for parents to regain custody of their kids from foster care.

Once kids in the foster care system become legal adults, they’re often out on their own to find housing, jobs, and education. But they are also redefining healthy relationships in the aftermath of complicated relationships with parents and family life.

Anita had a terrible 18th birthday (she'll tell you later), but not much changed for her when she legally became an adult. For tens of thousands of young folks in the U.S. each year who turn 18 while in foster care, "legal adulthood" brings a slew of new challenges. Two women who aged out of foster care tell Anita about their experiences and how they informed the relationships they're building today. Plus, she meets someone who's seen the foster care system from both sides — as a kid, and as a foster parent.

House Bill 144 is part of the larger Medicaid transformation that has been taking place, technically independent from a proposal to expand Medicaid.

Since August, 23 kids have called a three-bedroom, three-bathroom house in Greensboro home. It's spacious, quiet and full of toys, books and has a fully…

Kimberleigh Thomas knows from experience how hard it is to move forward after aging out of foster care.“I didn't know what I wanted to do at 18,” Thomas…

In February, Congress enacted legislation geared at keeping children out of foster care and in a stable home with their family. The Family First…

In February, Congress enacted legislation geared at keeping children out of foster care and in a stable home with their family. The Family First…

A non-profit advocacy group says children whose parents have a history of substance abuse are entering foster care at a higher rate. The report from N.C.…