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Tribes seek foster care for kids in need, but strained resources lead some to group homes

In the weeks after the brutal slaying of Emily Pike, the 14-year-old San Carlos Apache girl who went missing from a group home in Mesa, some child welfare experts say the system meant to protect ...
South Carolina Public Radio

Graduation rates among kids in foster care in SC are half the state's rate overall

About 90% of South Carolina's eligible high schoolers graduated last year. But the rate of graduation among kids in foster care is below 50%.
USA Today

When foster care kids are sex trafficked, some states fail to figure it out

For help, call 1-888-373-7888 or text *233733 for the 24/7 National Human Trafficking Hotline, a national, toll-free hotline. When she was a 10-year-old foster child, T Ortiz often rode a public bus ...

Kids First Health Care helps all children at its clinics, regardless of insurance status

We’re a place where people know they can receive care,” said Dr. Amanda Jichlinski, the organization’s sole physician. “There ...
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Over 140,000 kids have lost a caretaker to COVID-19, majority children of color: CDC study

Over 140,000 children have experienced the loss of a parent or caretaker since the COVID-19 pandemic started, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published ...
USA Today

Role reversal: millions of kids care for adults but many are alone. How to find help.

As soon as 12-year-old Aleisha Thompson wakes up, she gets her mom’s medication ready. Then she gets ready for school. She makes sure her mom eats before walking to the school bus stop. In between ...