Massachusetts officials have removed language from foster care licensing rules requiring parents to support and "affirm" the LGBTQIA+ identity of children in their care, after the requirement drew a ...

At any given moment, there are about 400 children in out-of-home placements in St. Louis County. That’s according to Michelle Brown, a child foster care licensor who works in the Virginia office. She ...

The groups sued on behalf of three religious couples.

Iowa is implementing a 2023 federal rule that allows states to make their own kinship-specific licensing requirements, according to foster care workers and advocates. State data from federal fiscal ...