Most people in Yolo County don't think of foster care as a local issue. The 2024 Point-in-Time count suggests otherwise. In Woodland alone, every single person identified as a foster youth in that ...

Precious children should not be warehoused in sterile offices and motel rooms. We can all agree they should live with caring adults who love them. May is National Foster Care Month. We have a dire ...

Vancouver police arrested a foster parent May 1 who allegedly sexually assaulted a child. Investigators say Darold A. Slack had been a foster parent to about 55 children in Vancouver between 2013 and ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — A Vancouver foster parent was arrested last week on multiple child sex abuse charges. The Vancouver Police Department began investigating Darold A. Slack on April 27 after receiving ...

Re: “Supervisor confronts officials after third foster care death” (Page A1, April 25). The death of a child under county supervision is a tragedy of the highest order, and it demands accountability, ...

Re: “Supervisor confronts officials after third foster care death” (Page A1, April 25). The infant death linked to Santa Clara County Department of Family and Children’s Services has sparked ...

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, N.C. (WECT) - Boys and Girls Homes of North Carolina puts every person who wants to be a foster parent through what they call “the Journey Class,” teaching them how to best support ...

Want to have a dog for a few weeks? The Norfolk Animal Care Center is asking the community to give dogs short-term homes while the shelter undergoes renovations to add new kennels. Construction on the ...

UPDATE: The young girl seen on video outside in freezing temperatures without a jacket or shoes last week has been removed from the home of her foster parents. Don Smolen, the attorney for the girl’s ...

I am a parent at Staunton Montessori School. I felt compelled to reach out after reading your recent article, as the perspective being presented appears to be an outlier and does not reflect the ...