“foster children would have to be notified whenever a brother or sister is born or moves to a new home or placement” www.oregonlive.com/politics/202... #oregon

“My love for my mother isn’t a conscious choice, it’s encoded into my DNA. But I don’t particularly miss her. My relationship with her and my life in general have improved as the distance grew between us. “ youthcomm.org/story/she-s-... #fostercare #mother

“Young people would turn 18, and suddenly the supports that carried them through childhood disappeared, even though the need didn’t,” augustagoodnews.com/organization...

“I feel like these ladies here have become my safe space.” www.cbs17.com/news/local-n... #fostercare #agingout #arts

“Department of Children, Youth and Families collects about $700,000 a month in federal benefits from approximately 750 children and youth of all ages.” www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news... #fostercare #washingtonstate

“When you spend your life having no choice,” he told me, “and all your things are moved around like trash — you begin to believe you are trash.” imprintnews.org/opinion/fail... #fostercare

“this law would give judges a framework for when they can pause visitation..He said it would also give more weight to the input of professionals like psychologists, teachers, and foster parents” idahonews.com/news/local/i... #fostercare #childabuse #legal

“Valentine's Day Card drive for children in foster care concluded with more than 6,500 cards and gifts crafted by community volunteers” abc6onyourside.com/news/local/r... #valentinesday

"Bad Bunny is supporting a safe a & healthy summer for children….. the Good Bunny Foundation has launched its educational project "Un Verano Contigo" (A Summer With You), reaffirming its commitment to developing art, music, & sports among youth" www.google.com/url?q=https%... #BadBunny

“At least 32 children of immigrants entered #fostercare over the past year after their parents were detained or deported” vtdigger.org/2026/02/11/i... #immigration

“The message of the ad is rooted in a false premise: that relinquishment rates are low because women don’t know about adoption” angieadoptee.substack.com/p/a-super-bo... #SuperBowl #adoption

“Her clients, she said, are like flowers. “They might [come in] wilted and frail, but they open and grow” www.capegazette.com/article/sara... #fostercare #horses #healing

“actor Christian Bale's $22 million foster care village in California is well underway—and is on track to be completed this year, bringing to fruition the on-screen star's 17-year dream to provide siblings in #fostercare with a safe space to live together” www.realtor.com/news/celebri...

10 Olympians—past and present—who grew up in foster care or adoption: lifesong.org/2026/01/olym... #olympics #fostercare #adoption

“I want them to support me and I just want them” www.wxii12.com/article/chil... #adoption

“Finn didn't have the chance at 7 years old to speed skate or participate in any organized sports. He was living in an orphanage in Latvia before being adopted by his family at 11 years old and moving to a place he had never heard of” www.tmj4.com/news/waukesh...

For NYS youth with lived experience in #fostercare looking for support to go to #college: “Our financial support extends to covering essential expenses such as tuition and fees, books, transportation, on-campus housing, and other expenses necessary to attend college” www.cuny.edu/about/admini...

“There is abundant research showing that children raised in high-stress households are at greater risk for health problems like obesity and diabetes, and premature mortality, later in life.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/h...

“It repeals work exemptions for homeless individuals, veterans and young adults aging out of #fostercare... The new requirements are expected to reduce the average monthly number of SNAP recipients by about 2.4 million people over the next 10 years” ktla.com/news/consume...

“It doesn’t receive federal funding, state or local grants, or money from foundations, Bingler said. It’s simply neighbors helping neighbors” kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

“We have been doing the same thing for over 20 years for young people aging out of #fostercare… We’ve pushed in programmatic supports, expanded public benefits, pathways to educational vouchers—and we haven’t really changed the outcome for young people.” youthcomm.org/story/cash-c...

“Adalai Weeks, who has been dancing since she was seven, is inspired by her father, an attorney, and her uncle, a judge, both of whom work extensively with the #fostercare system. This inspiration led her to launch a nonprofit called Catalyst for Kids” katv.com/news/local/a... #dance

"They were just incredible people and I don't want them to ever, ever be forgotten. I want to carry on their legacy." people.com/maxim-naumov... #olympics

“About 39% of children who exited #fostercare in #Connecticut in fiscal year 2024 were reunified with their parents…about 29% of children who left foster care in fiscal year 2024 were adopted” ctmirror.org/2025/12/02/c...

“We need to nurture and protect these children now so they have the ability to do so for others in the future and for themselves in their adult lives.” imprintnews.org/youth-voice/...

“I do not say this lightly — the first year of the Trump administration, and the years to come, will literally be deadly for Two Spirit foster youth and other systems-impacted youth of marginalized identities.” imprintnews.org/top-stories/...

“You’re going to get your life together. Things can get better” kclinc.org/youre-worth-... #fostercare

“this is not a custody case,” she said. “Our issue has been and continues to be with the action of a state agency effectively expelling U.S. Citizens to another country without any federal oversight” www.masslive.com/news/2026/01... #fostercare #immigration

“Even as a teenager, Shah felt something needed to be done, so using her passion… she created a set of booklets to help children familiarize themselves with the court process. A projected 25,000 have since been distributed nationwide.” www.wabe.org/a-former-geo... #fostercare

“As his children have gotten older, Mutabazi says watching them head toward a painful or life-altering mistake can feel agonizing, especially when there’s no longer a way to step in.” people.com/foster-dad-p... #parenting #fosterdad

“Keeping siblings together when they’re placed in foster care is a national priority, but in cases like mine, it may not be in the best interest of the siblings to be placed together.” imprintnews.org/youth-voice/... #siblings #fostercare

“Guggenheim argued that child welfare is the most important civil rights issue of the day. I couldn’t agree more. We should be more concerned about the fact that black children are three times as likely to die of maltreatment as white children.” www.city-journal.org/article/chil...

“Like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, I have a dream too: a dream of a child welfare system that stands on principles, a dream of a child welfare system that lives up to what it aspires to be — a better parent.” imprintnews.org/youth-voice/... #mlk #childwelfare

“The lawsuit asks the state to extend similar payments to foster youths living independently as it would to foster home providers.” www.adn.com/alaska-news/... #alaska #fostercare

“youth are not being informed of their right to visit [siblings] and be placed together after they’re removed from their homes” imprintnews.org/top-stories/... #fostercare #siblings

“The opposition and support for an out-of-state placement bill she backed last year, House Bill 3835, did not fall along party lines, splintering foster youth advocates, Democrats and Republicans.” www.oregonlive.com/politics/202... #oregon #fostercare

“Foster care programs across the State of Georgia are bracing for impacts of a projected $85 million budget cut to the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services (DFACS).” www.wsav.com/news/local-n... #georgia #childwelfare

“For the past eight years, students at a high school in Virginia have been reviving timeworn vehicles and giving them to single mothers for free.” www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...

“Adams, who oversees federal child welfare policy, told states to quit taking Social Security survivor benefits from children in foster care.” www.npr.org/2026/01/08/n...

"Mattel worked with the nonprofit Autistic Self Advocacy Network to design the doll, which aims to represent the roughly 1 in 31 children who are diagnosed with autism by age 8 in the United States." www.cnn.com/2026/01/12/h... #autismawareness

“Her mission is to help Native foster parents in Arizona who need assistance, and non-Native foster parents seeking to connect the kids in their care to their tribal cultures.” imprintnews.org/top-stories/... #indigenous #fostercare

“The #Georgia Division of Family and Children Services (DFACS) is grappling with a projected budget shortfall of more than $85 million, triggering immediate service cuts and a near-halt on new #fostercare placements by private providers” www.wabe.org/georgia-fost...

“One study found that whether adult children believed they were favored or disfavored was a stronger predictor of their mental health than almost any other factor measured, including marital status, employment and age. Only physical health was more closely correlated” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/w...

“Massachusetts has removed #fostercare licensing language that explicitly required foster parents to affirm a child's sexual orientation and #genderidentity, replacing it with a broader expectation that families support each child's "individual identity and needs." www.baywindows.com/340513

“A 2016 paper looking at the happiness levels of people with and without children in 22 countries found that the extent to which children make you happy is influenced by whether your country has child-care policies such as paid parental leave.” www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...

“there has been a 10% decline in foster homes in England since 2021” www.bbc.com/news/article... #england #fostercare

“parent-child relationships: …they can also be one of the most strained bonds in a parent’s or child’s life” www.theatlantic.com/family/archi... #parent #child #relationships

“children are routinely taken from their parents on the spot, without a court hearing… In some parts of the country, emergency removals account for 70% to 95% of all entries into foster care” imprintnews.org/top-stories/...

“We are coming in on the hardest day in their lives, so I don't want them to feel like they're just another case and client for me. I want them to know that I'm a support for them and I'm willing to help them in any way possible.” www.pbs.org/newshour/bri... #socialwork #childwelfare #fostercare

“the dramatic decline in the foster care population is no temporary trend, and instead reflects deliberate work to help families remain intact” imprintnews.org/foster-care/... #losangeles #fostercare