Under an initiative announced in early June by Melania Trump, states can open Trump Accounts on behalf of children in the foster care system. So far, governors in 25 states have agreed to do so, ...

More than 20,000 foster youth age out of the system every year — often with no family, no safety net and no one showing up.

Hundreds of thousands of children in America are living without permanent families in the foster care system. Every year, these children are removed from dangerous homes in the name of safety, ...

The program allows states to invest benefits they receive on behalf of foster children in their care. By Erica L. Green Reporting from Washington The first lady, Melania Trump, announced on Thursday a ...

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and four House lawmakers – including out Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) – just introduced a bill to implement anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ foster youth and ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A foster mom is challenging one of the most common assumptions about ...

The children are being incarcerated due to a lack of available foster homes or other suitable placements. Advocates describe the practice as the criminalization of children in foster care, not just a ...

Over the past several months, conversations about “Trump Accounts” and what some have called the “orphan tax” have circulated widely. These terms have generated plenty of interest, but beneath the ...