Blue Cross NC reports over $4M in child welfare investments
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is touting the over $4 million in investments it’s made in child welfare programs.
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Decades after foster care, she learned she was owed benefits. Where did the money go?
After reading an investigation by NPR and the Marshall Project, former foster youth are asking what happened to their benefits — and the government isn't helping.
As NC proposes new mental health plan for youth in welfare system, Forsyth County asks for options
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is proposing a new plan to address complex behavioral health needs for kids who come into the care of child welfare services.
States send kids to foster care and their parents the bill — often one too big to pay
In every state, governments charge parents for the cost of foster care when children are taken away. When that happens, NPR found, poor parents can't make ends meet, so families are kept apart longer.
Los Angeles County Moves To Get More Money Into The Hands Of Foster Youth
Los Angeles County plans to ensure foster youth who get Social Security can use the money later, going against the common practice of child welfare agencies nationwide to use benefits to pay for care.
3 Children's Home Staffers Charged In Death Of 16-Year-Old
The former employees allegedly sat on Cornelius Fredericks' chest and legs for about 12 minutes. When he became unresponsive, employees at the home waited another 12 minutes to call for help.
He Traded Single Life To Be Foster 'Pop' To More Than 50 Kids
Guy Bryant has fostered dozens of children over the past 12 years. At StoryCorps, he told one of his foster kids that he wants them to pass on what they've learned from him.
At This Camp, Children Of Opioid Addicts Learn To Cope And Laugh
Camp Mariposa in Dayton, Ohio, is designed just for them. The program lets these children share their experiences, learn coping strategies and, most importantly, get to be kids.
'I Know That They're Cared For." Why One Mom Has Chosen To Foster Migrant Children
Unaccompanied minors cross the border without family or support. "Any kid that's in my house is, at least while they're here, safe," says one foster mother, Christi.