Implementation struggles have caused the price of California’s child welfare reform to soar by an...
Foster Care
Foster Parents Have Become Professionals in Some States
By Teresa Wiltz, Stateline Foster parents, tasked with the 24-7 care of often-traumatized children...
California’s Sweeping Group Home Reform Falters Without Key Supports for Youth
Early one Saturday morning in September, Jacob McCleary, then 15, got into his aunt and uncle’s...
To Get Mental Health Help for a Child, Desperate Parents Relinquish Custody
When Toni and Jim Hoy adopted their son Daniel through the foster care system, they did not plan to...
The Orange County Register Replies to Richard Wexler’s Op Ed about “Crack Baby Journalism”
Editor’s Note: Earlier this month, child welfare expert Richard Wexler wrote an Op-Ed...
As The New York Times Condemns “Crack Baby” Journalism, the Orange County Register Revives It.
As 2018 turned to 2019, The New York Times published two stunning editorials with profound...