New Mexico Foster Teens Sleep in Homeless Shelters, Report Says — ProPublica

An experts' report found that New Mexico's child welfare system has housed foster kids in homeless shelters and other inappropriate settings, corroborating an investigation by ProPublica and Searchlight New Mexico...

https://www.propublica.org/article/report-confirms-new-mexico-fosters-teens-homeless-shelters

‘We are just destroying these kids’: The foster children growing up inside detention centers - The Washington Post

States have so many foster children they're putting them in detention centers and hotels.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/we-are-just-destroying-these-kids-the-foster-children-growing-up-inside-detention-centers/2019/12/30/97f65f3a-eaa2-11e9-9c6d-436a0df4f31d_story.html

American Atheists | Action Center

....Please contact your Representative now and tell them to put an end to this religious discrimination!

https://atheists.quorum.us/campaign/12523/

Charities Can Reject Foster Parents for Immigrant Kids Over Religion

A major Christian nonprofit taking care of undocumented children said caregivers ‘must attend a Christian church.’ It’s not the only one—and it’s legal.....

https://www.thedailybeast.com/charities-can-reject-foster-parents-for-immigrant-kids-over-religion

Surge In Foster Children Amid Opioid Crisis (Jane Clayson, On Point)

What happens when opioids ravage the lives of mothers and fathers? More foster children who need homes and families. Opioids and the crisis in foster care.
Interview:
http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2018/07/02/rebroadcast-surge-in-foster-children-amid-opioid-crisis

‘Lost’ migrant children? Statistics show the government is keeping more of them far longer - The Washington Post

With parents jailed, more migrant children are being sent to foster homes with signs of separation trauma, caregivers say.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/theres-fury-over-lost-migrant-children-but-stats-show-trumps-government-is-holding-more-of-them-longer/2018/05/30/d179b334-6438-11e8-99d2-0d678ec08c2f_story.html

Hundreds of migrant children are being separated from parents — and US officials can't keep track - CNBC

Federal officials were unable to find 1,475 migrant children who had been placed in foster homes in 2017. ....
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/25/us-officials-losing-track-of-separated-migrant-children.html

Two foster agencies in Philly won't place kids with LGBTQ people

Megan Paszko spent countless hours researching how to become a foster parent in Philadelphia. She compiled all the information organizations needed and mailed, emailed, faxed, and even hand-delivered applications. Months passed before anyone responded, and then Bethany Christian Services got back to her and said there was an orientation for interested foster parents that week. Paszko and her wife drove to Elkins Park. They were the first people to arrive. They’d also be the first to leave.....

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/foster-adoption-lgbtq-gay-same-sex-philly-bethany-archdiocese-20180313.html

Wisconsin bill would grant free college tuition to foster kids -- ThinkProgress.org

A panel of Wisconsin legislators are expected to approve a measure Thursday that would give a "helping hand" to the state's foster children, granting them free college tuition to attend an in-state university or technical college. ....
https://thinkprogress.org/wisconsin-free-tuition-foster-kids-505bb7814902/