foster care

As a parent, you want your kids to grow and develop into successful adults. Providing a stable and safe home is an important part of doing that.But…

Michigan Radio’s State of Opportunity team has spent a lot of time exploring foster care in Michigan and what happens once kids age out of the…

The girls who live on the Vista Maria campus in Dearborn Heights have all experienced some kind of serious abuse or neglect. Some are the victims of human…

Foster care is supposed to be a temporary fix. When a child ends up in state care, the first goal is to reunite them with their birth families. But only…

She first went into the system when she was five years old, she says.She bounced around, like any of the thousands of kids in Michigan who go through…

Bridge Magazine published a story Wednesday about barriers homeless college students in Michigan face while trying to pursue an education, and just how…

Earlier this month, 17-year-old MeechaielKhalilCriner was arrested by Austin police and charged with the murder of 18-year-old University of Texas student…

Michelle Gach grabs a couple slices of pizza before we get started. She has a story to tell, and it turns out to be a long one, covering the past 14 years…

The number of kids in foster care is on the rise, according to a recently released report.Last year, there were 415,129 kids in care nationwide. That's…

The occasional weekend sleepover at a friend’s house...Playing on the school basketball team...Going on a class field trip...Getting a cell…