foster care

Michigan’s foster care system is the sixth-biggest in the country, with more than 13,000 kids around the state. The system has been plagued by problems…

For the next few days we're featuring stories of ordinary listeners who read or heard a story on State of Opportunity and decided to give some of their…

The new Kids Count report is out, and things are not looking good for kids in Michigan. You would think with the recession now a few years behind us that…

Last week the ACLU sent out a press release about a case I was at first convinced was an urban legend. It gets referred to as the "Mike's Hard Lemonade…

The roughly 14,000 young people in Michigan’s foster care system are expected to live on their own once they turn 18, if they're still in the system at…

More than 400,000 children are currently in foster care in the U.S. Once a child has entered the system, they remain there on average for nearly two…

We've already acknowledged the proliferation of different days and weeks, whether by official proclamation or organizational mandate, declared for raising…

At 30, my husband and I became adoptive parents to a 5-year-old girl and a 2-year-old boy. We began the adoption process through the Michigan foster care…

Almost 14,000 kids in Michigan have been taken out of their own homes by the state because of an abuse or neglect allegation.Those kids then rely upon the…

In August, I reported on a pilot project in Michigan that reduced caseloads for Child Protective Services and helped families. Despite impressive results,…