WBIW

Foster Success awarded $400,000 Springboard Prize for Child Welfare to expand credit build program

Foster Success has been awarded a $400,000 Springboard Prize for Child Welfare to expand its innovative Credit Build Program, ...
EdSource

Former foster youth often struggle to get through college. Here's how some programs help

Young people who’ve been in the foster care system often struggle to get to and through college. Some studies show that programs designed just for supporting these students — with scholarships, ...
WGAU Radio on MSN

Georgia lawmakers consider funding for foster care scholarship program

Georgia’s foster care scholarship program could soon receive funding aimed at helping students pursue higher education after ...

Child welfare bills advancing; WV Senate Democrats want $20M for foster care instead of tax cut

A number of bills aimed at improving the state’s foster care crisis are advancing in the House and Senate, including a ...
Billy Penn

“A long bridge”: These programs can help foster care youth attend — and succeed at — college

Foster care youth are oftentimes less likely to receive an education beyond high school than their peers. These Pa. programs ...
WAFB

Foster care programs experiencing shortage of foster homes

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - There is a critical shortage of foster homes in the state of Louisiana, but for some groups of kids, finding homes is even more difficult. “It’s important as those who were ...
WYFF

President Trump signs foster care executive order, Upstate program reacts

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THURSDAY TO PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES TO FOSTER CARE YOUTH. AND THIS ORDER IS PART OF FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP’S BE BEST INITIATIVE, AND IT ESTABLISHES ...