A federal lawsuit at the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals claims North Carolina’s foster care system “is in crisis.” Plaintiffs hope appellate judges will revive complaints a trial judge dismissed last fall.
Guidelines from the NC Division of Social Services direct case workers to assess whether a child is at risk from parents who refuse to affirm gender identity.
What is the sustainable solution to avoiding the bleak outcomes associated with foster care, such as homelessness, prison, human trafficking, and generational cycles of trauma? Shorter timelines to permanent families for foster children is crucial.
Plaintiffs are asking a federal judge to reconsider his September order dismissing a lawsuit challenging conditions in North Carolina’s foster care system. The judge had ruled that adults who filed the suit did not have close enough relationships with foster children to represent them in court.
A North Carolina foster was ready to adopt her foster child, but claims he was taken from the home due to race.
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging conditions in North Carolina’s foster care system. The decision Thursday indicated that eight adults who filed suit on behalf of 13 children did not have close enough relationships with the children to represent them in court.
With over 10,000 foster children and fewer than 6,000 licensed foster families (and falling), many foster advocates are ringing the alarm bell.
Nothing has been done to help Briauna get answers on how a previously healthy one-year old boy could simply die. To this point, she has been told essentially nothing, except that an autopsy is pending and could take months, or even more than a year.
If lawmakers truly want to reform foster care, they must listen to the voices of those living through it.
We are long past due for legislation that prioritizes placing our state’s most vulnerable children with stable families, whether blood relatives or not.
North Carolina has made little progress during Gov. Cooper’s administration in helping foster care children find safe and lasting homes. Over 12,000 children now swell the ranks of “children in care” in this state. Perhaps the state’s social-service agencies have better intentions than their track record shows. But the reality is that many children in...
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