Under a new national scheme, uniform standards in meeting each child's requirements at the time of entering foster care will be ensured. Child protection systems vary markedly, with each state and ...

Jaharn grew up in foster care from two years of age. Now 19, he and his foster mum share their lessons of love.

Few people are well-versed on the foster care system in general; even fewer are clear on how the foster-care-to-adoption path (often shortened to fost-adopt) works. Educating the general public about ...

It has been a long and arduous road for Masooma and her family. Masooma's husband died while they were living in Iran — leaving her widowed and single mother to three children, including her son who ...

May is National Foster Care Month. Foster care is often the only possible choice for children who face almost unthinkably bad conditions when living at home. Even so, a worthwhile goal for foster care ...

Why she is determined to end the cycle. Rachael Clancy was at the hospital with a tiny newborn baby, ready to take on the role of foster mum. As staff readied paperwork, she was handed a hospital ...