foster care

Children In Foster Care Aren't Getting To See The Doctor

6:31pm September 29, 2015

by Patti Neighmond

Pediatricians need to do more to get the right health care for children in foster care, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. Those children often miss out on both routine and acute care.

California Moves To Stop Misuse Of Psychiatric Meds In Foster Care

12:02pm September 02, 2015

by Elaine Korry

There's ample evidence that children in foster care often get powerful psychiatric medications when other treatments would be safer and more effective. But those treatments can be hard to get.

National

Federal Judge Says South Dakota Officials Violated Native American Families' Rights

10:33am April 14, 2015

by Laura Sullivan

Two of the state's largest tribes win class action lawsuit alleging that the state routinely put their children in foster care without due process

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Books
Arts

In A Foster Home, Two Boys Become 'Kinda Like Brothers'

8:30am August 25, 2014

by NPR Staff

Before Coe Booth was a writer, she was a caseworker, often tasked with placing kids with foster families. Her latest novel for middle-grade readers looks at two young members of a foster family.

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