Foster Care

A package to revamp Michigan’s adoption and foster care system received a hearing before a state Senate committee.

Crystal Houston, Executive Director with the Grand Rapids Center for Community Transformation, joins us to discuss preventative programs that aim to keep families together and keep children from entering the foster care system.

To encourage adults to consider fostering, D.A. Blodgett is offering a $245 monthly stipend for each bed made available to a child awaiting a more stable placement. In additional to the monthly stipend, the organization will offer $100 per day when a child is in a home.

We talk to Katy Buck.

Phalesha Keys is our guest

Advocates for children in foster care are raising awareness by observing a special day in Michigan, including by turning buildings, bridges and other…

A fundraising dinner is being held this week in Grand Rapids to help Michigan's foster children go to college. The state says 13,000 kids are in foster…

Bills requiring child-placing agencies to make reasonable efforts to keep siblings together in the foster care and adoption systems have advanced in…

This week is about family gatherings and giving thanks. In that spirit, Michigan designates the Tuesday before Thanksgiving as Adoption Day today. The…