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A Northern California law firm with a progressive approach to representing parents who've lost their kids to foster care is scrambling to hand off its more than 1,000 clients this week, after the state court administration terminated its contract.

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress provided a critical lifeline to youth in foster care, including a moratorium on aging out of care. These measures should be permanent, writes Alex Chivescu.

Two new Texas laws aim to provide parents with greater protection from termination of their parental rights — often described as "the civil death penalty."

Grandparents and other kin who stepped up to help their loved ones' children are getting one-time pandemic relief funds in Arizona.

More than $140 million in competitive federal grants will help combat youth homelessness in 33 communities across the United States.

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has chosen 10 finalists in the running for a total of $90 million to fund racial equity projects.

The Guardian ad Litem Foundation, 20th Judicial Circuit, has received a $17,000 grant from a local chapter of the United Way.

The for-profit Sequel Youth & Family Services faces regulatory and legal complaints for its management of residential care facilities for teens.

Miquel Lewis has been named acting director of juvenile probation in the nation's second most populated county, Cook County, Illinois.