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Foster Care

Retired sheriff's detective speaks out on Turpin abuse investigation

  • Nov 22, 2024

Volunteers wanted to temporarily foster dogs from ACC in NYC

  • Jul 12, 2024

Paris Hilton speaks at House committee hearing on child welfare

  • Jun 27, 2024

From foster care to college: How to secure financial stability

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  • Jan 27, 2024

Young wallaby confiscated from man on Coney Island Boardwalk

  • Aug 21, 2023

Artist, former foster child, pays it forward through Foster Pride

  • Jun 9, 2023

How dance helped a performer overcome a challenging upbringing

  • Jun 1, 2023

Lorraine Bracco discusses non-profit for foster care children

  • May 6, 2023

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Brooklyn woman documents viral foster dog mission on social media

  • May 28, 2025
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Artist, former foster child, pays it forward through Foster Pride

  • Jun 9, 2023
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Dancer overcomes past trauma in 'A Dance Solo of Survival'

  • May 31, 2023
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90% of children in foster care exposed to trauma

  • May 15, 2023
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Protect Our Children: Surviving the System

  • May 5, 2023
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Supportive housing focus of new apartment building in Brooklyn

  • Sep 16, 2022
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CASA NYC looks for more volunteers to help advocate for foster kids

  • Jul 22, 2022
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Sex offender, foster mother charged with prostituting young girls

  • Feb 9, 2022

Latest Stories

New apartments offer supportive housing for people with disabilities or coming out of foster care

The project is called Vital Brookdale and was created by the not-for-profit organization The New York Foundling.

  • Sep 19, 2022

CASA NYC looks for more volunteers to help advocate for foster kids in court on Staten Island

CASA stands for Court Appointed Special Advocates. For kids who are repeatedly handed off to different case workers, these advocates are a lifeline.

  • Jul 22, 2022

Turpin siblings file lawsuit alleging 'severe abuse' in foster care after 'house of horrors' rescue

The younger Turpin siblings say they were the victims of physical, emotional and sexual abuse by a foster family they were placed with after they were rescued.

  • Jul 20, 2022
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams announces new training and apprenticeship program for foster care children

V-CRED will provide professional opportunities for children and young adults in foster care ages 16 to 24 and support their education, career, and personal development.

  • Mar 29, 2022

Sex offender, foster mother charged with prostituting young girls

Two of the eight victims that were forced into prostitution were children in the foster system put in his wife's care.

  • Feb 9, 2022