If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” Elliott Hinkle experienced depression and suicidal ...

Every May, National Foster Care Month calls Americans to remember children in foster care. We hear overwhelming numbers: 330,000 children nationwide, and not enough homes to meet the need. These ...

Children in care who experience frequent changes in care placements are more than twice as likely to experience mental health problems, according to new research led by the University of Bath in the ...

Elliott Hinkle experienced depression and suicidal thoughts even before entering the foster care system in Casper, Wyoming, at age 15. At the time, Hinkle, who is transgender, struggled with their ...

Jan. 25—One night last month, a 9-year-old boy who had autism and talked about killing himself was among about 70 foster care children and youths under state supervision sleeping in hotels across ...

Elisa W. was removed from her home at four years old. Now 16, she has been sexually and physically abused over the 12 years she’s spent in foster care. She now suffers from depression, bipolar ...