http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Foster_CareFind stories, videos, and photos about Foster Care from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:28:25 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/CRIME/09/13/california.missing.boy/tztop.hasanni.campbell.opd.jpghttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Foster_Care14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Foster Care from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/13/california.missing.boy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/13/california.missing.boy/index.html#cnnSTCTextInvestigators are trying to determine whether a sweatshirt that volunteer searchers found Sunday is that of a missing California boy with cerebral palsy, Oakland police said.Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/01/california.missing.boy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/01/california.missing.boy/index.html#cnnSTCTextPolice say the foster parents of a missing 5-year-old California boy with cerebral palsy are suspects in what is now being called a homicide investigation.Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/04/hcif.foster.children/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/04/hcif.foster.children/index.html#cnnSTCTextFoster children are provided with health care coverage by the state, but only until they turn 18 and "age out" of the public system.Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/06/09/celebs.congress.kids/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/06/09/celebs.congress.kids/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe power of music and the power of politics met Tuesday, with a hip-hop mogul and one of the most prominent leaders in Congress joining their considerable forces to spotlight issues facing youth in America.Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:05:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/10/quake.orphans/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/10/quake.orphans/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe apartment was a flurry of activity. Brother and sister Ren Qiang and Ren Yan were bursting with energy.Tue, 12 May 2009 02:09:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/10/china.adoptions/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/10/china.adoptions/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt a foster home on the outskirts of Beijing, 13 special-needs children are waiting to be adopted. Our crew walked in as they were waking up from their afternoon nap, with sleepy eyes and little yawns that quickly turned into smiles.Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/05/kansas.boy.missing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/05/kansas.boy.missing/index.html#cnnSTCTextAuthorities in Kansas are looking for a boy who disappeared about a decade ago, but was not reported missing until a few weeks ago.Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:26:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/25/florida.gay.adoption/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/25/florida.gay.adoption/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Florida circuit judge Tuesday struck down a 31-year-old state law that prevents gays and lesbians from adopting children, allowing a North Miami man to adopt two half-brothers he and his partner have raised as foster children since 2004.Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:52:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1850133,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1850133,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA father and stepmother were charged with withholding their 14-year-old daughter's food and water so drastically that she weighed only 48 pounds, authorities saidTue, 14 Oct 2008 19:10:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1810853,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1810853,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsMore than 400 children removed from a polygamist sect's ranch will be returned to their parents beginning Monday, Texas officials chastened by a state Supreme Court ruling said FridaySat, 31 May 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1809589,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1809589,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsLeading child welfare groups Tuesday argue that black children in foster care are ill-served by a "colorblind" approach when dealing with adoption by white familiesTue, 27 May 2008 15:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1809017,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1809017,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsTexas child welfare authorities are appealing a ruling in the polygamist sect case, arguing that the state was right to put more than 440 children in foster careFri, 23 May 2008 19:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/22/flds.mother/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/22/flds.mother/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn 18-year-old who gave birth in state custody after she was incorrectly seized in a raid on a polygamist sect ranch says the state kept her in foster care in an effort to seize her baby.Fri, 23 May 2008 12:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/02/lkl.dr.phil/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/02/lkl.dr.phil/index.html#cnnSTCTextDr. Phil McGraw joined "Larry King Live" on Thursday where he talked about some of the stories in the news. He touched on topics ranging from the removal of children from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sect to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright to the Austrian family affected by incest. Fri, 02 May 2008 16:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/25/polygamy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/25/polygamy/index.html#cnnSTCTextAll of the more than 460 children and youths removed from a polygamist sect's ranch this month are now in foster homes, a Texas Child Protection Services representative said Friday.Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:10:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1734853,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1734853,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA Texas appeals court on Thursday agreed to hear arguments that hundreds of children the state took from a polygamist compound should be allowed to see their mothersThu, 24 Apr 2008 20:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/01/04/child.hostages/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/01/04/child.hostages/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe story of a boy born into captivity in the South American jungle has riveted people for more than a year in Colombia, striking a nerve in a country numbed by 40 years of political violence.Sat, 05 Jan 2008 07:39:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/01/04/child.hostage/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/01/04/child.hostage/index.html#cnnSTCTextPreliminary DNA tests indicate a 3-year-old foster child is the son of a woman being held captive by leftist rebels, Colombian officials announced Friday.Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:11:00 ESThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20161464,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20161464,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnAngie Harmon may be best known for playing tough-as-nail characters, but in real life, the former beauty queen has a big heart – and an appetite for some down-home cooking.Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:49:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/10/30/chad.france/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/10/30/chad.france/index.html#cnnSTCTextAuthorities in Chad have charged nine French nationals with kidnapping after they attempted to fly out of Chad with more than 100 children the group claimed were orphans from Sudan.Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:40:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/richard_deitsch/07/11/alex.smith/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/richard_deitsch/07/11/alex.smith/index.htmlAlex Smith was driving his parents' 2001 Mitsubishi Montero around his hometown of San Diego the other day when the subject turned to the most improved team in the NFC: His own. Sat, 14 Jul 2007 04:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/parenting/06/21/par.quirky.discipline/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/parenting/06/21/par.quirky.discipline/index.html#cnnSTCTextI've made a lot of bad rules in the decade I've been a mom, from irrational threats ("No graham crackers in the house ever again if you eat them in the living room even one more time") to forbidding human nature ("You may not fight with your sister"). Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/25/gay.adoption/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/25/gay.adoption/index.htmlFor 5-year-old Jackson Manford-Roach, Mother's Day means it's time to see his grandmothers.Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:11:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20040459,00.htmlhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20040459,00.htmlRosie O'Donnell is "not sorry" to be leaving The View early, she said on her blog Saturday.Tue, 29 May 2007 14:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/03/14/your.opinion.pablo/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/03/14/your.opinion.pablo/index.htmlOn Wednesday, March 14, 2007, we asked who you thought should get ownership of Pablo the dog. Here are some of your responses, some of which have been edited:Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/17/missing.baby/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/17/missing.baby/index.htmlA search is under way for a mother and her boyfriend who are believed to be on the lam with her nine-month-old baby after a social worker was beaten to death.Tue, 17 Oct 2006 22:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/11/08/child.starved/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/11/08/child.starved/index.htmlA couple who kept their five children on a strict raw foods diet was cleared of aggravated manslaughter Monday for the death of their 6-month-old baby, but convicted of four counts of child neglect.Tue, 08 Nov 2005 13:43:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/16/katrina.missingchildren/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/16/katrina.missingchildren/index.htmlLouisiana officials working to rebuild families torn apart by Hurricane Katrina are being especially challenged in trying to locate some 500 foster children still unaccounted for by guardians.Fri, 16 Sep 2005 18:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/15/florida.girl/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/15/florida.girl/index.htmlThe number of volunteers looking for 13-year-old Sarah Michelle Lunde, who disappeared in Florida last weekend, is expected to swell Saturday as the search spreads south of her home to Little Manatee River State Park, a discouraged sheriff said.Fri, 15 Apr 2005 14:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/14/florida.missing.girl/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/14/florida.missing.girl/index.htmlAuthorities and volunteers resumed a search for a missing 13-year-old girl at daybreak Thursday as a convicted sex offender who has been questioned in connection with the case goes to court.Thu, 14 Apr 2005 11:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/13/florida.missinggirl/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/13/florida.missinggirl/index.htmlA registered sex offender jailed on an assault charge was being questioned in the disappearance of a 13-year-old Florida girl missing since the weekend, the Hillsborough County sheriff said late Wednesday afternoon.Wed, 13 Apr 2005 14:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/19/foster.abduction/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/19/foster.abduction/index.htmlThe North Carolina couple accused of kidnapping their children from foster care at gunpoint were taken into custody Wednesday in Grayson County, Virginia, authorities said.Wed, 19 Jan 2005 17:37:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/16/amber.alert/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/16/amber.alert/index.htmlAuthorities searched Sunday for two North Carolina children abducted a day earlier at gunpoint from a foster home by their biological parents, law enforcement officials said.Sun, 16 Jan 2005 22:05:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/15/amber.alert/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/15/amber.alert/index.htmlTwo North Carolina children are missing after being kidnapped at gunpoint by their biological parents Saturday morning, officials said.Sat, 15 Jan 2005 21:11:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Northeast/05/20/girl.found/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Northeast/05/20/girl.found/index.htmlThe parents of an abandoned 3-year-old girl who calls herself Courtney have been identified, a Maryland official announced Thursday evening.Thu, 20 May 2004 23:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/05/06/malnourished.children/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/05/06/malnourished.children/index.htmlA New Jersey couple accused of starving their four adopted boys were indicted by a grand jury Wednesday.Thu, 06 May 2004 06:59:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/03/01/256221/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/03/01/256221/index.htmQ. My niece made a $22,000 down payment on a house, and the seller's lawyer put the money in an escrow account. However, the sale was delayed seven months. When my niece finally closed on the house...Mon, 01 Mar 1999 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/12/01/234604/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/12/01/234604/index.htmThe realization that the job that once thrilled you now keeps you from enjoying life can dawn in any number of ways. For former CBS news correspondent turned vintner Doug Tunnell, 48 (pictured at r...Mon, 01 Dec 1997 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/11/01/233067/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/11/01/233067/index.htmAbout five years ago Deboriah Pogue, now 45, an unmarried business analyst for IBM in White Plains, N.Y., became acutely aware that something was missing in her life--a baby. "I always knew I wante...Sat, 01 Nov 1997 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/08/10/76735/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/08/10/76735/index.htmIF THE WELL-BEING of its children is the proper measure of the health of a civilization, the United States is in grave danger. Of the 65 million Americans under 18, fully 20% live in poverty, 22% l...Mon, 10 Aug 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/08/10/76728/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/08/10/76728/index.htmFirefighting practice, caring for animals, a stroll through a tree-shaded neighborhood -- and summer classes -- fill the hours for these kids, residents of Boys Town near Omaha, Nebraska. Few of th...Mon, 10 Aug 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1988/12/01/84832/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1988/12/01/84832/index.htmOn New Year's Day three years ago, Seymour Fenichel, a Manhattan lawyer, called Judy and Michael Vezzuto of Wantagh, N.Y. with fantastic news: the childless couple were about to get a baby. The law...Thu, 01 Dec 1988 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/03/28/70348/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/03/28/70348/index.htmHe probably wouldn't admit it, but -- when it comes to the problem of disadvantaged youngsters, at least -- Carl Icahn is beginning to think like other CEOs. Concerned with the growing number of ho...Mon, 28 Mar 1988 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/11/23/69873/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/11/23/69873/index.htmWEREN'T these characters supposed to have gone out with the Depression, even with Dickens's London? What are they doing among the suave urban towers of postmodern America, these dirty, disheveled f...Mon, 23 Nov 1987 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1986/09/01/83423/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1986/09/01/83423/index.htmThe voice on the telephone answering machine had said it was ''an important call.'' But James Randi, the renowned magician and exposer of pseudopsychics, had a more pressing matter -- an appointmen...Mon, 01 Sep 1986 04:01:00 EDT