A disturbing report from the Children’s Advocacy Institute at the University of San Diego School of Law indicates that nearly all states routinely take federal benefits from children in the foster system and use those benefits to offset the cost of foster care.Like their counterparts who are not in the foster care system, some foster kids are entitled to receive federal money, including disability benefits associated with Social Security as well as survivor benefits associated with the Veterans'...
AUBURN, Wash. – After a series of low-paying jobs, Nicole Slemp finally landed one she loved. She was a secretary for Washington’s child services department, a job that came with her own cubicle, and she had a knack for working with families in difficult situations. Slemp expected to return to work after having her son […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. It was near midnight just a couple days before Thanksgiving 2020 when 17-year-old Kayden Asher arrived at yet another temporary home during his yearslong tumble through Texas’ chaotic foster care system. His caseworker had given him just two hours to pack his bags before they drove into the night from a short-term shelter in South Texas to a nondescript building in...
FOX4 takes a look at Texas wide receiver Xavier Worthy and how he can fit if the Kansas City Chiefs select him.
BloomTech, a once-buzzy coding boot camp that offered students the chance to pay their tuition using earnings from a future job, was hit Wednesday with a $64,235 fine by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The San Francisco company’s founder, Austen Allred, has to pay $100,000. Previously known as Lambda School, BloomTech has for years been accused of exaggerating students’ success rates and misleading students about its payment policies. The CFPB order had the same allegations and came...
Lara Fabian, Al Bano and Romina Power, Gheorghe Zamfir, Havasi, Julien Dassin, Gipsy Kings, Garou, Daniel Lavoie, Chiara di Bari, Laura Bretan, Monsserat Marti Caballe, Elena Mosuc, Sorin Francu under the baton of master conductors: Daniel Jinga, Giora Linenberg, Alterisio Paoletti, together with the Bucharest National Opera Orchestra will delight you at the UNFORGETTABLE Festival. […]
Police have arrested a woman accused of running an unlicensed daycare facility in Crystal Lake after she allegedly intentionally injured a child, officials said. The Crystal Lake Police Department received information around 11 a.m. Monday from the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). The agency reported an aggravated battery to a child that occurred […]
Oh please, please, pretty please -- pleeeaase, Judge Merchan, throw Trump in jail. We can't wait for the t-shirts and coffee cups -- and ballots.
Like it or not, St George's Day just isn't a big deal in England. Our sister publication JOE took to the streets to find out why.
BLOOMING GROVE TWP., PIKE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State police report a man was scammed multiple times losing over $100,000 by men pretending to be federal agents. According to Pennsylvania State Police, on March 26 a 68-year-old man from Hawley reported about a scam. Police say between March 19-26 the victim was scammed on three occasions []
NEW ORLEANS — Last summer, Derrika Richard felt stuck. She didn’t have enough money to afford child care for her three youngest children, ages 1, 2 and 3. Yet the demands of caring for them on a daily basis made it impossible for Richard, who cuts and styles hair from her home, to work. One […]
Student-parents disproportionately give up before they reach the finish line. Fewer than 4 in 10 graduate with a degree within six years, compared with more than 6 in 10 other students. Search to learn more about childcare availability at colleges and universities nationwide. Enter an institution name to see if child care is available and how many […]