Think of it this way – would you give up your week of vacation even if you knew you had to go back to work? That’s an idea behind a new study on short-term dog fostering. “We wanted to know if you ...

Millions of dogs enter U.S. animal shelters each year, and while many eventually find new homes, the experience can be deeply stressful. Loud kennels, erratic routines, and isolation all take a toll ...

A new pilot study by University of Cincinnati researchers finds that foster caregivers across the U.S. need more accessible, ongoing and community-driven training. Government data shows that from 2014 ...

A new study commissioned by the state found that thousands of children bounce around in the foster care system for years and never find a permanent home, partly because of flaws in the judicial system ...

Children in foster care are in a better position to cope with childhood emotional abuse if they have higher self-esteem, according to a new study by researchers at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — There are more than 8,000 Tennessee children in foster care, but what happens when the age out of the system? Between 70 and 80% of foster youth without a supporting ...

Teenagers with experience of foster, residential or kinship care are at substantially increased risk of serious mental health ...

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Heartbreaking footage has emerged of a shelter dog quite literally crying out to be adopted. It's not entirely clear whether Birdy the pit bull has ever truly had a place to call home. When this happy ...

Already off to a delayed start, the work group created to study Maryland foster youth being housed in hotels or lingering in hospitals past discharge was urged Monday to develop actionable ...