foster care

As a child, Sixto Cancel was in the foster care system and saw first hand that its priority is to protect kids from abuse — not to help them thrive. He even had to prove he was being abused with recordings to get back into the system at age 15. As an adult, Cancel founded Think of Us, which researches...

The clock is ticking for hundreds of young adults in California known as “cliff youth.” NBC 7’s Monica Dean explains.

The clock is ticking for the so-called “cliff youth,” hundreds of young adults in California who grew up in the foster care system but aged out during the pandemic.

The mother of a teen who died from a drug overdose while in a state-licensed group home is trying to get the treatment program shut down.

NBC 7’s Dana Griffin heard from the teen’s family after they announced a claim against the county.

Brittany Burcham has fostered more than 30 children in need of emergency or short-term placements, and welcomes them to her home with a basket of necessities like a blanket, fuzzy socks and a toothbrush. This Foster Care Awareness Month, she explains why she became a foster parent and why it’s important to provide a safe space for teenagers in particular.

A local non-profit is making sure San Diego’s foster youth isn’t left behind – especially during the pandemic. NBC 7’s Ashley Matthews speaks to Promises2Kids on the work they do to set these children up for success.

Virtual adoption ceremonies will be held Saturday as part of National Adoption Day for 149 foster children who have found their permanent homes amid a pandemic.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed likely to side with a Catholic social services agency in a dispute with Philadelphia over the agency’s refusal to work with same-sex couples as foster parents.

Actress Victoria Rowell shares personal insights into the struggle of growing up in a foster home, how she is creating opportunities for young women of color, and promoting awareness of mental illness in African Americans.

A look at how one local nonprofit, Just in Time for Foster Youth, is guiding transition-age foster youth toward bright futures.

NBC 7’s Ashley Matthews shares the story of Just in Time for Foster Youth, a San Diego nonprofit dedicated to guiding transition-age foster youth toward bright futures.

Debbie Stolz, who was killed Sunday in Otay Mesa, was regarded as the “Mother Teresa of foster care” by her friends and colleagues,

Debbie Stolz, who, along with her daughter, was shot to death Sunday in Otay Mesa, was a mom to eight children — four through adoption — and a foster parent in San Diego County for more than 30 years, reports NBC 7’s Melissa Adan.

Hello, Ashley Matthews here, a reporter with NBC 7. I have been fostering dogs for several years now and it is something that I truly hold near and dear to my heart. I wanted to share my current experience with fostering, in hopes that others may want to do the same.

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, more and more people have stepped up to foster adoption-ready pets. NBC 7’s Ashley Matthews, who volunteered to foster a couple of bonded pooches, explains how the process works.

Foster children have enormous challenges even in the best of times

Child welfare agencies across the United States are scrambling to confront new challenges arising because of the coronavirus outbreak

San Diego county supervisors approved a $400,000 payment to the adoptive parents of a foster child who were not informed of their child’s sexually inappropriate behavior. That troublesome behavior was allegedly caused by sexual and physical abuse inflicted on the boy by his former foster parent.