Adoption And Fostering

Michigan prosecutors said Joel Brown used his "expertise" from his time working in child services to keep the abuse under the radar.
Some foster parents are getting more training and a lot more money to become professional caretakers.
The war on marijuana has turned thousands of children into the walking wounded.
"It was always the same story: 'Christopher is dying,'" the father said.
Only 20 percent of foster kids who graduate from high school end up going to college, compared with 60 percent of high school graduates overall.
Across the country, black and Latino children with special needs are far less likely to graduate than their white peers.
Parents are loving this family's annual tradition.