Foster Care

Connecticut’s Children Committee wants lawmakers to make child care more accessible and affordable.

Connecticut’s Department of Children and Families celebrated foster fathers, adopted fathers and birth fathers at their annual “Best Dads by Par” golf event.

Connecticut’s foster parents want to be able to tell judges and officials their thoughts about what’s best for the kids in their care, and they want to ensure that they’re heard— elements of what they hope will become a “foster parents’ bill of rights” in new legislation.

Connecticut youth, legislators and advocates discussed how they are working to support foster children aging out of the system during the pandemic and beyond.

A Latino advocacy group in Suffolk County will offer free COVID-19 vaccines and booster shots next week.

Connecticut has seen a significant drop in the number of children in foster care over the past two years, according to data released this month by the state Department of Children and Families.

A damning report from a grand jury in New York accuses the state's foster care system of endangering children. The jury found that the state's poor…