In 2022, the average cost for a child placed in foster care in Ashland County was about $51 a day. Fast-forward to 2024 and that cost is $90.50. The reasons −record inflation and high demand, ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - May is Foster Care Awareness Month, and foster parents and social workers are sounding the alarm on the importance of it. The NC Chapel Hill Jordan Institute for Families ...

Readers discuss a guest essay about removing children from troubled homes. To the Editor: Re “To Protect Kids, We Need More Foster Care, Not Less,” by Naomi Schaefer Riley (Opinion guest essay, May 13 ...

In honor of National Foster Care Month, I am answering one of the most common concerns from parents considering becoming foster parents: I am thinking of becoming a foster parent. My spouse and I have ...

This is the first story in a two-part series that looks at the impact a November 2021 human resource levy passed by Ashland County voters has had on Ashland County Department of Job and Family ...