Former foster parent speaks out after 10-year-old boy dies in Indiana A young boy's death in Northwest Indiana is shrouded in mystery after he reportedly died in foster care. PORTER COUNTY, Ind.-A young boy's death inNorthwest Indianahas been shrouded in mystery afte...
The death of a 10-year-old boy living in foster care in Northwest Indiana has been ruled a homicide according to a coroner's report issued this week. According to a report from the St. Joseph County Coroner's Office, 10-year-old Dakota Stevens' death occurred as a result of "m...
"I am a former DSHS employee who taught foster parents, wrote curriculum, and worked with foster/adopt/relative placement families. I find myself now wearing the shoes of an adoptive parent of 9 and still required to meet the training requirements for foster care. I have taken just about ev...
Children in foster care are children for whom a state (or tribe) has been given formal responsibility for a child's care and placement by a court or by a voluntary placement agreement between the state and a child's parent or legal guardian. Foster care is the round-the-clock care of a...