The state removed foster kids from an Iowa facility following reports of abuse, but red flags abound at other group homes.

In a 5-4 ruling, the Washington state Supreme Court sided with the five former foster children who had been abused.

Washington social workers allegedly knew of the abuses, but did not act.

Washington kids are being warehoused in hotels and shipped out of state.

A crisis festers while family members who care for neglected kids receive little support from the state.

Whose voice should count most in legal decisions about the future of kids removed from their homes because of suspected abuse or neglect?

Foster youth rallying to demand the Legislature do more to end a crisis that now has the state paying up to $600 a night to house foster kids.

Gov. Jay Inslee signs legislation to create a new Department of Children, Youth and Families. Rep. Ruth Kagi, wearing a blue jacket, looks over his shoulder.

Austin Floch plays basketball against brothers Brandon (left) and David Floch at the family’s Aberdeen home.

Hundreds rallied at the state Capitol Feb. 10 for children who are either homeless or in foster care.

Wrapped in blaze-orange scarves against a steady rain, about 300 people rallied Friday at the Capitol to urge lawmakers to do more for children who are homeless or in foster care.

Brandon Fogg, who has experience both as a foster child and foster parent, says foster care needs a celebrity champion.

When foster children spend the night in a hotel or in a foster home that agrees to keep them for only one night at a time, they typically don’t make it to school the next day.

Youthful angst.