foster care

The U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra announced on Friday that Nevada is now one of the first three states in the country to allow kin caregivers to become licensed foster care providers.

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Susan Nissenbaum is a court appointed special advocate with the Washoe County CASA program. Many years ago, she was assigned to work with a teen named…

Right now in Washoe County, there are more than 900 children in foster care. When possible, these children are assigned a Court Appointed Special Advocate…

Despite some improvement in recent years, children of color are overrepresented in our U.S. foster care system. That's the takeaway from a new report…