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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A children's playground sits empty in Anchorage. (Photo by Sophia Carlisle/Alaska Beacon) Last August, the Beacon published a ...

An Alaska foster youth advocacy organization is suing the state Office of Children’s Services for allegedly failing to provide food and necessities for older youth in their care. The lawsuit by Facing ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Alaska Beacon) - A lawsuit filed in state court by advocates for foster youth is challenging Alaska’s foster care system, highlighting a gap in state care for older foster youth who ...

The Children Deserve a Loving Home Act, House Bill 151, passed in 2018 to reform Alaska’s foster care system and give children safer, more stable homes. Its goals were clear: reduce caseworker ...

Rural and remote Alaska communities are expected to gain easier access to fingerprinting required for foster-care placements through a new round of federal funding. A $2.2 million initiative announced ...

Precious children should not be warehoused in sterile offices and motel rooms. We can all agree they should live with caring adults who love them. May is National Foster Care Month. We have a dire ...

An Alaska foster youth advocacy organization is suing the state Office of Children’s Services for allegedly failing to provide food and necessities for older youth in their care. The lawsuit by Facing ...

Foster Youth Organization Sues Alaska Children's Services for Alleged Lack of Food and Necessities An Alaska foster youth advocacy organization is suing the state Office of Children’s Services for ...