Report: Nationwide, too many foster kids in group homes
A national report published Tuesday finds that 57,000 of the 400,000 American children in the child welfare system live in group homes.
South, Southwest score low on child-welfare index
Several states in the Deep South and Southwest have earned dismal scores on an annual child-welfare index that cited poverty and single-parent house households as worrisome trends that must be turned around for things to improve.