Opioid crisis strains foster system as kids pried from homes
She was first roused awake at 2:30 a.m. by a call seeking an emergency placement for a child.
Another high court justice will run Mississippi foster care
One former state supreme court justice is leaving his post running Mississippi’s foster care system, but another justice will leave the court to take over.
Nonprofit seeks to expedite foster care training
There are more than 5,500 children in foster care in the state of Mississippi — and about another 1,500 families needed to care for them.
Judge OKs new agreements in Miss. foster care case
The state of Mississippi and child advocates have reached another set of agreements in a 12-year-old lawsuit over shortfalls in the state’s child welfare system.
Possible takeover of Mississippi foster care system delayed
Advocates for children agreed to give Mississippi more time to improve the state’s child welfare system under a deal presented Tuesday to a federal judge.
Miss. Gov.: Additional money will help ailing foster-care system
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant told social workers and others at a conference Friday that his administration is committed to improving the troubled foster-care system.
Miss. judge steps down to run foster care system
Associate State Supreme Court Justice David Chandler is stepping down from the bench to take over Mississippi’s troubled foster care system.
Report: Mississippi foster care backsliding
Not only is Mississippi not living up to a court order to improve its child welfare system, but a court monitor finds that things may be getting worse.
New settlement aims to prod Miss. on foster care
Mississippi officials have agreed to a revised settlement in a lawsuit alleging that the state was not doing enough to care for minors in the foster care system.