Home & Family
Inside the program that helps kids in Philly’s foster system deal with trauma
Here’s a look at the CHOP program helping foster families deal with children’s past trauma and mental health struggles.
3 days ago
Foster care proved a perfect match for this New Jersey woman: ‘I needed to take care of someone’
Kathy Filippo has been fostering for 18 years. “When you're in my home, you're family,” she says.
4 days ago
Wishes can come true with nonprofit helping foster children in New Jersey
One Simple Wish gives adults who can’t become foster parents themselves a way to help kids in crisis.
2 weeks ago
What do we really need, and how can we get rid of clutter? What’s the line between memorabilia and trash?
Air Date: December 22, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 51:17Camden and Essex counties have the most children in foster care. New Jersey has the lowest placement rate in the country.
3 weeks ago
Listen 1:05New Jersey’s adoption numbers are down. Here’s why
The goal of the N.J. Department of Children and Families is birth-family reunification, but when that’s not possible, adoption is an option.
3 weeks ago
Listen 1:47Los niños mayores afrontan los desafíos más difíciles en el sistema de cuidado temporal de Delaware para encontrar vivienda, trabajo y transporte a medida que crecen.
4 weeks ago
New Jersey is reopening applications for child care assistance program in December
Applications were closed last August because of a funding gap. The state hopes to accept new children starting in January.
4 weeks ago
Listen 0:49From parrandas to Three Kings Day, Southern Delaware welcomes Puerto Rican holiday culture
Southern Delaware families can experience Puerto Rican holiday traditions as Culture Club PR hosts music workshops, crafts and other celebrations.
4 weeks ago
WHYY hosts foster care resources fair as states face foster parent shortage
The number of licensed foster homes across the U.S. is on the decline.
1 month ago
Cut ties or no? How to deal with difficult family relationships
More than one in four Americans are estranged from a family member. We are joined by a writer and a therapist to understand why so many people go "no contact."
Air Date: December 3, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 51:13Thinking about becoming a foster parent in Delaware, New Jersey or Pennsylvania? Here’s what to know
The operations of foster agencies in all three states vary, but they share the same goal: to provide children care in a safe, supportive environment.
1 month ago
Listen 1:04Older kids face the steepest challenges in Delaware’s foster care system to find housing, jobs and transportation as they age out.
1 month ago
Listen 3:41Winter wonderland at the shore: Here’s what to do in Cape May this holiday season
Cape May has become one of the Jersey Shore’s busiest winter destinations. Explore the town’s top holiday events.
1 month ago
Editor’s Note: WHYY launches ‘Caring for Kids,’ a civic news exercise on foster care, adoption
“I don’t think that we’re doing nearly enough for foster youth in our city. There’s so much more that can be done,” said Philadelphia City Councilmember Cindy Bass.
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