Kids

Kathy Filippo has been fostering for 18 years. “When you're in my home, you're family,” she says.

The youngest Philadelphians are hoping the new year brings more playtime, new hobbies and plenty of Pokémon cards.

The nonprofit For Love and Buttercup helps pediatric cancer patients find kindness and hope with books during their hospital stays.

One Simple Wish gives adults who can’t become foster parents themselves a way to help kids in crisis.

Camden and Essex counties have the most children in foster care. New Jersey has the lowest placement rate in the country.

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.

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Applications were closed last August because of a funding gap. The state hopes to accept new children starting in January.

The number of licensed foster homes across the U.S. is on the decline.

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.

“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.

The executive order calls for scholarships, especially at faith-based institutions such as Villanova University. But experts say what foster youth need the most is guidance.

Nearly 241,000 children in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties receive SNAP benefits.

Parents at the Music Together Princeton Lab School in Hopewell, New Jersey, say the mixed-age class encourages cooperation and listening.