foster care

Lawmakers attempted to secure more financial support for Oklahoma foster parents this legislative session. While they weren't successful, other resources are available.

This episode of Focus: Black Oklahoma features stories on growing opposition to Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters, foster care, and the oldest continually-run Black rodeo in the U.S.

This episode of Focus: Black Oklahoma features stories on the Tulsa mayoral race, the Tulsa County juvenile detention facility and the Indigenous Roots Symposium.

This episode of Focus: Black Oklahoma features stories on the crisis at the Tulsa County Family Center for Juvenile Justice, the underfunded Langston University and a Tulsa BMX Olympian.

Approximately 200 young people are aging out of foster care in Oklahoma every year. One nonprofit is expanding its ability to provide housing opportunities and support to the population.

Without enough foster families to support the more than 5,100 children in Oklahoma’s child welfare system, many children are moved hours from their homes, increasing the strain on youth, foster parents, caseworkers and families trying to regain custody.

Some states allow children to be removed from their parents if they fail to pay the cost of foster care. But that can be hundreds of dollars a month, and it's often the poorest families who must pay.

After reading an investigation by NPR and the Marshall Project, former foster youth are asking what happened to their benefits — and the government isn't helping.

At eight-years-old David Hall was taken from his mother’s house in Canadian County and placed into foster care. He had been abused most of his life and…

With drug use surging in the past decade and a half, many parents are losing custody of their kids. But is foster care the best solution?