foster care system

One of the Turpin sisters in an article about 'Escape from a House of Horror.'

The Turpin Sisters Reveal All in ‘Escape from a House of Horror’

An ABC News 20/20 special event discloses the extent of the abuse these children experienced throughout their entire lives.…

December 30, 2021

a photograph of three children in the foster care system playing with toy cars

Immigrant and Foster Children Are in Danger in Texas

Sophie N. Munoz, University of Texas at San Antonio

The failures at foster care facilities in the Lone Star State continue to harm young people. These problems need to be fixed once and for all.…

May 31, 2021

A photo of the cover of What I Carry by Jennifer Longo

‘What I Carry’ Rediscovers Home Amidst the Complexities of Foster Care

Juliana Fujii, Biola University

The novel explores the long process of a guarded teenager finding belonging in her last foster home after a lifetime of letdowns.…

August 19, 2020

The USC Student Defying Foster Care Statistics

Devon Hodge, Western Washington University

A foster care child and a high school mother, Carmen Noyola overcame incredible odds to make it to college. Now she's planning to fix the broken system she came from.…

July 26, 2017