Foster Care

South Dakota has more children in foster care than foster families licensed to care for them. Two young women who aged out of the foster system share their stories, and two current foster families talk about the dire need.

The effects of child trauma coupled with recent changes in state juvenile justice policy have left some families to fall through the cracks. For others, juvenile diversion programs offer a second chance to stay out of the juvenile justice system altogether.

State officials say South Dakota is in need of more people to help foster children. South Dakota Focus spoke to two families about the system, the challenges and what it will take to get more people involved.

Two leaders of the South Dakota Kids Belong organization discuss finding foster and adoptive families for kids in care.

We talk with two reporters who set out to understand why Native American children are overrepresented in South Dakota's foster care system.

Mike Thompson, JD, joins In the Moment to discuss the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold ICWA.

The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a law aimed at keeping Native American foster children and adoptees with their tribes.

Three Sioux Falls organizations stepped into SDPB's studio to discuss the important work volunteers do for children in their community.

We continue with our coverage of COVID-19, talk CAFOs with South Dakota Newswatch, hear an SDPB special report on Native American foster care, and much…

There’s a real need across the state for more families to adopt and foster children.The demand is most acute in west river counties. A smaller population…