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Koinonia Family Services is one of the foster family agencies that received a letter of nonrenewal. Their policy expires in 2025. (Photo courtesy of Ourpromiseca) A seismic disruption of the foster ...

Of the nearly 45,000 children in the California foster care system, over 8,000 are placed in resource family homes supported by nonprofit foster family agencies. Many of the state's 220 foster family ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Monique Lewis worries that after an insurance policy lapses in November, she will no longer be able to foster a child who ...

Nonprofits Insurance Alliance of California (NIAC) covers 90% of the foster care agencies in the state. It has declared it is closing the door on providing those policies because they’re ...

SPRINGFIELD — Insurance companies are reducing the scope of coverage for some community foster agencies in Illinois, leading to higher costs, diminished coverage and fewer options for agencies who say ...

LOS ANGELES — Monique Lewis has figured out a few tricks to lure her foster child to school. Some days, it’s McDonald’s frappuccinos. But on days the 13-year-old girl still struggles to get out of bed ...