PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — The Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) has agreed to pay $9 million to a woman who alleges that she was abused in her childhood foster home. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aug. 22—A second foster mother this summer has been charged with abusing a child in her care. The foster mother, Johnnie Denise ...

A young woman is suing her former Shasta County foster parents, another man and two county agencies, alleging no one stopped years of sexual abuse.

POLK COUNTY, Iowa (Iowa Capital Dispatch) - A South Dakota woman is suing the State of Iowa for allegedly placing her in a foster home with a convict who sexually assaulted her. Mikalla Starr Winkel, ...

Days after being rescued from the California household where the 13 Turpin siblings suffered horrific abuse at the hands of their own parents, six of the youngest children entered the foster care ...

Members of the Turpin family have reached a confidential settlement with Riverside County and ChildNet over allegations of foster care abuse. The lawsuits alleged that after being rescued from their ...

A second foster mother this summer has been charged with abusing a child in her care. The foster mother, Johnnie Denise Douma, 47, is facing one count of child abuse after an exam showed the ...