The Scheer family isn't bound by blood, but by shared experience. Rob Scheer and his five kids each made their own journey through the foster care system with a trash bag in tow. Rob was 12 the first ...

More than a thousand foster children will no longer have to put their belongings in garbage bags or pillow cases.Attorney ...

Hallie Lively was just 7 when two police officers and a caseworker came to the door. She was going to foster care. She had five minutes to pack. She took one change of clothes, her Barbie sneakers and ...

The day state officials handed Riley a large black plastic trash bag that smelled like lemon is seared into the former Oregon foster youth’s mind. “I will never forget my first trash bag,” Riley ...

“Children in the New York City foster system transition, on average, to three different homes. For some, this means three different schools, families, and environments.” The “Luggage to Foster Care ...

Javier’s clothes were stuffed into a black trash bag and thrown into the trunk of a car, according to a photo taken last month and recently shown to Maryland lawmakers. As he was being transferred ...