The number of kids in Indiana foster care decreased in recent years, according to a new report from the Indiana Youth Institute, but advocates worry about racial disparities.

According to the Indiana Department of Child Services, there are around 30,000 children in foster care in Indiana.

Bethany Christian Services' transitional foster care program provides a temporary home for unaccompanied children who have fled to the U.S. border.

Students in Indianas foster care system face a much higher expulsion rate and much lower graduation rate compared to their peers, according to a new report.

The Senate sent a bill to the governors desk Thursday that aims to reform Indianas foster care system.

The bill's sponsor says it acts as a companion to the Department of Child Services bill sent to the governor last week.

The bill to better regulate psychotropic medicine for youth in Indiana's foster system passed out committee Monday.

The bill that would require DCS to note whether the child was in foster care at the time of death, or had been returned to their family.

The study committee considered a recommendation to require judges to give foster parents a hearing if they request a role in a child welfare case.

The Department of Child Services announced a campaign to encourage more Hoosiers to become foster and adoptive parents.