World & Nation
By the time Tyrese Davis was 9, his alcoholic father was dead and his mother gone.
Feb. 20, 1994
California
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors could take an important step next week toward changing the cockeyed rules that split up too many troubled families and send thousands of children into strangers’ foster homes.
Nov. 1, 2003
Los Angeles County officials have taken custody of six children formerly under the care of Bette Louise Winks, a one-time exemplary parent in her home state of Illinois who is jailed in Tijuana on charges of attempting to purchase a 1-year-old Mexican girl for $3,000.
March 9, 1987
Children: Revamped system stresses permanent placement, not family reunification.
April 25, 1999
Adoptions of foster children have jumped nearly 50% in California over two years, mirroring a national trend in which states are moving more rapidly to find permanent new homes for the offspring of the most troubled parents.
May 8, 2000
U.S. authorities are attempting to assist Mexican officials in their search for the natural parents of nine children--all under age 2 and all apparently born in Mexico--who are believed to have been smuggled into the United States for adoption.
Feb. 11, 1987
Democratic senators are urging the Education Department to strengthen regulations against excluding kids from class because of behaviors related to a disability — a practice known as informal removal.
Oct. 5, 2022
This time, Los Angeles County supervisors say they really want life to improve for the 35,000 children in the county’s foster-care system.
July 24, 2002
Consider a typical child welfare scenario: A 4-year-old boy, a single mom and drug abuse.
March 25, 2004
Politics
Last week, one day apart, two governors took dramatic steps that could crystallize a healthcare debate developing in the states -- even as Washington mostly averts its eyes from the problems of declining access and rising costs.
Nov. 21, 2005