Foster care & Adoption

Around 7 million Americans are adopted, and just like every family is unique, every adoption experience is unique. When stories are told about adoption, we tend to focus on the experiences of adoptive parents, but adoptees have their own important stories to share.

For as long as she can remember Katherine Linn Caire has known that she was adopted, but as is the case with many adoptees, there was a lot she didn’t know.

Twenty years ago, Native communities in western Iowa protested the disproportionate number of Natives placed in the child welfare system. They’re still marching today.

Black artists from across Iowa perform, discuss the meaning of the Juneteenth celebration and talk about how their experiences as Black Iowans fuel their music.

Charity Nebbe and her guests talk about adoption and how the people who were adopted as children often find themselves with a lot to process.

The pandemic has put a stress on the availability of foster care homes. In western Iowa, organizations say the need is acute.

In Iowa, it’s always difficult to find enough foster homes to take in children who need them. And it’s even tougher to place Latino and Spanish-speaking children in well-matched homes. There are currently more Latino children in foster care than there are Latino foster parents. And when they don’t get placed in well-matched homes, they can lose touch with their culture.

The Native American community held its annual walk Wednesday in Sioux City, honoring their children placed into the non-Native foster care system. Besides looking for healing, people reflected on parents' responsibility for teaching their child, and looked forward.

This week marks a Native American tradition in Sioux City, honoring their children placed into foster care.

An investigation by the state ombudsman released Tuesday found the 2017 abuse and starvation death of 16-year-old Sabrina Ray could have been prevented by the Iowa Department of Human Services.