Iowa faces a foster care crisis, according to an official with the state’s main contractor that supports foster families, and the only Iowa agency that licenses new foster parents. Emma Pischel ...

Iowa saw more children in foster care who were referred to a home last year than there were licensed foster families, according to Four Oaks, the state’s contractor for licensing foster and ...

There are 640 Iowa volunteers advocating for 2,600 children. When you recall the figure above of children in foster care, which does not include all children determined to be in need of assistance ...

327 bikes will be given to children in foster care in northern and western Iowa. “We want these kids to know that they are valued. And we want them to know that there are people who care about them.