Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new legislative commission studying graduation rates and other ways to increase academic success for students in foster care ...

EAST PROVIDENCE – Sylvia Parrott is unpacking for the first time in her life. She landed a one-bedroom apartment at Riverside Square earlier this year. She works now as a peer support specialist at ...

Foster Forward executive director Lisa Guillette takes a nontraditional approach to solve problems faced by foster children: homelessness, addiction, incarceration and mental health issues. She ...

In the 21 years since Lisa Guillette first started working for the Rhode Island Foster Parents Association, she has seen the organization grow “dramatically,” she said. Guillette, the executive ...