In the weeks after the brutal slaying of Emily Pike, the 14-year-old San Carlos Apache girl who went missing from a group home in Mesa, some child welfare experts say the system meant to protect ...

Sal Di Leo grew up in an orphanage in the 1960s, the 11th of 12 children rescued from abject poverty after their father left them. “I don’t know where I’d be today without the sisters,” observed Di ...

PURVIS, Miss. (WDAM) - Homes of Hope for Children is home to chicken coops, a grocery store, rows of flowers and at-risk youth. Leaders there said many people don’t even know this corner of Purvis ...

Group homes for troubled teens can serve a purpose, but in the wake of Emily Pike's disappearance and death, many advocates say the system needs reforms. Some Arizona tribes are finding new challenges ...