The Scheer family isn't bound by blood, but by shared experience. Rob Scheer and his five kids each made their own journey through the foster care system with a trash bag in tow. Rob was 12 the first ...

The day state officials handed Riley a large black plastic trash bag that smelled like lemon is seared into the former Oregon foster youth’s mind. “I will never forget my first trash bag,” Riley ...

Hallie Lively was just 7 when two police officers and a caseworker came to the door. She was going to foster care. She had five minutes to pack. She took one change of clothes, her Barbie sneakers and ...