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 ...

A new Maryland law intends to bring more dignity to children in foster care by banning the use of trash bags to carry their belongings. Rob Scheer was raised in foster care, going from place to place ...

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 ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCIV) — For many children entering the foster care system, the transition begins with a trash bag holding everything they own. Seacoast Church is working to change that reality, ...

Golbert said he was unaware of any children currently using trash bags as luggage in Cook County but emphasized the importance of recordkeeping. “Unless you add on reporting and record keeping ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - New suitcases and duffel bags are needed for foster children in Kansas. A community-wide bag drive is going on now until the end of the month. The bag drive is being organized ...