We step in when a child’s safety, stability, or future is at risk. Through our Pro Bono Children’s Law Clinic and National Legal Network for Abused Children, our attorneys represent children who might otherwise face life-altering decisions alone. Whether in local dependency court or before a State Supreme Court, we provide children with the skilled advocacy they need.

We work to keep children safe without losing the people who love them. We have reunited separated siblings, empowered grandparents, cousins and kin to provide safe homes, and protected children from being returned to dangerous homes and unfamiliar countries. In every case, we focus on securing both safety and belonging.

Our cases can change what childhood looks like for children in state care, not just in one case, but nationwide. By asserting the fundamental constitutional rights of children in court—including rights to safety, family, and due process—we ensure that protection is no longer a matter of luck, location, or timing, but an enforceable legal certainty

We fight to ensure every child has a qualified attorney in abuse and neglect proceedings, so no child is left to face life-altering decisions alone.

We work to establish that once authorities know a child is in danger, the state has an obligation to protect life before harm occurs.

We advocate for educational stability and specialized services so children in care can learn, graduate, and build independent adult lives.

We seek to end indefinite legal limbo by securing every child’s right to a timely, permanent family.

We defend sibling and kinship relationships as rights that should not be severed without compelling necessity.

We pursue accountability when children disappear from care, establishing a legal duty to search for and recover every missing child.

The impact of this work is life changing. It means children are not sent back to homes where fear lives behind closed doors. It means siblings stay together. It means grandparents are found, trusted, and empowered to say, “Come home. You belong here.” It means fewer nights listening for footsteps. And more mornings that begin with breakfast at the same table, backpacks by the door, and someone who will always come when they call. By asserting the rights of children in court, we ensure that safety is not temporary. It becomes lasting, reliable, and real.

Real change means turning on the lights—so no child is ever invisible again. Every 58 seconds, a child is abused. Despite the scale of this crisis, their suffering remains largely in the shadows. Because children cannot tell their own stories—and because their realities are sealed behind agency records, redacted documents, and closed courtrooms—invisibility has become the status quo. This silence has devastating consequences. For example, while there is a powerful desire to combat child trafficking, few realize that most trafficked children originate in the foster care system. To stop the trafficking of children in our nation, we must protect abused children.

Nearly half of the country mistakenly believes foster care is a holding cell for juvenile delinquents. The truth could not be more different. These are children who were failed by the adults meant to protect them—by addiction, violence, neglect, and abandonment. Some enter the world already hurting, born into withdrawal or abandonment. Others spend their childhoods suffering unspeakable cruelty. Too often, these children are labeled as difficult or delinquent. This labeling is one reason too few families open their homes, and why even fewer are willing to adopt teens. We bridge this divide with honesty—sharing children’s stories with care and integrity—so all of us can see children for who they truly are. We believe no child is unlovable, no child is disposable, and every child deserves the kind of belonging that only family can give.

For too long, good people have read newspaper headlines and thought, “This is awful—but what can I possibly do?” The problem feels too big. The suffering feels overwhelming. And so many people who care deeply end up standing on the sidelines, unsure where they fit. We’re helping change that. We share real, practical ways anyone can step in—right where they are, with the skills they already have. Some open their homes as foster parents. Some adopt. Some mentor teens who have never had a steady adult in their corner. Professionals step forward, too. Therapists offer trauma-informed counseling. Attorneys and paralegals volunteer their expertise. Business leaders create internships. Artists help children find their voices.

We help people see that protecting children is not the work of “experts” alone. It is the work of neighbors. Teachers. Employers. Coaches. Churches. Businesses. Families. It is the work of a society that decides: “We will not look away.”

We bring children’s experiences into the light and keep them there. Through national media, podcasts, and digital platforms, we make child protection a visible, ongoing priority.

We meet people where they are, translating complex systems into clear, actionable steps. We give families, faith groups, and neighbors the tools to turn concern into real participation that changes lives.

We make understanding count. When people truly see children and their needs, doors open—more homes, more support, and brighter futures.

When children are seen and understood, protection does not end at the courthouse steps. It continues in living rooms, classrooms, and neighborhoods. By making abuse visible and improving understanding about ways to help, we weave protection into the fabric of who we are. That is how it becomes lasting—not just on the books, but in our homes and communities across the nation.