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ABOUT US

No child should
live in fear.

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Children can’t stop abuse. We can.

The Center for the Rights of Abused Children is an award-winning charity dedicated to protecting abused children with nowhere else to turn. We stand by their side every step of the way, from initial rescue to securing a safe and loving home. Every year, hundreds of thousands of abused children enter the child protection system or foster care for temporary safety, but too often, they fall through the cracks. That’s where we come in. We work to keep siblings together, place children with loving relatives and in safe homes, and ensure access to educational opportunities. We are building a bridge from foster care to safety, family, and the bright future every child deserves.

 

Our Mission.

To protect children, change laws, and inspire people. We believe every child deserves a safe and loving home.

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Award-Winning Advocacy

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Adoption Excellence Award

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Norman Borlaug Humanitarian Award

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Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute Angel in Adoption

Our Leadership

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DARCY OLSEN

FOUNDER & CEO

Darcy Olsen founded the Center for the Rights of Abused Children with a foster baby in her arms and a mission to help children grow up safe and loved. The seeds of the Center were planted when a social worker told Olsen that city shelters were overflowing with newborns due to the opioid epidemic. It was a call to arms she couldn't ignore. In just a few years, Olsen took in ten boys and girls… and witnessed firsthand the system’s repeated failures, including sibling separations, prolonged cycles of entry and re-entry, and premature deaths.

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TIM KELLER

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND LEGAL DIRECTOR

Intensely motivated by his time fostering children who’d been abused, Tim sees his work to ensure children have a constitutional right to counsel as a matter of life and death. As such, he’s particularly proud that in 2021 the Center for the Rights of Abused Children secured the rights of all children in Arizona’s foster system to be represented by legal counsel. 

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ANN TREDWAY

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Ann Tredway is a nonprofit leader who works to ensure all abused and abandoned children are safe, and she is passionate about living out her faith in the service of all children. As the executive director at the Center for the Rights of Abused Children, she oversees the operations and fundraising necessary to help hundreds of thousands of abused and abandoned children across America.  

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J. KENDALL SEAL

VICE PRESIDENT OF POLICY

J. Kendall Seal is a lawyer dedicated to reforming the American legal system to ensure children in foster care are given a fighting chance and the loving family they deserve. Kendall spearheads the creation and development of research, reforms, and public policies to protect children in foster care at both the state and federal levels. Kendall believes the world needs more homecomings, and he is inspired by courageous young people and their foster families who demonstrate grace, grit, and resilience in the face of a system that denies their voices in the process.

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2023 Annual Report

Learn more about our life-changing work.

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Board of Directors

Celia McClelland, Chairman
Shamrock Foods Foundation

Alan P. Dye, Esquire, Director
Webster, Chamberlain & Bean

F. Phillips Giltner III, Director
Shamrock Foods Company

Renee V. Giltner, CPA, Treasurer
Certified Public Accountant

Dan Grubb, Director
AZCAL II, L.L.C.

Mike Haller, Director
Haller Group, PLC

Sandy Leong, Director
Sandy Leong Jewelry

Darcy A. Olsen, CEO
Center for the Rights of Abused Children

Carrie Tynan, Director
Adolph Coors Foundation

John White, Director
American Refrigeration Supplies, Inc.

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