Education & Resources

Our educational resources empower legal advocates, policymakers, and the community to uphold these fundamental rights.

Together, we can ensure every child is protected, heard, and home.

 

Training: The Constitutional Rights of Children in Foster Care

In this comprehensive training, Tom Jose, Director of our Children's Law Clinic, explores the vital legal protections that safeguard children within the foster care system. While children in state custody are often the most vulnerable members of our society, they possess inherent rights to safety, family integrity, and permanency.

If you're a foster parent who completed this webinar, you can complete this quiz for a training certificate. The certificate is subject to approval by your state or foster care agency.

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Webinar: Rescuing Missing and Trafficked

Last year an estimated 20,000 American children went missing from their foster care placements and group homes. Join us on zoom to learn more about the reforms we’ve helped advance including such basic requirements as mandatory searches for missing children. We’ll explore cutting-edge research on prevention and intervention efforts and talk about state and federal opportunities to prevent children from disappearing from care.

Webinar: Preservation of Youth Benefits

Kendall Seal VP of POLICY at the Center for the Rights of Abused Children, and other experts discuss the passage and implementation of the first comprehensive state law in the nation to protect foster children’s social security, disability, and veteran survivor benefits!

What you may not know is that very year, tens of thousands of children enter foster care eligible for over $160 million dollars in federal disability and survivor benefits. Shamefully, state governments across the country take foster children’s benefits, often without the children even knowing.

We’ll explore the implementation of this new law and how you can bring this powerful reform to your state. Also, you’ll want to stay tuned for discussion on recent developments at the federal level to stop states from stealing children in foster care’s social security and survivor benefits.

Featuring:

  • David Lujan: Cabinet Executive Officer of Arizona Department of Child Safety
  • Anne Ronan: Attorney at the Center for Law in the Public Interest
  • Drew Schaffer: Director of the William E. Morris Institute for Justice
  • Kendall Seal: VP of Policy at the Center for the Rights of Abused Children

Webinar: Legislative Preview 2024

Seattle CityClub’s Legislative Preview features the top leadership from the Washington State Legislature on both sides of the aisle. Moderated by leading regional journalists, the discussion takes an in-depth look at the top priorities for the upcoming session and the impact they will have on individuals and communities.

Legislators

• House Majority Leader Joe Fitzgibbon (D)
• House Republican Leader Drew Stokesbary(R)

• Senate Republican Leader John Braun (R)

• Senate Deputy Majority Leader Manka Dhingra (D)

Moderators

• Drew Mikkelsen, KING 5 News South Bureau Chief
• Hana Kim, Journalist, Fox 13 Seattle

Understanding Arizona’s Law Giving an Attorney to Every Foster Child

Join Chief Counsel Rebecca Masterson to learn what this new law means for Arizona’s foster kids.