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Latest PostFunding Will Help Prevent Homelessness, Incarceration, and Lifelong Instability Among Vulnerable Teens Phoenix, Ariz. - The Center for the Rights of Abused Children applauds congressional approval of $30 million in funding for the Family Unification Program, including $25 million dedicated to housing assistance for youth aging out of foster care through the Foster Youth to [...]
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June 26, 2024Events & TestimonyStrengthening Child Welfare by Reauthorizing Title IV-B of the Social Security Act to Provide Traditional Counsel for Children The Center for the Rights of Abused Children supports H.R. 8810 to encourage states to [...]
June 26, 2024News & Press ReleasesLerner & Rowe Gives Back has granted $20,000 to support children served by the Center for the Rights of Abused Children’s Pro Bono Children’s Law Clinic. The funds will exclusively fund emergency legal aid for abused children.
June 26, 2024News & Press ReleasesAt the Arizona Capitol Times’ Best of the Capitol awards ceremony this evening, Darcy Olsen, founder and CEO of the Center for the Rights of Abused Children, was recognized as Arizona’s Best Non-Profit Leader.
June 17, 2024News & Press Releases– Yesterday, the Arizona legislature passed a measure, brought by the Center for the Rights of Abused Children, to help abused children at the greatest risk of aging out of the foster care system find safe and loving homes. Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs is anticipated to sign the bill. House Bill 2704, establishes the Foster Youth Permanency Project Team within the Department of Child Safety.
May 24, 2024Research & Reports, Resources & ToolsWe are driven to ensure the safety of the tens of thousands of children who go missing from foster care every year. The Center successfully passed state legislation requiring child welfare agencies to [...]
- May 21, 2024Research & Reports
We believe every child deserves a safe and loving home. When asked by lawmakers across the country for the single reform that will help protect the most abused and neglected children in foster [...]
April 9, 2024Research & ReportsCenter for the Rights of Abused Children Releases a Model Executive Order Protecting Social Security, Disability, and Survivor Benefits for Children in Foster Care.
April 8, 2024Events & TestimonyThe Center for the Rights of Abused Children' s History on the Issue After becoming aware of the fact that states were using more than $160 million of children's federal benefits to reimburse [...]
- April 8, 2024Research & Reports
Sample Executive Order An order prohibiting the state department of child safety (department) from taking rightful federal benefits away from a child in foster care and requiring the department to preserve the child’s [...]
April 6, 2024News & Press ReleasesThe Colorado legislature has passed a landmark reform strengthening core legal protections for children in the foster care system.
April 5, 2024News & Press ReleasesToday, the Arizona legislature unanimously passed House Bill 2486, allowing courts to consider the restoration of the parent-children relationship.
April 4, 2024News & Press ReleasesArizona Governor Katie Hobbs signed a groundbreaking reform created by the Center for the Rights of Abused Children to improve transparency and oversight of the Department of Child Safety (DCS).
April 4, 2024News & Press ReleasesHouse Bill 2645, adopted unanimously on April 2, 2024, will improve educational outcomes for children in foster care.
April 3, 2024News & Press ReleasesWashington, DC – A bipartisan coalition of federal lawmakers on both the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance and the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee.
March 7, 2024Events & TestimonyAppointing Client-Directed Counsel to Children in Children-in Need-of-Care Proceedings Appointing a guardian ad litem (GAL) in cases involving abused children results in confusion. This confusion stems from the unclear and potentially conflicting ethical [...]
March 2, 2024Events & TestimonyThe Department of Child Safety Sunset Review hearings to review the purpose and functions of the department to determine whether continuation, revision, consolidation or termination is warranted. Preview: My name is Kendall Seal. [...]
- February 29, 2024Model Reforms
At the Center for the Rights of Abused Children, we protect the rights of children who are victims of abuse and neglect, and we work to ensure every child has a safe and [...]
February 13, 2024Events & TestimonySenate Bill 1235 creates the Child Safety Fatality and Near Fatality Review Team, empaneled with Department of Child Safety staff and external, independent reviewers. The bill also grants power to the joint legislative [...]
February 8, 2024Events & TestimonyLegal Representation for Children in Foster Care Requiring the appointment of a client-directed attorney to represent children in abuse and neglect proceedings, giving children a voice. Written Testimony - Kendall Seal, Vice President [...]
February 7, 2024Events & TestimonyModifies provisions relating to the due diligent search for and placement of a child with a grandparent or other relative. Read full testimony.
February 7, 2024Events & TestimonyRequires the preservation and protection of federal benefits that belong to a child in the care of the children’s division. These benefits include those that are administered by the Railroad Retirement Board, Social [...]
- February 7, 2024Research & Reports
Through our work with children, we learned that states throughout the country proactively apply for federal benefits on behalf of eligible children and then keep it, considering it a reimbursement for the child’s [...]
February 1, 2024Events & TestimonySupport Senate Bill 181 Modifies provisions relating to the due diligent search for and placement of a child with a relative. Oral Testimony, Kendall Seal, Vice President of Policy - Center for the [...]
