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November 10, 2024Research & ReportsLast 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 [...]
September 18, 2024News & Press ReleasesPhoenix, AZ — The Center for the Rights of Abused Children, a groundbreaking charity dedicated to protecting abused children, has been awarded the prestigious Norman Borlaug Humanitarian Award from Vizient, accompanied by a $50,000 prize. This recognition honors the organization's transformative impact on the lives of abused children under the leadership of founder and CEO, Darcy Olsen.
September 10, 2024News & Press Releases, Podcasts & AudioDarcy Olsen discusses the Center's mission to mend the child protection system and bring a permanent end to innocent children enduring violence.
September 1, 2024Resources & ToolsAttorneys Protect Children’s Fundamental Rights Executive Summary Children possess numerous legal and constitutional rights that must be protected. Amid the numerous interests in abuse and neglect proceedings, children’s rights and interests are distinct [...]
August 13, 2024Research & ReportsProblem Nationally, over 90% of children in foster care leave the child welfare system via reunification with biological parents, guardianship, kinship placements, or adoption.1 The remaining children – approximately 9% of teens and [...]
June 28, 2024News & Press Releases, Television & VideoThis new initiative is projected to reduce aging out of foster care by 34 percent.
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 23, 2024News & Press ReleasesMore than 400,000 children in the U.S. are living in foster care. Each year, nearly 20,000 become adults and are left without the support of a guardian or the government. John Yang speaks [...]
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 & ReportsWe 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 & Reports
Center 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 & ReportsSample 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 ReformsAt 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 [...]
