Model Executive Order Protecting Benefits for Children in Foster Care
Center for the Rights of Abused Children Releases a Model Executive Order Protecting Social Security, Disability, and Survivor Benefits for Children in Foster Care.
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Center for the Rights of Abused Children Applauds $30 Million Federal Investment to Support Teens Aging Out of Care
Funding Will Help Prevent Homelessness, Incarceration, and Lifelong Instability Among Vulnerable Teens Phoenix, Ariz. – The Center for the Rights…
Colorado Improves Legal Protections for Children in the State Foster Care System
The Colorado legislature has passed a landmark reform strengthening core legal protections for children in the foster care system.
Arizona Joins 22 States with New Law Allowing for the Restoration of the Parent-Child Relationship
Today, the Arizona legislature unanimously passed House Bill 2486, allowing courts to consider the restoration of the parent-children relationship.
Groundbreaking Reform Brings Transparency and Oversight to the Department of Child Safety
Arizona 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).
Arizona Unanimously Passes Critical Reform to Improve Graduation Rates of Children in Foster Care.
House Bill 2645, adopted unanimously on April 2, 2024, will improve educational outcomes for children in foster care.
Statement Urging Social Security Commissioner to Stop Taking Foster Youth Benefits.
Washington, 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.
Legislation Seeks Permanency for Foster Children
For the past two decades, hundreds of thousands of American kids have aged out of the foster care system. The Permanency Project proves that those outcomes are not inevitable. And the thoughtful restoration of parental rights can provide a chance for many more.
Darcy Olsen Speaks on PBS Special
It’s my first day as a licensed foster mom when I get a call to go to the hospital and pick up a baby girl. So I race over to the hospital, and I make my way through this huge labyrinth of a medical center, but I’m early, and to my relief, over to the right is a small chapel.
Arizona has 1 foster care home for every 4 children in need. That’s a crisis
As a licensed foster mom, I answered a call from a group home a few weeks before Christmas. When I arrived, I saw a bland environment for children, with identical, impersonal beds pushed up against walls — no stockings, no decorations, no matching pajamas.
