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Latest PostPublished in The Hill. History does not always arrive with fanfare. Sometimes it arrives softly and humbly, and only in hindsight does the landmark moment become clear. That is how it came earlier this month, when First Lady Melania Trump announced Fostering the Future Accounts, a new path to savings accounts for children in foster care. [...]
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June 2, 2023Model Reforms, Research & ReportsExecutive Summary Youth in foster care face an uphill battle in educational attainment. Abuse, ongoing trauma, and unstable living arrangements contribute to poor outcomes for foster youth. Foster children move from one home [...]
June 2, 2023Model Reforms, Research & 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 [...]
May 9, 2023News & Press ReleasesSB 1205 will ensure compliance with federal law and will improve educational outcomes for over 11,000 children in foster care.
May 5, 2023Events & Testimony, Model ReformsOn behalf of the Center for the Rights of Abused Children (Center), I write in support of AB 1512 (Bryan). This critical initiative protects and preserves federal benefits that belong to the child [...]
May 3, 2023News & Press ReleasesSB 1186 will enhance the rights of children in foster care, foster parents, kinship placements, and biological parents by making those rights enforceable.
May 2, 2023Model Reforms, Research & ReportsOverview: Nearly 10% of children in our nation’s child welfare system “age out” of the system, leaving foster care without a family, meaningful adult connections, or adequate support. Outcomes for these young adults [...]
May 2, 2023Events & Testimony, Model ReformsThe proposed policy seeks to conserve and maximize a child’s federal benefits within applicable asset limitations and to ensure those benefits are used exclusively for the individual unmet needs and best interests of [...]
May 2, 2023Events & TestimonyChair Concannon, Vice Chair Johnson, and members of the House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care: Significant rights are at stake when children and families become involved in the child welfare system. [...]
May 2, 2023Events & TestimonyChairman Patton, Vice-Chair Schrei(iii)ber, Ranking Member Carmichael, and members of the committee, My name is Darcy Olsen, and I am here today on behalf of The Center for the Rights of Abused Children [...]
May 2, 2023Events & Testimony, Model ReformsDear Members of the Interim Study Committee on Courts and the Judiciary: As you consider improving permanency outcomes for children in foster care, the Center for the Rights of Abused Children (Center) invites [...]
April 25, 2023News & Press ReleasesKansas Governor Laura Kelly signed House Bill 2024 extending basic rights to over 6,000 abused and neglected children living in foster care.
April 20, 2023News & Press ReleasesHouse Bill 2313 ensures AZ DCS conducts and immediate, thorough search for relatives when a child enters care to give them greater stability and permanency with family whenever possible.
April 19, 2023Podcasts & AudioOur founder and CEO, Darcy Olsen, discusses our mission with Danny Davis on Cause We Care.
April 17, 2023Podcasts & AudioTim Keller, SVP, discusses our efforts to reduce abused children's time in state care on KFNN Money Radio.
March 20, 2023Events & TestimonyRequires the court to appoint an attorney to represent a child who is the subject of a child abuse and neglect proceeding and allows for the optional appointment of a guardian ad litem. [...]
March 14, 2023Op-Eds & CommentaryRead as we advocate for a bill currently in the Arizona Legislature that would stop the Arizona Department of Child Services from taking survivor benefits from the state's foster children. So far, House Bill 2559, has received strong bipartisan support.
March 6, 2023Events & TestimonyEstablishes in statute the Office of the Child Advocate who is responsible for investigating complaints of any person involved with the child welfare system and ensuring that children and families receive adequate coordination [...]
- March 2, 2023Model Reforms, Research & Reports
The Problem Under federal law, many foster children are owed survivor benefits (including social security and veterans benefits) if their parents died, or if they have a disability (social security income). Many states apply [...]
March 2, 2023Model Reforms, Research & ReportsThe Problem Federal law mandates states provide children a representative to 1. obtain a clear understanding of the situation and needs of the child, and 2. make recommendations to the court concerning the [...]
March 2, 2023Research & ReportsThe Problem Each year, approximately 2,000 children age out of foster care when they turn 18 or, for those who live in states that offer extended time in care, as late as 21. [...]
February 27, 2023Op-Eds & CommentaryOnly 40% of children in foster care graduate from high school on time in Arizona. The way to solve that problem is by making sure simple
February 22, 2023Op-Eds & CommentaryMore than 800 newborns in Arizona each year suffer from drug withdrawals because of their moms. HB 2530 helps both mother and child.
February 17, 2023Op-Eds & CommentaryArizona Senate Bill 1252, championed by Sen. Janae Shamp, R-Surprise, recognizes deaths of children are preventable, and we desperately need to chart a path toward change...
February 16, 2023Events & TestimonyRequires the court to appoint an attorney to represent a child who is the subject of child in need of care proceeding and allows for the optional appointment of a guardian ad litem. [...]
