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Latest PostHistory 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 last week, when First Lady Melania Trump announced Fostering the Future Accounts, a new path to savings accounts for children in foster care. When the broader Trump [...]
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April 28, 2021News & Press ReleasesPHOENIX – Senate Bill 1019, sponsored by Arizona Sen. Nancy Barto, today passed the Arizona legislature unanimously and heads to Arizona Governor Doug Ducey for signature. The legislation adds a critical safeguard for Arizona’s [...]
January 19, 2021Research & ReportsWhy 20,000 kids disappear from foster care every year and how to end this crisis. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Anaiah Walker was 15 when she went missing from Arizona’s foster care system in December 2019. [...]
January 19, 2021Research & ReportsGen Justice released a new brief, 'Disappearing and Dying' about the 20,000 kids who disappear from foster care every year and how to end crisis.
December 3, 2020Model ReformsPURPOSE The pandemic has tattered the safety net for our nation’s vulnerable children. History tells us that economic downturns lead to increases in child abuse cases and increases in the number of children [...]
November 29, 2020Op-Eds & CommentaryHi friends, A few months ago, I was invited to write a chapter for a reference book on American foster care. I’m thrilled to share this sneak peek with you in advance of [...]
November 17, 2020News & Press ReleasesFounder Darcy Olsen receives national award WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a virtual awards ceremony today, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) presented Gen Justice Founder, Darcy Olsen, with an Adoption [...]
November 4, 2020News & Press ReleasesKeller expands Gen Justice's fight to help foster kids PHOENIX, Arizona –Gen Justice has hired attorney Tim Keller to direct and expand its national work protecting the constitutional interests of abandoned and abused [...]
- October 5, 2020News & Press Releases
PHOENIX, Arizona) – Darcy Olsen will be honored in an award ceremony as a member of the Arizona Capitol Times class of 2020 Women Achievers of Arizona for her work leading Gen Justice during the pandemic. [...]
December 10, 2019Op-Eds & Commentaryby Brigitte Jolliet My name is Brigitte — I’m a former foster youth from Florida and currently a third-year law student. I wrote this article in response to a memo written by Alan [...]
August 14, 2019Op-Eds & CommentaryThis is not an easy read. But to understand just how broken the child welfare system is, I need you to stay with me. In April of this year, police in Wichita, Kansas [...]
May 1, 2019Model ReformsThe adoption process can be slow, sometimes taking longer than a year. This largely administrative activity swallows precious time that foster children, especially older kids, don’t have to waste. Older kids are among [...]
- October 9, 2018News & Press Releases
SB1473, enacted into law on August 3, 2018, amended Arizona’s child welfare statutes in important ways. The legislature adopted these changes in an 87:1 vote, demonstrating the strong consensus behind the spirit and [...]
