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Learn more about life-saving work that has helped more than 500,000 abused children across America.

We 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 actively and continually search for children missing from their care until they are found.

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 children in foster care, our answer is always the same — attorney representation for children. The graphic below shows which states guarantee the appointment of client directed attorneys for all children.

Nationally, over 90% of children in foster care leave the child welfare system via reunification with biological parents, guardianship, kinship placements, or adoption. The remaining children – approximately 9% of teens and young adults – “age out” of the child welfare system without a permanent family.

The Center for the Rights of Abused Children’s Practice Manual encourages attorneys to assert the constitutional rights of children in foster care, including safety, family integrity, emotional security, timely permanency, and educational rights.

February 29, 2024 - The Center for the Rights of Abused Children releases a toolkit aimed at enforcing the rights of youth in foster care.

The Center for the Rights of Abused Children publishes toolkit to help pass legislation in states nationwide.

The Center for the Rights of Abused Children champions every child’s right to be free from abuse by public-school officials.

The number of children impacted by The Center's work will grow from 500,000 to over 1 million with expansion of the pro bono Children's Law Clinic and common-sense reforms.

An explanation of the general differences between guardians ad litem and traditional lawyers for children.

The Center for the Rights of Abused Children continues the fight to protect children in foster care's social security benefits.

Learn the facts about closing the educational gap for Arizona's students in foster care.