A Family for Every Child
Hundreds of thousands of children who have survived abuse and neglect exit the foster care system without a family to call their own. We believe the right to a family is fundamental. Our reforms increase opportunities for every child to have a safe and loving home. We achieve this, in part, by prioritizing searches for relatives, enforcing time-in-care laws, and providing children with lawyers to enforce their rights.
We also recognize the acute shortage of foster families for children in the system, with only one licensed home available for every two children. Infants are sleeping in overflowing office buildings, and “hoteling” and group homes have become common. We advance policies that increase the number of families willing to welcome children.
May 1, 2026Model ReformsINTRODUCTION For more than 25 years, despite countless reforms, outcomes for America’s abandoned, abused, and neglected children in the foster care system have remained unchanged. Children in foster care face a devastating reality—poor [...]
February 4, 2026News & Press ReleasesIn this comprehensive training, Tom Jose, Director of our Children’s Law Clinic, explores the vital legal protections that safeguard children within the foster care system. While children in state custody are often the [...]
November 5, 2025News & Press ReleasesPhoenix, Ariz. —As families across America gather this Thanksgiving around tables full of joy and togetherness, we’re reminded that every child deserves the same joy of belonging. That’s why Messy Table Games is kicking [...]
May 1, 2025News & Press ReleasesOn Friday Governor Katie Hobbs signed Senate Bill 1333 (SB 1333)—a life-saving measure, created by the Center for the Rights of Abused Children, that will help more children transition from institutional group homes into safe families.
March 24, 2025News & Press ReleasesImagine the state taking your child for no other reason than because you failed to check the right box on a government form. For fathers in Arizona, this nightmare has been reality for decades.
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.
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.
