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.
