Diligent Relative Searches
Children have a right to family. We champion laws to ensure agencies act immediately to find grandparents, siblings, and relatives from the moment a child enters the care system.
February 27, 2025Events & TestimonySupport Senate Bill 88 Modifies provisions relating to the due diligent search for and placement of a child with a relative. Oral Testimony - Brad Galbraith, Director of Policy, Center for the Rights [...]
February 7, 2024Events & TestimonyModifies provisions relating to the due diligent search for and placement of a child with a grandparent or other relative. Read full testimony.
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.
January 18, 2022Research & ReportsABUSED KIDS IN CRISIS The number of children in foster care is increasing. Children are sleeping in government office buildings as the need for foster families outstrips the supply. The goal of the [...]
October 9, 2018News & Press ReleasesSB1473, 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 [...]