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.

Key Points

Preventing Trafficking: Safety begins with a family. We shut down the trafficking pipeline by securing safe family placements over group homes.

Events & Testimonies

  • Courtroom scene with a woman speaking to a judge, emphasizing children's right to counsel and legal advocacy in child welfare cases.

    Testimony: Support Senate Bill 88

    Support 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 [...]

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  • Child with pigtails observing a woman holding a baby, both in a sunny outdoor setting, symbolizing family connections and child welfare themes.

    Testimony: Suppose House Bill 2554

    Modifies provisions relating to the due diligent search for and placement of a child with a grandparent or other relative. Read full testimony.

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Op-Eds

  • Close-up of a child's profile, emphasizing the eye and facial features, representing themes of child welfare and advocacy for abused children.

    America’s Flood of Opioid Orphans

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Research & Reports

  • Smiling girl in yellow dress with polka dots making a funny face, sitting between parents, highlighting family joy and support for children in need.

    Fact Sheet: Family Search and Stability Act

    ABUSED 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 [...]

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Resources & Tools

Podcasts & Audio

Television & Video

Model Reforms