Finding Missing and Trafficked Children
Each year, more than 20,000 children disappear from state care. In many states, authorities fail to report or search for these children. We press for laws that ensure the system acts with urgency, using every tool available, until every missing child is found and safely returned.
November 17, 2025News & Press ReleaseAnaiah Walker entered the Arizona foster care system at age 13. Before her 14th birthday, she was trafficked by adults posing as teenagers online. By age 15, she ran away from several group [...]
April 9, 2025Events & TestimonyChairman Aderholt, Ranking Member DeLauro, and Members of the Subcommittee: My name is Brad Galbraith, and I serve as Policy Director at the Center for the Rights of Abused Children, a nonprofit organization [...]
March 27, 2025Research & ReportsIn a searing new memo released today, Lives in the Balance: A Bold Plan to Fix America’s Broken Child Protection System, the Center for the Rights of Abused Children lays bare an unflinching truth:
November 10, 2024Research & ReportsLast year an estimated 20,000 American children went missing from their foster care placements and group homes. Join us on zoom to learn more about the reforms we’ve helped advance including such basic [...]
May 24, 2024Research & Reports, Resources & ToolsWe 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 [...]
July 12, 2023News & Press ReleaseMissouri Governor Michael Parson signs critical bill to find children in foster care who go missing and ensure relatives are notified when a child enters the state’s care.
January 5, 2023Research & ReportsThe fundamental rights of children are at stake in abuse and neglect court proceedings. Courts have the power to remove children from their homes, determine who they live with, for how long, and [...]
- April 28, 2021News & Press Release
PHOENIX – Senate Bill 1019, sponsored by Arizona Sen. Nancy Barto, today passed the Arizona legislature unanimously and heads to Arizona Governor Doug Ducey for signature. The legislation adds a critical safeguard for Arizona’s [...]