Permanency
Foster care was intended to be a temporary bridge to safety, yet tens of thousands of children have lived in the system for years. Despite federal laws requiring timely permanency, not a single state is in full compliance with these legal timelines. Our work targets the root causes of delay to help more children get into safe and loving homes faster.
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 2, 2025Events & TestimonyUpon the strength of the family rests the future of the nation,” President Ronald Reagan declared when he established National Foster Care Month in 1988.1 Then as now, some families are unable or [...]
April 5, 2024News & Press ReleaseToday, the Arizona legislature unanimously passed House Bill 2486, allowing courts to consider the restoration of the parent-children relationship.
February 1, 2024Events & TestimonySupport Senate Bill 181 Modifies provisions relating to the due diligent search for and placement of a child with a relative. Oral Testimony, Kendall Seal, Vice President of Policy - Center for the [...]
January 31, 2024Events & TestimonyThis bill provides for the restoration of a parent-child relationship in cases where a child has been stuck in foster care. This bill is an option for children who are unlikely to find [...]
June 2, 2023Model Reforms, Research & ReportsProblem Nationally, over 90% of children in foster care leave the child welfare system via reunification with biological parents, guardianship, kinship placements, or adoption.1 The remaining children – approximately 9% of teens and [...]
May 2, 2023Events & Testimony, Model ReformsDear Members of the Interim Study Committee on Courts and the Judiciary: As you consider improving permanency outcomes for children in foster care, the Center for the Rights of Abused Children (Center) invites [...]
