Empowering Attorneys to Advocate for Foster Care Children
Children in foster care possess foundational constitutional rights. These well-recognized rights, secured by state constitutional guarantees of due process and equal protection, and by the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, include the right to safety, family integrity, emotional security, timely permanency, and an adequate education. Children in foster care, who find themselves removed from their homes through no fault of their own, need lawyers to fight for and protect their constitutional rights.