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Darcy Olsen announced as a member of the Arizona Capitol Times class of 2020 Women Achievers of Arizona for her work leading Gen Justice during the pandemic.

This time, a Louisiana 2-year-old with special needs, known as “Z,” was moved from the family that raised him since birth and put on a plane to live with family he has met only a handful of times.

Currently, the laws in the majority of states favor blood ties in every situation without regard for the individual circumstances of the child.

Strengthen children’s constitutional right to legal counsel throughout their abuse, neglect, and dependency proceedings.

Petitioners seek the balance between the right to free religious exercise and the interest in freedom from discrimination.

While adopting an older child may pose some unique challenges, it also offers some very special blessings, as these families can attest.

In April of this year, police in Wichita, Kansas responded to a domestic disturbance call at the mobile home where two-year-old Zaiden Javonovich lived. Brandi and Patrick, Zaiden’s parents, were not strangers to the police. In fact, during the prior few months, law enforcement received twenty-two 911 calls about this couple.

Parental consent is required before a student can be evaluated for special education. Children in foster care suffer due to the inability to reach their parents.

Georgia's bill put some limits on kinship preference, a principle allowing blood relatives to take kids out of stable homes.

I met Isaac when he was moving into a new group home for teens in foster care. He was 16, and this house was his 42nd placement.

A school can’t give a child special education services without parental approval. For children in foster care, this is often a barrier to an appropriate education.

Federal law requires states to protect drug-exposed babies after they leave the hospital. That effort is failing.