Fact Sheet: America's Missing Children in Foster Care
Wednesday Jan 12th, 2022
These reforms protect missing children in foster care with mandatory reporting, ID tools, child predator education, and stronger criminal penalties.
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Get the latest updates and read expert insights from the Center for the Rights of Abused Children on the issues impacting our nation’s abused children.
A challenge for the new year
Friday Dec 31st, 2021
What more are you & I going to do for children in foster care this year? Everyone has a role- supporting families who do step up to the plate, for one.
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Faces of child welfare | Gen Justice: 'We see the holes in the law'
Friday Nov 26th, 2021
Inspired by her experience as a foster parent, Olsen launched a nonprofit organization focused on helping abused and neglected children.
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We Need More Words Than “Neglect”
Wednesday Jun 16th, 2021
By: Rebecca Masterson
The term child "neglect" has become a catch-all and needs to be replaced in laws with precise terms to provide a clear direction for protective action.
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Fostering Independence Accounts
Tuesday Jun 1st, 2021
Over 20,000 American children age out of foster care each year. Cash accounts can help them succeed.
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Cash Accounts Can Help Youth Aging Out of Foster Care Succeed
Tuesday Jun 1st, 2021
Policymakers can help these teens succeed by opening and funding flexible bank cash accounts.
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Understanding Arizona’s Law Giving an Attorney to Every Foster Child
Wednesday May 12th, 2021
Learn what this new law means for Arizona's children in foster care.
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Reform to help missing foster children receives unanimous support
Wednesday Apr 28th, 2021
The law adds a critical safeguard for Arizona's missing foster children by making photo identification free for all children in state care.
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Kids in foster care have their own attorney under new Arizona law
Thursday Apr 15th, 2021
By: The Imprint staff reports
AZ on Wednesday became the latest state to require that children involved in abuse or neglect cases be appointed an attorney to represent their best interest.
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Gov. Ducey signs law appointing lawyers to every child in foster care
Thursday Apr 15th, 2021
On Wednesday, April 14, Governor Doug Ducey signed Senate Bull 1391 with gives every child in foster care legal representation.
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New Arizona Law Appoints an Attorney for Every Child in Foster Care
Wednesday Apr 14th, 2021
Senate Bill 1391, sponsored by Arizona Sen. Nancy Barto, passed the Arizona legislature unanimously and today was signed into law by AZ Governor Doug Ducey.
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Foster kids shouldn't be invisible - one thing that must happen now
Saturday Mar 6th, 2021
By: Rebecca Masterson
We can’t search for children who have disappeared from state care if we don’t know what they look like. Every child in state care needs a photograph.
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