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Learn what this new law means for Arizona's children in foster care.

The law adds a critical safeguard for Arizona's missing foster children by making photo identification free for all children in state care.

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.

On Wednesday, April 14, Governor Doug Ducey signed Senate Bull 1391 with gives every child in foster care legal representation.

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.

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.

Starting this fall, foster and homeless youth will be able to get official documents that prove who they are — something that was impossible without the approval of a parent or guardian.

12 News analyzed 5 years of DCS child fatality reports finding that the department had prior involvement in nearly half of cases where children later died.

According to Arizona's annual child fatality review, 2 out of 3 children that died from maltreatment slipped through the CPS cracks.

By: Darcy Olsen

Pedophilia is a national epidemic. And we should leave no stone unturned in a national, nonpartisan campaign to bring its child victims justice.

The shortage of foster families has reached epic levels. By simplifying requirements, children would have the homes they need.

Why 20,000 kids disappear from foster care every year & how to end the crisis.