Resources

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.

Gen Justice released a new brief, 'Disappearing and Dying' about the 20,000 kids who disappear from foster care every year and how to end crisis.

Measures lawmakers can implement now to support foster kids, improve oversight and court participation, reduce time in care, and more.

Recommendations to retain foster families, improve oversight, reduce time in care and more.

A few months ago, I was invited to write a chapter for a reference book on American foster care. I’m thrilled to share this sneak peek with you in advance of publication.

Darcy Olsen wins an Adoption Excellence Award for “extraordinary personal and professional contributions” helping children in foster care.