More than 8,000 abused and neglected children depend on the Oklahoma child welfare system for care and protection. But the very system charged with protecting Oklahoma’s kids had continuously failed to fulfill its obligation to these already vulnerable children. Now, thanks to the unwavering advocacy of Children’s Rights and Tulsa-based law firm Frederic Dorwart Lawyers, […]
November celebrates adoptive families and raises awareness about the needs of kids in American foster care. There are more than 400,000 children in American foster care right now. Over 100,000 of them are waiting to be adopted. In honor of National Adoption Month, Children’s Rights salutes each of the inspiring adoptive families that stands up […]
Former foster youth face long odds in the job market — more than half will be unemployed after leaving care — but one young adult in Tennessee is showing how reform can change a life. The unemployment crisis has touched nearly every community in America — according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics the […]
For a New Jersey mother to get her life and family back together, she needed some help — and an innovative program called Reunity House was there to make sure she got it. Ann Williams is more than willing to admit she’s dug some of the holes she’s found herself in over the years. A […]
Oklahoma child welfare officials have long denied that its agency puts vulnerable children in harm’s way. A new story, spurred by Children’s Rights reform campaign, expresses in stark terms the public’s growing frustration with a dangerous system. Since the day we told Oklahoma that it had to fix its broken foster care system, state officials […]
Bid on exciting prizes in our Call-To-Action Auction and enable Children’s Rights to continue its mission — forcing broken foster care systems to do the right thing for abused and neglected children. Our Sixth Annual Benefit was a spectacular night — Rock and Roll Hall of Fame music; our Champion Award to philanthropist Douglas Durst; […]
For Leah Charpentier, getting the education every child in foster care deserves proved to be a battle in Rhode Island — but it was a battle she was ready to fight. Earlier this month, millions of children in America have gone back to school. While convention has it that kids dread getting back on the […]
Shalita O’Neale started the Maryland Foster Youth Resource Center because she knew firsthand how difficult it is to age out of foster care and build a life for yourself. Did you know that as many as three out of every 10 young adults who age out of foster care without a permanent family or connection […]
Spurred by Children’s Rights reform campaign, pressure is mounting on Oklahoma child welfare commissioners, too many of whom seem less than engaged in foster care problems. It’s getting hot in Oklahoma … especially for the majority of commissioners charged with overseeing the state’s Department of Human Services (DHS). Just a few weeks ago, we reported […]
Six sisters, each given the gift of a loving family through foster care, give of themselves — literally — with a very special gesture. More than a decade ago, Denise and Tim Winner of Deptford, NJ,gave a gift of incalculable value, something that would give back day after day, as long as they lived. In […]
