In Michigan, thousands of children in foster care remain in harm’s way. A U.S. District Judge says it is time for real change.

Children’s Rights and our work to ensure the safe use of emergency shelters across various states are featured in this article.

Elissa Glucksman Hyne, senior policy analyst at Children’s Rights, is interviewed on this radio segment about the challenges faced by youth aging out of foster care.

Christina Wilson Remlin condemns the potential harms that could result from SB 221: “Taxpayer-funded foster care agencies would be able to turn away qualified same-sex couples and deny our most defenseless children the chance of a better life in a safe and loving home.”

“LGBTQ youth could find themselves targeted by the very system charged with keeping them safe,” says Lead Counsel Christina Wilson Remlin in this forecast of upcoming religious freedom laws that could impact child welfare.

Christina Wilson Remlin responds to reports of abuse at Glen Mills as symptomatic of a state-wide, systemic culture of violence in Pennsylvania residential foster care.

Ira Lustbader, litigation director, is quoted: “We have deep respect for Commissioner Dorantes as she takes on this leadership role, and we look forward to working with her and her team to move the agency forward.”

Children’s Rights is cited in this article about a new study from the University of Texas at Austin, which finds that LGBT+ teens in the United States are three times more likely than heterosexual teens to live in foster care.

Children’s Rights and our work to secure the right to counsel in Atlanta is cited in this article about a similar movement in Indiana.

Children’s Rights condemned the decision of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to grant a waiver allowing South Carolina foster care providers to discriminate against non-Protestant prospective foster parents. Lead Counsel Christina Wilson Remlin is quoted.