Press Releases
Children’s Rights Statement on Discrimination Case Challenging the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
In response to a lawsuit filed today on behalf of Family Equality, True Colors United, and SAGE, against the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Christina Wilson Remlin, Lead Counsel at Children’s Rights, issued the following statement: “We applaud this move to hold HHS accountable. The administration’s attempt to nationalize a taxpayer-funded license to […]
March 18, 2020Federal Ruling Supports the Rights of Detained Youth to Receive Education Services
Contact: Camilla Jenkins, 646-216-3311; cjenkins@childrensrights.org (ATLANTA) – On March 11, a federal court in Atlanta set an important precedent that can have state-wide implications on special education resources in jails. The court denied a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim from DeKalb County Sheriff Melody Mattox, in response to a suit filed […]
March 16, 2020Children’s Rights Urges Swift Action to Protect Incarcerated Young People
In response to Dr. Amanda Klonsky’s opinion piece published in the New York Times today regarding the risk that COVID-19 poses in our nation’s jails and prisons, Sandy Santana, executive director of Children’s Rights, issued the following statement: “With schools closing and colleges sending students home, New York City must not ignore the health and well-being of youth […]
March 4, 2020Monitoring Report in South Carolina: Productive and Promising, but More Work to Be Done
CONTACT: Camilla Jenkins at 646-216-3311; cjenkins@childrensrights.org (Charleston, S.C.) — The latest Monitoring Report on the progress of the South Carolina Department of Social Services (DSS) in satisfying its obligations outlined in the Final Settlement Agreement (FSA) entered in the Michelle H., et al. v. McMaster and Leach systemic reform case, has been released. The report […]
February 28, 2020Georgia Bill Would Harm Innocent Children
Yesterday, Georgia lawmakers again proposed a bill that, if passed, would harm vulnerable transgender and gender nonconforming children. Ironically, the bill is called the “Vulnerable Youth Protection Act”. If passed, the bill would ban accepted and expected medical care to Georgia’s transitioning youth. Specifically, the bill would make it a felony for any licensed medical […]
February 24, 2020Statement on Supreme Court’s Decision to Hear Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
In response to the Supreme Court’s decision to hear Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, a case involving Philadelphia’s ban on contracting with foster care providers that discriminate against LGBTQ or other prospective parents, Christina Wilson Remlin, lead counsel at Children’s Rights, issued the following statement: “The appellate court correctly held that the City of Philadelphia’s […]
February 5, 2020Children’s Rights Opposes Georgia’s Discriminatory SB 368
Yesterday, lawmakers in Georgia introduced a bill (SB 368) that would give adoption agencies — including taxpayer-funded ones — a license to discriminate against prospective LGBTQ, Catholic, Jewish, and Muslim foster and adoptive parents. The bill is so broad it could also permit discrimination against children. Christina Wilson Remlin, Lead Counsel at Children’s Rights, issued […]
February 3, 2020Latest Monitoring Report Shows Encouraging Progress in Connecticut
The Court Monitor in the ongoing federal child welfare reform lawsuit know as Juan F. released the latest report on the progress of the Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF) in meeting the remaining improvement requirements in that lawsuit. The report covers the Second Quarter of 2019 (April-June 2019) and the Third Quarter of […]
January 31, 2020Statement on New Medicaid Block Grants Policy
The Trump administration said on Thursday that it would allow states to cap Medicaid spending for many poor adults, a major shift long sought by conservatives that gives states the option of reducing health benefits for millions who gained coverage through the program under the Affordable Care Act, reports the New York Times. Sandy Santana, […]
January 29, 2020Children’s Rights Opposes South Dakota Bill Restricting Care for Trans Youth
Today, a proposal to ban doctors from prescribing hormones or performing sex-reassignment surgery for transgender youth in South Dakota cleared a committee vote, the Washington Post reports. Christina Wilson Remlin, Lead Counsel, issued this statement opposing the bill: “This is just one more ugly instance of government discrimination against the LGBTQ community. Affirming trans health […]
