Press Releases
National Advocates and Texas Attorneys File Federal Class Action Seeking Reform of Texas Child Welfare System
Citing longstanding and pervasive issues that have caused thousands of children in Texas foster care to spend their childhoods in poorly supervised institutions and repeatedly move from one far-flung place to another, today the national advocacy group Children’s Rights has joined the prominent Texas law firms Haynes and Boone LLP, Yetter Coleman, and Canales & […]
March 22, 2011Report: Challenges Loom Large for Connecticut’s New Child Welfare Leadership
Major Improvements Still Needed to Better Serve Abused and Neglected Children HARTFORD – While Connecticut’s child welfare system has successfully maintained a number of improvements accomplished years ago, the most recent quarterly progress report in the long-running, court-ordered reform effort spurred by national advocacy group Children’s Rights shows the state’s outgoing leadership made virtually […]
March 21, 2011Two Expert Reviews Find OK Child Welfare Plagued by Mismanagement, Dysfunctional Computer System
TULSA, OK — Following the release of two damning expert reports exposing serious risks of harm to children in Oklahoma’s foster care system, two additional expert reviews released today by national advocacy group Children’s Rights reveal many of those dangers can be linked to a disturbing lack of oversight among all levels of the state’s […]
March 17, 2011Oklahoma Ignores Abuse & Neglect Claims from Foster Youth in Institutions, Says Shocking New Report
Five Child Deaths Were Preventable, According to National Child Welfare Expert TULSA, OK — A shocking new report by a national child welfare expert has revealed that several children who suffered abuse and neglect in Oklahoma group homes and institutions were never seen by a Department of Human Services (DHS) investigator — while many […]
March 11, 2011Milwaukee Continuing to Improve Safety and Well-Being of Foster Kids, But Still Falls Short in Two Critical Areas
MILWAUKEE, WIS. – The number of children abused or neglected while in Milwaukee foster care has fallen to a historic low, according to a new progress report tracking the ongoing effort spurred by Children’s Rights to reform the county’s once-troubled child welfare system. However, the state must continue to focus on limiting the number of […]
March 7, 2011Wisconsin Makes Key Improvements for Foster Youth Living with Relatives; Advocates Call for Additional Efforts
MADISON, WIS. – Wisconsin has taken important steps to improve the safety of foster youth living with relatives and to bolster support for the family members willing to step up and care for them, according to a new report released today by the national advocacy group Children’s Rights. But the state must improve its data […]
February 28, 2011Federal Court Rules Massachusetts Child Welfare Case Can Proceed on Behalf of All Children in Foster Care
SPRINGFIELD, MASS. – Less than two months after rejecting Massachusetts officials’ efforts to block abused and neglected children’s access to federal court, U.S. District Judge Michael A. Ponsor today ruled that the lawsuit Children’s Rights and co-counsel filed seeking to reform the state’s badly broken child welfare system may proceed as a class action on behalf […]
February 17, 2011New Report Reveals Shocking Number of Oklahoma Kids Abused in Foster Care, Forced to Change Homes Repeatedly
TULSA, OK — One out of eight children in a massive review of Oklahoma foster care cases has suffered confirmed abuse or neglect in the custody of the state Department of Human Services (DHS), according to a new report by independent child welfare experts released today by the national advocacy group Children’s Rights and local […]
January 4, 2011Massachusetts Child Welfare Reform Case to Proceed as Foster Youth Win Major Decision
SPRINGFIELD, MASS. – Rejecting state officials’ efforts to block abused and neglected children’s access to federal court, U.S.District Judge Michael A. Ponsor today denied a motion to dismiss the federal class action filed by the national advocacy group Children’s Rights and Boston law firm Nutter McClennen & FishLLP seeking broad reform on behalf of approximately 8,500 […]
December 16, 2010New NJ Leadership Maintains Improvements in Foster Care — Must Now Focus on Family Involvement in Cases
NEWARK, NJ — The new leadership team at New Jersey’s Department of Children and Families has maintained the agency’s progress improving protection and care for thousands of abused and neglected children statewide, says a new progress report on an ongoing effort spurred by Children’s Rights to reform the state’s once-troubled child welfare system — and […]
