Author Archives for Justice for Kids
July 17, 2025 10:22 pm
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By: Julianna Walo, Esquire Illinois’ child welfare system, overseen by the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), is facing a deepening crisis rooted in chronic understaffing, high caseworker turnover, and systemic negligence. Reports and audits have consistently shown that Illinois caseworkers carry caseloads well beyond recommended limits, resulting in... View Article
July 17, 2025 10:08 pm
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By: Justin Grosz, Esquire In the past few months, more than 100 unaccompanied migrant children have been removed from their homes and placed into federal custody after agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) conducted unannounced “welfare checks” at foster care... View Article
July 16, 2025 7:58 pm
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By: Howard Talenfeld, Esquire When Foster Care Ends, the Struggle Often Begins For many young people in the Texas foster care system, turning 18 does not feel like a celebration; it feels like being cut off. No more stable housing. No guaranteed help with school or work. No one to... View Article
June 26, 2025 1:35 pm
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Howard M. Talenfeld, a top children’s rights and foster care abuse lawyer, has been selected to the 2025 Florida Super Lawyers list for personal injury law. Howard has consistently been recognized by Super Lawyers since 2006. Howard is a co-founder and lead partner of Kelley Kronenberg’s Justice for Kids... View Article
May 30, 2025 7:01 pm
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As reported by the Orlando Sentinel, Daniel Ryan Lamppin, a youth pastor in Osceola County, is accused of sexually abusing two girls under his foster care. He was taken into custody on Tuesday by the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office and faces two dozen sexual battery charges. According to reports,... View Article
May 20, 2025 7:39 pm
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By: Julianna Walo, Esquire Foster care agencies across Illinois claim they are facing an unprecedented insurance crisis. Insurance companies say they are dramatically scaling back coverage for community foster care agencies throughout the state, creating a picture of higher costs and reduced protection for vulnerable children. As a Chicago child welfare practice... View Article
May 15, 2025 12:25 pm
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As reported by KTLA, a San Bernardino County couple and their adult daughter have been accused of allegedly torturing six foster children, whose ages ranged from 4 to 16. According to a press release from the district attorney’s office, the trio allegedly subjected the children to “years of physical, emotional,... View Article
May 6, 2025 8:28 pm
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Several high school student athletes in Syracuse, NY have been accused of unlawful imprisonment in the second degree because of their alleged involvement in the hazing of teammates on their lacrosse team, as reported by CNN. According to reports, the students are accused of plotting or participating in staging... View Article
April 29, 2025 9:32 pm
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As advocates dedicated to protecting the rights of Florida’s abused and neglected foster youth, we at Justice for Kids, a Division of Kelley Kronenberg, are pleased as the statewide sponsor of Florida’s Children First, to share their significant legislative victory. The “Young Adult Housing Support” bill (SB 584/HB 879) has... View Article
April 22, 2025 12:56 pm
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By: Julianna Walo, Esquire Vulnerable Children Overlooked in Residential Treatment Facilities Every day across America, thousands of children suffer in residential treatment facilities – out of sight and often out of mind. For many of these children, DCFS negligence and placement in these facilities follows years of trauma, multiple failed... View Article
