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Oregon’s Foster Youth Rights Bill: Why Legal Representation and Dignity Matter
By: Justin Grosz, Esquire Oregon’s child welfare system is finally responding to a crisis that’s been building for years. After the…
A Dog Crate Is Not a Childhood: We Must Protect Against Child Abuse and Neglect
By: Justin Grosz, Esquire In a quiet neighborhood in Camden County, New Jersey, a horror story was unfolding behind…
Delayed Disclosure Isn’t Unusual—So Why Is the Law Still Built Around Immediate Memory?
By: Justin Grosz, Esquire Is it fair for survivors of childhood sexual abuse to be denied justice simply because…
Sealed Records, Silenced Survivors: What the C.G. versus City of New York Case Tells Us About Systemic Failure
By: Justin Grosz, Esquire In C.G. v. City of New York, Slip Op 31708(U), the plaintiff filed a case under the…
Another Child Lost: The Tragic Death of Mackenzi Felmlee Exposes Critical Failures in Illinois Foster Care System
By: Julianna Walo, Esquire I’ve spent decades fighting for children’s rights, and I thought I’d seen the worst of systems…
Broken Trust: How Overburdened Caseworkers Are Failing Illinois’ Most Vulnerable Children
By: Julianna Walo, Esquire Illinois’ child welfare system, overseen by the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), is facing…
ICE “Welfare Checks”: How Unaccompanied Migrant Children Are Losing Homes and Legal Rights
By: Justin Grosz, Esquire In the past few months, more than 100 unaccompanied migrant children have been removed from…Left Behind at 18: Why Texas Must Expand Foster Care to Prevent Homelessness and Harm
By: Howard Talenfeld, Esquire When Foster Care Ends, the Struggle Often Begins For many young people in the Texas foster…