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Our Strategic Plan
The Alliance for Children’s Rights is pleased to present its Strategic Plan for the years 2024/25—2028/29. Over the past year, the Alliance has come together
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Our Strategic Plan
The Alliance for Children’s Rights is pleased to present its Strategic Plan for the years 2024/25—2028/29. Over the past year, the Alliance has come together
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From The Imprint: Eight Years After Federal Law to Improve School Stability for Foster Youth, States Still Scrambling
Youth in foster care experience significant home and school instability. In California, only 65% of youth in foster care remain in the same school for
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2022 National Adoption Day
This past Saturday, hundreds of families across the country finalized adoptions from foster care. “Young people of all ages want and need the love, support,
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A Statement from the Alliance
Divisive and racist remarks made in private or in public by our elected officials cannot be countenanced. We join our community members in renouncing the
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Policy Victory: Our Collective Impact
The Alliance celebrates our collective impact and the recent passage of several policy reforms co-sponsored with our community partners—promoting racial justice and equity, placement stability
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Creating Better Child Welfare Systems
At the Alliance, we partner with policymakers to identify opportunities to reform and improve our child welfare systems and promote stability, equity, and justice for young people
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The Alliance and 30 Other Organizations File Amicus Brief in U.S. Supreme Court Case Haaland v. Brackeen
Last week, the Alliance partnered with 30 other organizations to file an amicus brief in an important U.S. Supreme Court case, Haaland v. Brackeen. This case,
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The Adverse Impacts of Hidden Foster Care on Children and Families of Color
“Hidden foster care” is an increasingly common and informal arrangement in which relatives are encouraged by child protection agencies to bypass juvenile court and care
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National Foster Care Awareness Month
This month is National Foster Care Awareness Month, when we focus on amplifying our client’s voices and experiences, and bring awareness to the unique and
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Engaging Lived Experience in Policy Development
Lived experience is defined as personal knowledge about the world gained through direct, first-hand involvement in everyday events rather than through representations constructed by other