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The Silent Epidemic of Foster Care Abuse—And What We Can Do About It
The Hidden Crisis No One Talks About There’s a crisis happening in the foster care system that few people acknowledge, and even fewer take action to fix. Foster care is supposed to be a place of protection, a second chance for children who have already endured unimaginable hardships. But for
How to Fight Back If a Child You Love Is Being Abused in Illinois Foster Care
Illinois’s Foster Care System Has Been Failing for Decades—And Children Are Paying the Price Illinois’s child welfare system has been in crisis for years. In the 1980s, the ACLU sued the state for having a constitutionally defective foster care system—decades later, Illinois remains under a court-monitored consent decree intended to
Why Reporting Foster Care Abuse Is So Hard – And How to Fight Back the Right Way
The Call That Changed Everything The call came from inside the foster home. A 14-year-old girl, barely whispering, told the caseworker exactly what had been happening. The nights her foster father came into her room. The threats to keep her quiet. The fear that no one would believe her. The
How a Lawyer Can Help You Hold Group Homes Accountable for Abuse in Colorado
The Truth About Group Home Abuse: You’re Not Alone Each year, thousands of children in foster care, including many in Colorado, are placed in group homes. The expectation is that they are safe. But this is not always true. Too often, these vulnerable children are hurt in the very places
The Dark Side of Foster Care in Illinois: How the System is Failing Kids
Aunt Martha’s Scandal: A Wake-Up Call for Illinois’ Foster Care System The Illinois foster care system was supposed to protect its most vulnerable children. Instead, at Aunt Martha’s Integrated Care Center in Chicago, children were met with horrific abuse. Staff members who were supposed to be caregivers were arrested for
Why Abuse in Foster Care Facilities Often Goes Unnoticed
Shocking Reality: 4X Higher Risk of Abuse in Foster Care Did you know that children in foster care are four times more likely to experience abuse than those in the general population? For many, foster care group facilities and residential are supposed to be safe havens—but for too many children,