Foster Care

Why Reporting Foster Care Abuse Is So Hard – And How to Fight Back the Right Way

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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 response? “We’ll look into it.” […]

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How a Lawyer Can Help You Hold Group Homes Accountable for Abuse in Colorado

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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 meant to protect them. Unfortunately,

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The Dark Side of Foster Care in Illinois: How the System is Failing Kids

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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 sexually assaulting minors. Despite reports

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5 Tips if a Child is Abused at a Residential Facility

5 tips if a child is abused at a residential facility

In the White House’s 2024 proclamation on National Child Abuse Prevention Month, it wrote, “[t]here is no greater sin than the abuse of power, especially when that abuse is directed at a child.” When state and county child welfare agencies remove children from their homes, we expect that they are placed in safer environments. But

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