Foster Care

The Business of Taking Children

Analysis of the United States foster care system indicates a structural design that financially incentivizes the removal of children from their biological families. This framework directs taxpayer funds towards foster care agencies and foster parents, while providing no direct financial assistance to biological parents seeking to maintain family unity. This incentive structure, according to observers, prioritizes child removal and prolonged placement within the system over efforts toward family reunification.

ACLU Sues Colorado over Unlawful Detention of Vulnerable Children

The ACLU has filed a class-action lawsuit against the state of Colorado, alleging that it is unlawfully keeping vulnerable children in juvenile detention centers for weeks and months after judges have ordered their release, depriving them of their childhoods and placing them in conditions resembling adult jails.