Strengthen families and keep children safe.
Learn more about the child welfare system and how we are advocating to better support vulnerable children and families in, or at risk of entering, the child welfare system.
Background on Children in the Child Welfare System
Historic New Reforms to Child Welfare
Supporting Children and Relatives in Kinship Families
- Resources for grandparents of other relatives raising children
Promoting Educational Stability and Success for Children in Foster Care
- New Protections under the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 for Students in Foster Care
- Public Comments from CDF on the New Protections under the Every Student Succeeds Act for Students in Foster Care
- The Uninterrupted Scholars Act of 2013