REPORT TO THE HOUSE OF DELEGATEs
RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association adopts the Model Act Governing the Representation of Children in Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency Proceedings, dated August, 2011.

May 26, 2011
A U.S. Senate bill (S. 961) introduced May 12 by Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) would prohibit states from keeping foster children’s Social Security benefits. 

Actors Kwesi Boakye,12, Parker McKenna Posey,15, and Roshon Fegan,19, were in attendance for the First Star’s Celebration For Children’s Rights earlier this month in Los Angeles, California. 

First Star is a non-profit organization that  is “dedicated to improving life for child victims of abuse and neglect.”

May 6, 2011
Ashley Argota, Dillon Lane, Taylor Gray and Gage Golightly get silly as they step out at the First Star: Come Be A Kid Again celebration last weekend in Los Angeles at the Wilshire Ebell Theater.

May 5, 2011
As National Child Abuse Prevention Month comes to a close, efforts continue across the country to educate on the importance of protecting children. 

April 29, 2011
Massachusetts ranks No. 1 nationally for the highest rate of child abuse — mostly involving neglect — a ranking that officials say derives from the state's strict reporting laws.  

April 25, 2011
The future for youths in foster care in Oregon is bleak. 

April 15, 2011
Dear Mr. Dallas:
This letter is in response to Mr. Brian Wilbon’s November 1, 2010 correspondence on behalf of Governor Martin O’Malle 

4/4/11
Despite every obstacle imaginable, foster youth are making it to college in California. 

Mar. 16, 2011
"In state after state, we are sabotaging foster children's futures rather than providing guidance and help," says a detailed report on the issue being released Wednesday by First Star, a national nonprofit which advocates for abused children, and the University of San Diego School of Law's Children's Advocacy Institute.