Abc fights for children who are abused, neglected, and irreversibly damaged while dependent on child welfare systems.
600,000+
Number of children who experience foster care every year according to the most recent data.
There are hundreds of thousands of children for whom the state is often their only parent.
It has been and continues to be a very negligent parent.
ABC’s reform campaigns and class action lawsuits work to meet the real needs of children in foster and child welfare systems.
keeping kids safe is important.
A Better Childhood is a watchdog organization that compels change through the power of the courts. We use the law to hold governments accountable for the kids in their care.
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“We think it’s very important for the public to know what has been happening to these children in this system that was designed to help. It’s subjecting a lot of them to further punishment when they’ve done nothing to deserve it.”
— Marcia Robinson Lowry, Executive Director of ABC, via the Mountain State Spotlight