Press Room

For media inquiries, contact Dawn Raftery at dawnraftery@povertylaw.org. See our most recent press releases below.

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Shriver Center & Legal Impact Network members lend voices to stop this proposed rule to upend the longstanding legal standard of disparate impact.

Investing in people – not punishment – will make everyone safer.

Racism is a public health emergency.

All families deserve to live in happy and stable homes free from criminalization, family separation, and surveillance.

Black communities, communities of color, and those living in poverty are overrepresented in many systems, including the foster system.

The latest move by the Trump Administration to erode federal civil rights protections has especially cruel timing in the midst of a global pandemic.

We must end systemic inequities and prioritize policies that keep families together.

This resource list aims to provide materials related to what is traditionally referred to as the child welfare system.