Special Reports

Pathways to Prevention: The Intersection of Child Maltreatment, Child Welfare, and Gun Violence

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No Family for the Holidays in Sacramento: California's Capital Lags Far Behind Most Every Other Major California County in Placing Foster Children with Family Members

CAI and First Star Institute Release the 4th Edition of A Child's Right to Counsel: A National Report Card on Legal Representation for Abused & Neglected Children

A White Paper on America's Family Values: The Facts about Child Maltreatment and the Child Welfare Financing System

Steps Forward: First Progress Report on Within Our Reach, A National Strategy to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities, the Final Report of the Federal Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities

Failing U: Do State Laws Protect Our Veterans and Other Students from For-Profit Postsecondary Predators?

Juvenile & Family Court Journal Publishes Article Co-Written by CAI's Amy Harfeld, Making America's Children Safe Again

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review Publishes Article Co-Written by CAI's Christina Riehl, Doing More for Children with Less: Multidisciplinary Representation of Poor Children in Family Court and Probate Court

Huffington Post Features CAI Blog Discussing Variables Contributing to Child Abuse Deaths

Huffington Post Features CAI Blog on Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities Final Report

CAI Releases Statement on ACF’s 2012 Changes to the Child Welfare Policy Manual’s Public Disclosure Provisions and the Impact on Future Issues of State Secrecy and Child Deaths in the U.S.

Shame on U.S.— detailing how failings by all three branches of federal government leave abused and neglected children vulnerable to further harm

Are They Being Served—Yet? CAI Releases New Report on MHSA and Transition Age Foster Youth

California's Fostering Connections: Ensuring that the AB 12 Bridge Leads to Success for Transition Age Foster Youth

3rd Edition: A Child's Right to Counsel—A National Report Card on Legal Representation for Abused & Neglected Children

2nd Edition: State Secrecy and Child Deaths in the U.S.: An Evaluation of CAPTA-Mandated Public Disclosure Policies about Child Abuse or Neglect Fatalities or Near Fatalities, with State Rankings

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The Fleecing of Foster Children — How We Confiscate Their Assets and Undermine Their Financial Security

CAI Report Analyzes Counties' Use of Prop. 63 Funds for Transition Age Foster Youth
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CAI Issues 20th Anniversary Retrospective: 20 Years of Changes, Always a Kid at Heart

CAI and First Star Release 2nd Edition of Child's Right to Counsel National Report Card

CAI Releases Report on the Health of California School Children and the School Nurse Shortage

CAI Comments on California Blue Ribbon Commission on Children in Foster Care Draft Recommendations

State Secrecy and Child Deaths in the U.S.: An evaluation of public disclosure practices about child abuse or neglect fatalities or near fatalities, with state rankings

They Deserve a Family; Higher Foster Family Home Rates Could Lead to Better Outcomes, Including More Adoptions, for California’s Foster Children