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DARCY OLSEN

Founder & CEO

“We have newborns sleeping in offices,” the social worker told me. “If you could open a crib, we’d be thankful.” I couldn’t shake the image of newborns struggling under the glare of fluorescent lights. So, instead of fostering a teen as I’d planned, I left the hospital cradling an abandoned infant, meth-exposed. In a few short years, I’d taken home ten.

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DARCY OLSEN

Founder & CEO

“We have newborns sleeping in offices,” the social worker told me. “If you could open a crib, we’d be thankful.” I couldn’t shake the image of newborns struggling under the glare of fluorescent lights. So, instead of fostering a teen as I’d planned, I left the hospital cradling an abandoned infant, meth-exposed. In a few short years, I’d taken home ten.

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Improving safety for children in imminent danger

in the media

Loophole in abuse, neglect statutes permits inaction to persist.

How can social services lose 18,000 children - and not look for them?

Why Does Arizona Send Children Back to Homes with Drug-Addicted Parents?

MODEL LAWS

closing abuse loophole

Arizona, 2018

ARTICLES

Gen Justice

Jan 19
2 min

Disappearing & Dying: Why 20,000 kids disappear from foster care every year & how to end the crisis

Jan. 19, 2021 PHOENIX – The number of children who have disappeared from the nation’s foster care system has more than doubled in the pas...

Darcy Olsen

Sep 29, 2020
4 min

Why the Supreme Court Matters for Abused Kids

A few months ago, I was invited to write a chapter for a reference book on American foster care. I’m thrilled to share this sneak peek...

Gen Justice

Aug 5, 2020
2 min

Pulliam Grant to Strengthen Legal Advocacy for Foster Kids

Generation Justice will create a one-stop education and legal information center for those charged with protecting Arizona’s foster children

Gen Justice

Aug 14, 2019
2 min

I need to tell you about Zaiden

This is not an easy read. But to understand just how broken the child welfare system is, I need you to stay with me.

Gen Justice

Apr 27, 2019
2 min

GOVERNOR DUCEY SIGNS BILL MODERNIZING ARIZONA CHILD PROTECTION SYSTEM

Yesterday, Governor Doug Ducey signed HB2378, legislation to improve learning for children in foster care with special education needs...

Gen Justice

Apr 5, 2018
2 min

Governor Ducey Signs Foster Care Safety Bill for Smallest Victims of the Opioid Crisis

SB 1473, a bill championed by Senator Nancy Barto (R – LD 15), passed the Arizona Legislature almost unanimously and was signed...

RESEARCH

December 3, 2020

33 Reforms to Help Kids in Foster Care During the Pandemic and After

January 19, 2021

Disappearing and Dying: Why 20,000 kids disappear from foster care every year and how to end the crisis