PROTECTING CHILDREN BY SUPPORTING FAMILIES

All children and families should have caring, safe homes. We’re committed to reforming the child welfare system by ensuring children and families receive support and intervention that strengthens families. To do this, we:

• Ensure there are strong prevention services so families enter the child welfare system only when necessary.
• Support children and families needs and rights when in foster care.
• Strengthen the outcomes of young adults who age out of foster care.

We collaborate with impacted youth and families, elected officials, and communities to strengthen child welfare policies. We amplify the voices of youth and families, protect the legal rights of children through litigation, and advocate in the Nebraska Legislature.

Children and families in the child welfare system are entitled to caring, safe homes; education; medical and mental health care; substance abuse treatment, thoughtful case management, and family rehabilitation and reunification.