http://www.childrensrights.org Children's Rights is a national watchdog organization advocating on behalf of abused and neglected children in the U.S. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:45:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en PROVIDENCE, RI — Rejecting state officials’ efforts to block abused and neglected children’s access to federal court, U.S. District Judge Mary M. Lisi today denied a motion (PDF) to dismiss the federal class action filed by the national advocacy group Children’s Rights seeking broad reform of Rhode Island’s child welfare ... http://www.childrensrights.org/news-events/press/federal-judge-allows-rhode-island-class-action-to-proceed-on-behalf-of-abused-and-neglected-kids/ BOSTON, MA. – Children in the custody of Rhode Island’s failing foster care system won a huge victory today as a federal appeals court reinstated a federal class action lawsuit brought against the state on the children’s behalf by Rhode Island Child Advocate Jametta Alston and the national advocacy organization ... http://www.childrensrights.org/news-events/press/huge-victory-for-rhode-island-foster-kids-as-federal-appeals-court-reinstates-class-action-seeking-sweeping-reforms/ BOSTON, MA — Abused and neglected children in the custody of the dysfunctional Rhode Island child welfare system have a well-established right to challenge their poor treatment in federal court, say state and national child welfare advocates seeking to reinstate a lawsuit brought on the children’s behalf to reform the ... http://www.childrensrights.org/news-events/press/rhode-island-kids-right-to-challenge-poor-foster-care-treatment-in-federal-court-well-established-advocates-say/ BOSTON, MA — Writing that a Rhode Island district court “slammed the courthouse doors” on thousands of abused and neglected children in foster care by dismissing a class action brought on their behalf in federal court to reform the state’s failing child welfare system, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) ... http://www.childrensrights.org/news-events/press/american-civil-liberties-union-urges-federal-court-to-reinstate-rhode-island-foster-care-reform-class-action/ BOSTON, MA — A Rhode Island district court’s decision to dismiss a class action seeking the reform of the state’s child welfare system is “at odds with 30 years of progress in the field of child welfare law,” says a brief (PDF) filed today in a federal appeals court by ... http://www.childrensrights.org/news-events/press/broad-national-coalition-of-child-welfare-advocates-and-experts-line-up-in-support-of-rhode-island-reform-class-action/ BOSTON, MA — Asserting that a federal court in Rhode Island erroneously blocked abused and neglected children’s access to the court in dismissing a class action brought on their behalf to reform the state’s failing child welfare system, Rhode Island Child Advocate Jametta Alston, the national advocacy organization Children’s Rights, ... http://www.childrensrights.org/news-events/press/advocates-appeal-rhode-island-decision-barring-children-from-seeking-child-welfare-reform-in-federal-court/ PROVIDENCE, RI — The Child Advocate of Rhode Island, joined by national child advocacy group Children’s Rights and the law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, filed suit today in federal court seeking to reform the Rhode Island child welfare system, to protect the rights of the approximately 3,000 children ... http://www.childrensrights.org/news-events/press/childrens-rights-and-rhode-island-child-advocate-sue-to-protect-rhode-island-foster-children/