Lawyers For Children is a non-profit organization based in New York City that provides free legal and social work services to children in foster care. With a team of dedicated professionals, they represent over 3,000 individual children in more than 6,000 court proceedings each year, helping them find safe and loving homes and minimizing the trauma of foster care placement. Additionally, Lawyers For Children advocates for system-wide changes in the field of child welfare through targeted public policy and class action advocacy.
Committed to holistic support, Lawyers For Children also assists youth aging out of foster care in accessing education, housing, and employment opportunities for a successful transition to independence. They address a wide range of issues affecting children in foster care, including domestic violence, mental health, developmental disability, immigration, sex abuse, trafficking, and youth justice. Through their advocacy efforts, they aim to reform systems, hold them accountable, and give children a voice in proceedings involving intimate partner violence.
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