All children have a right to a safe, loving and permanent family.
But each year in the United States, millions of children are abused, neglected or abandoned by their families. Eventually they end up in court. Many thousands of them are removed from their homes and placed in foster care or other institutions. It is up to the judge to decide their future. In these cases, many children become victims a second time, lost in an overburdened child welfare system that cannot pay close attention to each child whose life is in its hands.