Press Releases
September 29, 2026: United Family Advocates Releases Report to Modernize Federal Child Welfare Funding and Reduce Unnecessary Family Separation
UFA Members in the News
Protecting Family Autonomy
July 2026: Slate publishes Pete Buttigieg Didn’t Have to Let Those CPS Officers In. Here’s what he could have done instead by UFA member Chris Gottlieb.
July 2026: In a Bridge Michigan piece, UFA member Richard Wexler asks: Can Michigan learn the right lessons from two child welfare cases?
June 2025: UFA member Chris Gottlieb is quoted in ProPublica’s article New York Bans Anonymous Child Welfare Reports.
Promoting Family Integrity
August 2026: UFA members Andrew Brown and Josh Gupta-Kagan are quoted in this Tampa Bay Times article, which brings light to families’ experiences with hidden foster care.
July 2026: UFA member Viviana Bonilla Lopez publishes in The 74, highlighting bipartisan agreement on needed child welfare system reforms.
December 2025: In the Family Justice Journal, UFA’s Executive Director shares the organization’s unique origin story, and UFA member Andrew Brown highlights bipartisan work in Texas to support family integrity.
Preserving Family Ties
October 2026: Joanna Lack, UFA’s Executive Director, writes in The Hill about the need for structural change to federal funding and UFA’s proposal for how to fix it.
December 2024: UFA member Shrounda Selivanoff is interviewed in a two-part episode of Matt Anderson’s Proximity Process Podcast on the harms of terminating parental rights.
February 2024: UFA member Kathleen Creamer is interviewed on Matt Anderson’s Proximity Process Podcast about the harms of ASFA.
