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 Joanna Lack shares the organization’s unique origin story, and UFA Governing Board member Andrew Brown highlights the bipartisan work he led in Texas to support family integrity.
June 2025: UFA member Richard Wexler publishes an op-ed in the Albuquerque Journal: It’s Wrong to Assume Removing Children from Homes is Always in Their Best Interest.
July 2024: The New York Times reports on a case that UFA member Chris Gottlieb’s Family Defense Clinic at NYU is co-counsel on, which received bipartisan support.
March 2024: UFA member Richard Wexler’s op-ed about Massachusetts’ child welfare system is published in the Commonwealth Beacon.
February 2024: UFA member Chris Gottlieb’s Family Defense Clinic at NYU is instrumental in filing a class action lawsuit challenging illegal searches, highlighted in the New York Times and The Imprint.
February 2024: UFA member Richard Wexler publishes op-eds in the Lexington Herald Leader and the Rhode Island Current.
November 2023: UFA member Richard Wexler is quoted on NPR Morning Edition: ‘Deluged’ child welfare systems struggle to protect kids amid calls for reform.
September 2023: UFA member Josh Gupta-Kagan on hidden foster care in the Missouri Independent: Missouri must reduce family separations, not only formal foster care numbers.
August 2023: EPPiC Broadcast: “Reforming the Texas Foster Care System” with UFA members Michael Ramey and Andrew Brown.
August 2023: National Coalition for Child Protection Reform, led by UFA member Richard Wexler, releases Colorado Trails, a report that details the CO Department of Human Service’s harms to children.
July 2023: UFA’s work advocating for a Family Miranda law in Texas is highlighted by ProPublica.
July 2023: UFA member Michael Ramey is interviewed on The Imprint Weekly Podcast on empowering parents and protecting children.
August 2022: EPPiC Broadcast: “Representing Parents in Family Court” with UFA members Michael Ramey and Kathleen Creamer.
April 2022: UFA members quoted in BuzzFeed News: “It’s Like A Leech On Me:” Child Abuse Registries Punish Unsuspecting Parents Of Color.