| Alaska | Alaska Office of Ombudsman
https://ombud.alaska.gov | Alaska Stat. 24.55.010-340 |
| Arizona | Arizona Office of Ombudsman Citizens Aide
https://www.azoca.gov | Ariz. Rev. Stat. 41-1371 through 41-1383 |
| Arkansas | Arkansas Public Defender’s Commission’s Juvenile Ombudsman
https://humanservices.arkansas.gov/divisions-shared-services/youth-services/juvenile-justice-ombudsman/ | Ark. Code Ann. § 16-87-216 |
| Arkansas | Arkansas Child Welfare Ombudsman Division
https://accardv.uams.edu/child-welfare-ombudsman/ | AR Code § 20-82-211 (2020) |
| California | Office of the State Foster Care Ombudsperson
https://fosteryouthhelp.ca.gov | Cal. Welfare And Institutions Code § 16160-16167 |
| Colorado | Office of Colorado’s Child Protection Ombudsman
www.coloradocpo.org | Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-3.3-101 to -109 |
| Connecticut | Connecticut Office of the Child Advocate
https://portal.ct.gov/oca | Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46a-13k |
| Delaware | Delaware Office of the Child Advocate
https://courts.delaware.gov/childadvocate/ | Del. Code Ann. tit. 29 § 9001A – 9009A |
| Georgia | Office of the Child Advocate for the Protection of Children
https://oca.georgia.gov | Ga. Code Ann, § 15-11-740 et. Seq. |
| Hawaii | Office of the Ombudsman
www.ombudsman.hawaii.gov | Hawaii Rev. Stat. § 96-1 to 96-19 |
| Illinois | Illinois DCFS Office of the Inspector General
www2.illinois.gov/dcfs/aboutus/OIG/Pages/oig_faqs.aspx | Ch. 20 Ill. Comp. Stat. § 505/35.5 |
| Indiana | Indiana Ombudsman Bureaus
www.in.gov/idoa/ombudsman-bureaus/ | Ind. Code § 4-13-19 |
| Iowa | Iowa Office of Ombudsman
www.legis.iowa.gov/Ombudsman/ | Iowa Code § 2C-1 et.seq. |
| Kentucky | Kentucky Office of Ombudsman
www.chfs.ky.gov/agencies/os/omb/Pages/default.aspx | Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 194A.030(A) |
| Maine | Maine Children’s Ombudsman
www.cwombudsman.org | Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 22 § 4087-A |
| Massachusetts | Massachusetts Office of the Child Advocate
www.mass.gov/orgs/office-of-the-child-advocate | Mass Gen. Laws ch. 18 § 1-13 |
| Michigan | Michigan Office of the Children’s Ombudsman
www.michigan.gov/oco | Act 204 of 1994, Michigan Compiled Laws, Section (§§) 722.921-932. |
| Minnesota | Minnesota Office of Ombudsperson for Families
www.mn.gov/ombudfam/ | Minn. Stat. § 257.0755 et. seq. |
| Missouri | Missouri Office of Child Advocate
https://oca.mo.gov | Mo. Rev. Stat. § 37.705 |
| Montana | Montana Office of the Child and Family Ombudsman
www.dojmt.gov/enforcement/specialservices/ocfo-home/ | Montana Code Annotated, Title 41, Chapter 3, Part 12. (Montana Legislature, 2013 Session) |
| Nebraska | Nebraska Office of Public Counsel
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/divisions/ombud.php | Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-8,240 to 8-8,254 |
| New Hampshire | New Hampshire Office of the Child Advocate
www.childadvocate.nh.gov | NH Rev. Stat. § 21-V:1-10 |
| New York | New York Office of the Ombudsman
https://ocfs.ny.gov/main/ombudsman/ | N.Y. Exec. Law § 523b |
| Oregon | The Office of Children’s Advocate
www.oregon.gov/dhs/aboutdhs/pages/gao.aspx | Or. Rev. Stat. § 417.810 |
| Rhode Island | Rhode Island Office of the Child Advocate
www.child-advocate.ri.gov | R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-73-1 et seq. |
| South Carolina | The South Carolina Department of Children’s Advocacy
https://childadvocate.sc.gov | S.C. Code of Laws Ann. Sections 63-11-2210, et.seq. |
| Tennessee | Tennessee Ombudsman for Children and Families
www.tn.gov/tccy/programs0/ombuds.html | Tenn. Code Ann. § 37-3-101, et. seq. |
| Texas | Ombudsman for the Department of Family and Protective Services
www.hhs.texas.gov/services/your-rights/hhs-office-ombudsman | Tex. Govt Code § 531.992, et. seq. |
| Texas | HHS Office of the Ombudsman
www.hhs.texas.gov/services/your-rights/hhs-office-ombudsman | Tex Adm Code Title 26, Part 1, Chapter 87, Subchapter A, Rule § 87.101 |
| Texas | Ombudsman for Managed Care Assistance
www.hhs.texas.gov/services/your-rights/hhs-office-ombudsman | Tex Adm Code Title 26, Part 1, Chapter 87, Subchapter B, Rule § 87.201 |
| Texas | Ombudsman for Children and Youth in Foster Care
www.hhs.texas.gov/services/your-rights/hhs-office-ombudsman | Tex Adm Code Title 26, Part 1, Chapter 87, Subchapter C, Rule § 87.301 |
| Texas | Intellectual or Developmental Disability Ombudsman
www.hhs.texas.gov/services/your-rights/hhs-office-ombudsman | Tex Adm Code Title 26, Part 1, Chapter 87, Subchapter E, Rule § 87.501 |
| Texas | Independent Ombudsman for the Texas Juvenile Justice Department
www.tjjd.texas.gov/index.php/independent-ombudsman | Tex Adm Code Title 37, Part 14, Chapter 601, Rule § 87.501 |
| Utah | Utah Office of Child Protection Ombudsman
https://hs.utah.gov/services/care-concerns | Utah Code. Ann. 62A-4a-208 |
| Virginia | Office of the Children’s Ombudsman
www.oco.virginia.gov | Code of Virginia, Chapter 4.4, Sections (§§) 2.2-439 |
| Washington | Washington State Office of the Family and Children’s Ombudsman
https://ofco.wa.gov | Wash. Rev. Code § 43.06A |
| West Virginia | Foster Care Ombudsman
www.wvdhhr.org/oig/fco.html | W. Va. Code §49-9-101 |