ABA Center on Children and the Law

12/01/2021

Valuing and engaging parents in decisions when their children are prescribed psychotropic medication is the focus of this new judge's action alert. Learn the benefits of engaging parents and strategies to ensure they are actively involved. http://ow.ly/Uqsi50H1pqt

More Judge's Action Alerts: http://ow.ly/yT4c50H1ptR

Valuing and engaging parents in decisions when their children are prescribed psychotropic medication is the focus of this new judge's action alert. Learn the benefits of engaging parents and strategies to ensure they are actively involved. http://ow.ly/Uqsi50H1pqt

More Judge's Action Alerts: http://ow.ly/yT4c50H1ptR

11/18/2021

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Building Collaborative Responses with Community Health Centers to Support Survivors at the Intersection of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Human Trafficking. After registering, you will receive a...

Join Futures Without Violence 12/1 for this webinar highlighting the role of collaborative partnerships between advocacy programs and community health centers, to support the health, safety, and trauma-informed care for survivors. http://ow.ly/FlFV50GR2Nu

Healthcare providers are often an initial point of contact, or first line responder, for people who are sexually assaulted, in situations of domestic violence or trafficking. Building collaborative responses with healthcare providers across disciplines, helps promote health and well-being, in additi...

11/15/2021

Immigrants and Child Welfare Webinar for Children's Attorneys

Immigrants and Child Welfare Webinar for Children's Attorneys - https://mailchi.mp/6f450cf9e362/announcing-clp-today-5698228

Please join the American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law and the Children’s Immigration Law Academy for the 4th webinar in our series.

11/12/2021

For Legal Professionals - National Adoption Month - Child Welfare Information Gateway

Legal professionals often collaborate with the child welfare system and are integral to achieving permanency for teens. To provide quality representation and ensure the case plan meets the young person’s needs, legal professionals must engage youth. Check the link for resources for collaborating with child welfare, promoting youth engagement, and supporting adoption for teens. http://ow.ly/FFBG50GoEdL
#NationalAdoptionMonth

Learn strategies for how legal professionals can collaborate with child welfare to support youth engagement and teen adoption.

11/10/2021

Hon. Aurora Martinez Jones: Listen to Believe

In this new CIP Talk, Judge Aurora Martinez Jones shares guidance for child welfare judges and advocates on listening to children who come to court, allowing them to speak and be heard, and supporting their needs. She stresses that children's perception of justice must go hand in hand with the practices to administer justice. http://ow.ly/2k5u50GKzmn

More CIP Talks: http://ow.ly/jCr650GKzoa

Judge Aurora Martinez Jones shares guidance for child welfare judges and advocates on listening to children who come to court, allowing them to speak out and...

11/08/2021

Resources for Professionals - National Adoption Month - Child Welfare Information Gateway

Every conversation matters. Prioritize youth engagement to give them a better future after foster care.
http://ow.ly/KmAk50GoE58
ConversationsMatter #NationalAdoptionMonth

Find resources and tips to learn how to partner with young people and integrate youth voices in policies and practices. Also learn about resources and information from Children's Bureau grantees.

11/02/2021

Cristal Ramirez: Making Lived Experience Engagement Authentic, Intentional, and Mutually Benefical

We're pleased to share this recent CIP Talk featuring Cristal Ramirez. She highlights strategies for authentically and intentionally engaging youth with lived experience in child welfare reform and advocacy efforts. http://ow.ly/KCOz50GEvcY

Cristal Ramirez, MS, Youth Engagement Manager, National Association of Counsel for Children, discusses steps to take to authentically and intentionally enga...

10/29/2021

The Family Justice Initiative has just produced a new guide with discussion, tips, and tools to enhance in-court advocacy by children's and parents' attorneys . It focuses on the strategic use of litigation and in-court advocacy skills and strategies to help clients achieve their case goals. http://ow.ly/7s7M50GBg57

Related (Out-of-Court Advocacy Guide): http://ow.ly/V0wa50GBgcV

The Family Justice Initiative has just produced a new guide with discussion, tips, and tools to enhance in-court advocacy by children's and parents' attorneys . It focuses on the strategic use of litigation and in-court advocacy skills and strategies to help clients achieve their case goals. http://ow.ly/7s7M50GBg57

Related (Out-of-Court Advocacy Guide): http://ow.ly/V0wa50GBgcV

10/29/2021

National Technical Assistance Center on Grandfamilies and Kinship Families - Generations United

We are thrilled to join @GenerationsUnited to launch the National Technical Assistance Center on Grandfamilies and Kinship Families, a 5-year cooperative agreement funded through @ACLgov. We look forward to serving and supporting grandfamilies and kinship families across the country and working to ensure local, tribal, state, and federal systems support their families. http://ow.ly/IxRG50GB6rW

Generations United is creating the first National Technical Assistance Center on Grandfamilies and Kinship Families (NTAC),* funded by a five-year cooperative agreement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Community Living (ACL).

10/28/2021

Protect Children's Rights and Family Integrity

Thank you so much to all our supporters on #ABAGivingDay! There are a few hours remaining and we'd love to have you join us in celebrating the ABA's work promoting access to justice for children and families! http://ow.ly/sCMC50GAF0p

The ABA Center on Children and the Law improves due process and legal representation in the child welfare legal field. Donors promote access to justice for children and families.

10/25/2021

Vol. 47, No. 1: Empowering Youth at Risk through Legal Rights Education

The Center is thrilled to partner with ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice, withlivedexperience.org, and wonderful ABA members to launch the October issue of the ABA Human Rights Magazine focused on children's rights! https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/empowering-youth-at-risk/

In this issue of Human Rights, we focus on achieving access to justice for those among us who are so many times easily ignored or overlooked—our children.

10/21/2021

NEW! This judge's action alert highlights how judges can promote the health and well-being of children in the child welfare system during challenging times. It examines the impact of disruptive events like the COVID-19 pandemic on normalcy for children and youth, legal requirements for promoting normalcy, judges' roles, and resources that show how courts are promoting normalcy.https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/child_law/normalcy-during-challenging-times.pdf

Check out more Judge's Action Alerts developed by the Center and the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges: http://ow.ly/5Vrv50GvxaH

NEW! This judge's action alert highlights how judges can promote the health and well-being of children in the child welfare system during challenging times. It examines the impact of disruptive events like the COVID-19 pandemic on normalcy for children and youth, legal requirements for promoting normalcy, judges' roles, and resources that show how courts are promoting normalcy.https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/child_law/normalcy-during-challenging-times.pdf

Check out more Judge's Action Alerts developed by the Center and the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges: http://ow.ly/5Vrv50GvxaH

10/20/2021

ABA Giving Day Save The Date

ABA Giving Day Save The Date - https://mailchi.mp/fe28dd0b19c9/announcing-clp-today-5670124

10/20/2021

ABA Giving Day Save The Date

ABA Giving Day Save The Date - https://mailchi.mp/ab08bb64acdb/announcing-clp-today-5669952

10/19/2021

American Bar Association Giving Day

ABA Giving Day takes place on October 28. Learn about many great public interest projects at the Association. Early contributions have already exceeded $50,000 and we'd love to count on your support for the Center's work in child welfare law. Thank you! https://givingday.americanbar.org/

Community First. Our guiding vision to support the people and the programs that bring communities together and make communities stronger. Held in conjunction with the National Celebration of Pro Bono — a time that recognizes the collective power of free legal services — ABA Giving Day highlights...

10/18/2021

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Check out the @NACCchildlaw excellent Tip Sheet on Working with Lived Experience Experts! http://ow.ly/KeLo50Gttqs with a cite to ABA Policy 115 on youth legal system reform. http://ow.ly/psKB50Gttqt

10/14/2021

Act Soon! Center 2022 Conferences RFPs due Oct. 19

Act Soon! Center 2022 Conferences RFPs due Oct. 19 - https://mailchi.mp/3c4fbd410042/announcing-clp-today-5666128

10/13/2021

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Interested in policy reform to improve the lives of adult and child survivors from communities of color who experience domestic violence and are involved with the child welfare system? Attend the Accountability Dialogues, a 3-part series aimed at modeling a process for co-designing policies by adult DV survivors and policymakers. Presented by Futures Without Violence, Ujima: National Center on Violence Against Women in the Black Community, Women Transforming Families, and Latinos United for Peace and Equity,
Register/learn more: http://ow.ly/8XI350GqMLu

Domestic Violence Survivors and Policymakers Co-designing Child Welfare Practices and Policies

10/13/2021

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Working with Immigrant Families Involved in the State Child Welfare System: The Role of the Parent’s Attorney. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Calling parent advocates! Join us for “Working with Immigrant Families Involved in the State Child Welfare System: The Role of the Parent’s Attorney,” Wed, 10/27 at 12-1:30 EST. This webinar will explore the unique vulnerabilities of immigrant and noncitizen families caught up in child welfare proceedings; discuss practical, ethical, and legal challenges involved in representing these communities; guide attendees through a hypothetical case example. Learn more/register: https://americanbar.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VbmpIcR7TayMdKziTO5b8A

Please join the American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law and the Children’s Immigration Law Academy for the 3rd webinar in our series, Working with Immigrant Families Involved in the State Child Welfare System. The goal of this presentation is to shed light on the unique vulnerabili...

10/08/2021

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The Center is seeking candidates for four attorney positions to support our National Court, Legal Representation, and Kinship and Education Projects. http://ow.ly/2g4H50GoEt2

09/30/2021

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ABA President Reginald Turner has written a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives Ways & Means Committee urging action on H.R. 5167 to extend emergency protection for youth in foster care during the pandemic. This legislation seeks to ensure basic needs for food and shelter are met by extending benefits promised by the Supporting Foster Youth and Families through the Pandemic Act, which is set to expire today.
http://ow.ly/yVf650GjIqL

09/29/2021

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Legal professionals serving infants and toddlers in the child welfare system need to know how to leverage reasonable and active efforts findings in their cases. This new resource highlights reasonable/active efforts and special considerations for cases involving infants and toddlers. Legal professionals can use it to learn about reasonable/active efforts requirements; access detailed analyses of specific issues, such as domestic violence or substance use disorders; and better understand their role in ensuring families receive the services they need to stay together or reunify quickly. http://ow.ly/jm8s50GiV79

09/10/2021

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Grandparents Day is this Sunday! We are grateful for the tireless work of grandfamilies across the country who step up to support children and families in and outside the child welfare system. Through our Grandfamilies Project, a partnership with Generations United and Casey Family Programs, we seek to serve as a national legal resource in support of grandfamilies. Learn more: https://grandfamilies.org/

The Grandfamilies State Law and Policy Resource Center serves as a national legal resource in support of grandfamilies within and outside the child welfare system. Our goals are to educate individuals about state laws, legislation and policy in support of grandfamilies; assist interested policymaker...

09/09/2021

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Earlier the Better: How Court Teams are Supporting Infants and Parents Affected by Prenatal Substance Exposure . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Don't miss this webinar - Tues, Sept 28th, 11-12:30pm PT / 2-3:30pm ET. It will feature the role of collaborative court teams in implementing Plans of Safe Care, supporting mothers and families during pregnancy, preventing family separation, and improving cross-system collaboration in their communities. Register now: http://ow.ly/qV1o50G6tmn

Related Resources: http://ow.ly/bCEV50G6tqR

This webinar will share key lessons and outcomes from the National Quality Improvement Center for Collaborative Community Court Teams’ (QIC-CCCT) engagement with 14 collaborative court teams. Over the last three years, QIC-CCCT demonstration sites worked intensively to design, implement, and test ...

09/08/2021

Child Welfare Hearing Quality Research: What Legal Professionals Should Know

How does the quality of a child welfare hearing affect the case process and outcomes? Research is starting to explore what activities and behaviors are associated with child welfare hearing quality and how they relate to case process and outcomes. This 2-page research overview highlights what is currently known and gaps in understanding.
http://ow.ly/5P8750G6j21

#childwelfare #courts #attorneys #judges #courtimprovement #hearingquality #research #data

Learn about research on child welfare court hearing quality and how it affects case processing and outcomes.

09/07/2021

Racism and the Roles of Mental Health Professionals in Child Welfare

Check out this workshop presentation on #mentalhealth & #racism in the #childwelfare system from the 2021 National Parent Representation Conference. http://ow.ly/sgwc50G5Etw

Watch more conference videos: http://ow.ly/6tiJ50G5Etv
#parentrep21

Mental health professionals assume two different roles in the child welfare system, as forensic evaluators and as providers of therapeutic services. In these...

09/06/2021

Lives Well Lived | PBS

[email protected] will air Lives Well Lived, throughout September, in honor of #GrandparentsDay! Enjoy insights from dozens of fascinating individuals—3,000 years of life experience—distilled into a delightful mosaic of essential life lessons. https://www.pbs.org/show/lives-well-lived/ #DoSomethingGrand

This show celebrates the wisdom of people 75-100, and their insights for living.

09/02/2021

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Our friends at @GenerationsUnited invite you to #DoSomethingGrand in honor of #GrandparentsDay. They’ve put together a host of ways you can get involved. Find out how at www.grandparentsday.org.

Grandparents Day 2021—Sept. 12 The COVID-19 Pandemic reshaped our lives in unthinkable ways. It also gave us an appreciation for grandparents and Grandparents Day more than ever before. Far too many of us endured unspeakable hardship and loss. The pandemic also made us cherish connections more. Th...