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The newest Q&A developed by the Legal Center for Foster Care and Education: How Can Child Welfare Agencies Access Education Records in Compliance with the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

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Addressing the Needs of Multi-System Youth: Strengthening the Connection between Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Georgetown Public Policy Institute's Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (CJJR) and Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps (RFK) would l ...

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The ABA Center on Children and the Law's Health of Court-Involved Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers project is pleased to announce the release of its newest Practice & Policy Brief -- Advocating for Very Young Children in Dependency Proceedings: The Hal ...

Simple Activities for Children and Adolescents In response to Hurricane Sandy, the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) has created these activity sheets, which offer ideas to parents and caregivers on ways to keep children and adolescents ent ...

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Thanks to the recession, 2009 was one of the worst years for poverty in America in more than half a century. The total number of Americans living in poverty hit 43.6 million, the highest level in 51 years and the national poverty rate rose to 14.3 percent ...

Orleans Parish Juvenile Court - Judge Ernestine Gray In Louisiana, permanency hearings are held 12 months after a child comes into custody and every six months thereafter. Judge Ernestine S. Gray conducts Benchmark Conferences for youth between the ag ...

Innovative ideas for improved court practice to expedite permanency for children.

By recognizing the potential impact of trauma on parenting, judges and attorneys can more easily connect parents with services that will meet their needs. This resource from The National Child Traumatic Stress Network addresses the following questions: Wh ...

The Blueprint for Change is a detailed framework that includes goals and benchmarks (or subgoals) for children and youth that will help ensure their education success. The document contains national and state examples (programs, resources, and strategies) ...

A Handbook for Parent and Guardians in Child Abuse & Neglect Cases What You Need to Know About the Court Process Being involved in a child abuse and neglect case can be confusing and stressful. Not knowing what to expect can make it even harder. This ...

American Bar Association Therese Roe Lund, MSSW - National Resource Center for Child Protective Services Jennifer Renne, JD - National Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues Foreword- Judges in abuse and neglect proceedings are responsible for ...

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This manual offers guidance on how diverse community agencies, organizations, and individuals can work together to form a web of support for families and create safe, healthy environments where children can thrive. The manual describes the benefits of co ...

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Explores research and practice on concurrent planning, which is an approach that involves considering all reasonable options for permanency at the earliest possible point following a child's entry into foster care. This issue brief reports on how the prac ...

One-page handout of considerations for guardianship situations in Louisiana.

Since the launch of the Defending Childhood Initiative in 2010, the Justice Department has been working with leading researchers to take an in-depth look at the problem of children exposed to violence. The Attorney Generals’ National Task Force on Childre ...

Although safety and permanency performance measures for cases involving children in foster care have been established, tested, and implemented, court-related well-being measures have yet to be developed. This article describes the initial effort to establ ...

The National Quality Improvement Center on Non-Resident Fathers and the Child Welfare System, National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI), American Humane Association, and American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law welcome you to the Father Friendly ...

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National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections

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Find quick facts about children in foster care in Louisiana, current legislation proposed and enacted related to the law, existing state policies, tools, analyses and research relevant for the various components of the new law, examples of state and triba ...

Guardianship is an extremely important area of child welfare policy and practice, and is huge in scope. Rather than attempting to address all guardianship issues in this document, in this new online resource, NRCPFC strategically presents an overview of t ...