Attorney Resources
- Using Strength And Challenges To Measure Youth Well-Being
- Learn The Basics Of Juvenile Justice
- State Strategies To Mitigate The Impact Of Housing Instability On Child Welfare Involvement
- Examining Financial Hardship and Caregiver Subgroups in Kinship Foster Placements: A Machine Learning Approach
- Determining the Best Interests of the Child
- WHAT YOUNG LEADERS WANT — AND DON’T WANT —FROM OLDER ALLIES
- CSG South Announces Collaboration with Casey Family Programs
- Resource Guide for Kinship/Grandfamily Providers
- Behavioral Health Diagnoses and Treatment Services for Children and Youth Involved with the Child Welfare System
- Where We Stand: A 20-Year Retrospective Of The Unaccompanied Children’s Program In The United States
- Game-changing’ Emergency Housing Vouchers to Help Foster Children, Families in Jefferson Parish
- How Should Clinicians and Health Care Organizations Promote Equity in Child Abuse and Neglect Suspicion, Evaluation, and Reporting?
- McGirt v Oklahoma and What Clinicians Should Know About Present-Day Child Abuse and Legacies of Forced Migration
- How Should Clinicians Minimize Bias When Responding to Suspicions About Child Abuse?
- Interested in policy supporting homeless youths? ABA group provides guidance
- Exploring the Effects of Maltreatment and Child Welfare System Experiences on Juvenile Justice Involvement
- Helping Children and Youth Maintain Relationships With Birth Families
- Birth Family Connections and Openness
- On the Threshold of Change
- Prenatal Drug Exposure: CAPTA Reporting Requirements for Medical Professionals
- Supporting Kinship Families of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children
- Factors That Predict The Safe Recovery Of Missing And Abducted Children
- Judicial, Court, and Attorney Measures of Performance (JCAMP), Volume I: Measures
- Judicial, Court, and Attorney Measures of Performance (JCAMP) Volume V: Background and Research
- Judicial, Court, and Attorney Measures of Performance (JCAMP) Volume IV: Technical Guide
- Judicial, Court, and Attorney Measures of Performance (JCAMP) Volume III: Implementation Toolbox
- Judicial, Court, and Attorney Measures of Performance (JCAMP) Volume II: Implementation Guide
- Judicial, Court, and Attorney Measures of Performance (JCAMP): Quick Start Guide
- MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT IN THE COURTROOM
- FAMILY JUSTICE JOURNAL: The Need For Belonging
- Adoption Triad: Practicing Adoption Competence by Examining the Impact of Race, Culture, and Diversity
- Relative Foster Care Is Increasing Among American Indian and Alaska Native Children in Foster Care
- Trauma-Focused Practice Supplement for the Crossover Youth Practice Model
- Trends in State Mental Health Policy
- Strategies for Addressing Length of Stay to Improve Outcomes for Youth and Communities
- Promoting Healthy Relationships in Foster Care—“If I Had Seen What a Healthy Relationship Looks Like, that Would Have Changed My Perspective”
- Implementing Child Welfare IT Systems Using “Low Code” Solutions
- A Change Framework for Engaging Fathers and Paternal Relatives and Promoting Racial Justice
- Spotlight on Domestic Violence and Child Welfare
- Screening for Substance Use in Child Welfare Using the UNCOPE
- FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Support Children and Families in Foster Care
- White House Announces Slate of Actions on Child Welfare
- Indian Child Welfare (ICW)Quarterly and Annual Report
- Fact Sheet: Children Thrive in Grandfamilies
- The State of Children With Disabilities and Special Health Care Needs
- Announcing New Resource On Infants Affected By Prenatal Substance Exposure
- Restrictions on Food Stamps Will Be Lifted For Former Foster Youth
- Adoption and Guardianship for Children in Kinship Foster Care
- Intergenerational Evaluation Toolkit
- Protecting the Rights and Providing Appropriate Services to LGBTQIA2S+ Youth in Out-of-Home Care
- Adoption Triad: Tribal Customary Adoption
- The Supreme Court leaves Indian Child Welfare Act intact
- Adoption and Guardianship for Children in Kinship Foster Care
- Investing in Families Prevents Child Welfare Involvement
- Child and family outcomes of the Safe Babies Court Team – A scoping review
- Critical Child Protection Studies. (Special Issue of Social Sciences).
- Update on Efforts to Mitigate Child Labor Exploitation and Internal Audit on Placement Process Used to Transfer Custody of Unaccompanied Children to Vetted Sponsors
- Racial Equity Tip Sheets
- Adoption and Guardianship for Children in Kinship Foster Care
- Trauma-Informed Legal Representation for Youth in Sexual-Abuse-to-Prison Pipeline
- Four Ways That Courts Can Actively Engage Children and Youth Involved in Child Welfare Proceedings
- Family First – Title IV-E Prevention Plan Implementation Updates
- 2022 National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers
- Immunity for Persons Who Report Child Abuse and Neglect
- A Guide to Implementing Family First
- Child Welfare and FFPSA
- Barriers to Authentic Youth Engagement in Permanency Planning
- Common Problems, Common Solutions
- Resources to Support Title IV-E Prevention Program Planning
- ORR Unaccompanied Children Program Policy Guide
- Representing Families of Children with Diabetes Facing Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations
- Adoption Triad: The Quality Improvement Center on Engaging Youth in Finding Permanency
- Dads Matter: The Taxpayer Cost of Fatherlessness
- Chart: “What do I do?” Trauma-Informed Support for Children
- Qualifications and Standards for Attorneys Representing Children in Need of Care – Reports Due January 31st
- A Research-Based Question and Answer Resource on Sex Trafficking for Youth-Supporting Professionals
- Adoption and Guardianship for Children in Kinship Foster Care
- The Attorney Manual to Guide Representation of Children Victimized by the Online Distribution of Child Sexual Abuse Material
- Social Media Tips for Foster Youth, Foster Parents and Child Welfare Workers
- Standardizing Care for Clients Impacted by Human Trafficking
- National Compendium of Trauma-Responsive Policies and Programs
- Building a Relationship With Birth Families
- Juvenile Law Center Launches Digital Youth Advocacy Toolkit
- Temporary Child-Welfare Placements Target Nonwhite Children Disproportionately
- State of American Indian and Alaska Native Children and Families Report
- Call for Abstracts – NACC’s 46th National Child Welfare Law Conference
- Language Bias in Child Welfare (Includes audio)
- Benefits of Kinship Placement
- Speaking of Change: How Can Kinship Care Advance Racial Equity in Child Welfare?
- Louisiana’s Families in Need of Services
Laws Providing the Right Services to
Children and Families - Children in Today’s Courtroom
- My Community Cares: Strengthening Families and Supporting Communities
- ABCs of ACEs
- Using ACEs and TBRI to Implement a Trauma-Informed Courtroom
- Overview: LSBA Children’s Law Committee Continuing Advocacy for Louisiana’s Future
- Guide to Legal Guardianship in Child in Need of Care Cases (CINC)
- Recommendations for Child Welfare System Support from Youth Currently and Formerly in Foster Care
- Survey of Youth Currently and Formerly in Foster Care at Risk for Human Trafficking: Final Report
- New Child Welfare Journal – Family Integrity and Justice Quarterly
- Trauma-Informed Youth Transitions in Tribal Child Welfare
- The Little Agency That Could: Louisiana’s Mental Health Advocacy Service
- Recommendations for Legal Representation of Children and Youth in Neglect and Abuse Proceedings
- National Adoption Month Resources for Legal Professionals
- Native American Heritage Month – ICWA
- MCLE: Deadlines Approaching for Earning, Reporting CLE Credits
- Data Capacity: What Is It and Does Our Family Treatment Court Team Have It?
- Family Treatment Courts – Strategy Briefs
- Court Process and Legal Rights Guide For Foster Caregivers
- Safety Guide: A Guide for Judges and Attorneys
- Child Welfare Hearing Quality Research: What Legal Professionals Should Know
- How Legal Professionals Can Use the Compendium of Measures and Data Sources: Understanding Judicial Decision-Making and Hearing Quality in Child Welfare
- The Art of Listening Effectively
- Five Resources for Lawyers Representing Transition Aged Youth
- Trauma Caused by Separation of Children from Parents
- What You Need to Know About Child in Need of Care Cases in Louisiana (Quick Guide)
- Tips & Tools for Providing High-Quality Legal Representation to Children and Parents in Child Welfare Proceedings: Out-of-Court Advocacy
- Child Welfare Law Specialist Certification
- Trauma Exposure Response: A Resource for Child Welfare Attorneys
- Getting Down to Basics: Tools to Support LGBTQ Youth in Care
- Utilizing Title IV-E Funds to Support High Quality Legal Representation for Children & Youth Who are in Foster Care
- Qualifications and Standards for Attorneys Representing Children in Need of Care
- Child Safety Powerpoint
- Reasonable Efforts as Prevention