By Valerie Frost, Community and Parent Advocate At 15 years old, I sat in the guidance counselor’s office after a friend walked in on me crying in the school locker room. I don’t recall much of the conversation that followed, … Read More
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Preventative Legal Advocacy for Youth Clients
INTRODUCTION Early legal representation plays a critical role in keeping families together and preventing unnecessary foster care placements. In recent years, many jurisdictions have embraced preventive and prepetition legal representation for parents as a powerful tool to help stabilize families … Read More
Leveraging Title IV-E To Advance High-Quality Legal Representation & Training
NEW FEDERAL RULEMAKING FOR CHILD WELFARE LEGAL REPRESENTATION In May 2024, the U.S. Children’s Bureau published a new regulation regarding Foster Care Legal Representation. The new rule codifies and expands the opportunity for federal matching funding for legal services that … Read More
Advocating For Reasonable Efforts For LGBTQIA+ Youth In Foster Care
Attorneys representing children and youth in foster care cases have an affirmative duty to advance equity for their clients. This responsibility is particularly important when providing legal representation to LGBTQIA+ youth, who experience disproportionate and disparate child welfare outcomes. NACC … Read More
Recommendations for Legal Representation of Children and Youth in Neglect and Abuse Proceedings
For the first time in two decades @NACCchildlaw published new Recommendations for Legal Representation of Children and Youth in Neglect and Abuse Proceedings, centering #youthvoice + equity in legal representation #childwelfare #a2j Review or download the report: https://bit.ly/3fdZdIE