Read this week's blog post, Disaster Preparedness for Child Welfare Agencies: Recognizing the Emotional Impact on Foster Children by Gerry Glynn, MS, JD/LLM.

 

 

 

The NACC Board of Directors is conducting a search for an Executive Director. Persons interested in the Executive Director position should contact NACCed@NACCchildlaw.org.

 

 

 

Attention advocates! We’re continuing our series of scholarships to promote diversity with our Young Lawyers Diversity Scholarship. At least one applicant will receive full funding to apply for certification. Deadline is October 31.

 

 

NCJFCJ
The NCJFCJ recently published their annual Domestic Violence Awareness Month Fact sheet. Included are special sections on domestic violence as it relates to communities of color, individuals who are disabled or affected by mental illness, children, LGBTQ victims and tribal communities.

Washington Post
Last Friday, President Obama signed a bill into law that establishes a new Commission on Native Children. The 11-person commission will include experts in juvenile justice, social work, education, and mental and physical health.

Huffington Post
As we work to build a strong foundation for our growing economy, we must also invest in a strong foundation for our children if they are to experience future success in school and in life and be able to contribute to the long-term success of our economy and our nation.

JJIE
In just the last month or so, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) joined a growing list of national organizations calling for an end to the solitary confinement of young people in this country. The AAP endorsed the Stop Solitary for Kids campaign’s position statement.

Harvard University
This paper shows how the science of child development can be leveraged to strengthen and improve the public child welfare system so that it can better support the children, families and communities it serves.

Huffington Post
A new long-term study recently launched at 19 research sites around the country and funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will collect significant data on normal, healthy teen behavior and its impact on neurological, social, emotional, and cognitive development. It also will examine some of the unhealthy and risky behaviors indicative of those experimental teenage years.

Rosa Gonzalez, BA, JD, CWLS

Rosie received the Adele Advocate for the Poor Award, has been inducted into the Order of Barristers, and is a recipient of the Presidential National Leadership Award. She is a past Commissioner on the Hispanic National Bar Association’s Commission on the Status of Latinas in the Legal Profession and is a board certified attorney/specialist in the area of Child Welfare Law by the National Association of Counsel for Children. Rosie's NACC profile can be viewed here.

Welcome to Lynn Barrieau of The CASA Project in Worcester, MA and Karen Hunt of Wilde & Hunt, Prof. LLC in Spearfish, SD, our newest Silver members!