Child Welfare Law and Practice: Representing Children, Parents, and State Agencies in Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency Cases (AKA The Red Book) is now in its 3rd edition and available in soft and hard cover versions.

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Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
Moral injury refers to the lasting psychological, spiritual and social impact of one’s own or others’ actions that transgress deeply held moral beliefs and expectations. Somewhat surprisingly, moral injury has received very limited attention in the social work literature. Yet the impact of moral injury may play a significant role in increasing the vulnerability of a wide range of the profession’s clients as well as its practitioners.

NCJFCJ
January is #HumanTraffickingAwarenessMonth. Hon. Stacy Boulware-Eurie shares her experience working with child sex trafficking victims from the bench as a juvenile court presiding judge in California.

Public News Service
The U.S. Justice Department has submitted a "statement of interest" in a lawsuit seeking to end the solitary confinement of juveniles in a New York jail.

JJIE
For more than a decade, juvenile justice reformers have used developments in adolescent brain science and psychology to make their case for a system that emphasizes rehabilitation and second chances for young offenders. Those same developments now are helping fuel an interest in how the criminal justice system treats young adults. This population has plenty in common with their younger counterparts because they, too, are still maturing, researchers and policymakers say.

WNCT 9
A North Carolina state law is designed to help children who would normally age out of the foster care system. "Foster 18 to 21" allows those aged 18 to 21 to continue to receive services through the system. According to the N.C Health and Human Services website, young adults who choose the program are more likely to get their diploma and degree.

KVUE
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is recommending a pilot program to provide care to around 500 foster care children across the state with the highest needs. The $8 million program would mean those with multiple hospitalizations – including residential treatment centers – over a 12-month period would qualify for the High Needs Conservatorship Pilot Project.

 

Leslie Barry, JD, CWLS  
Huntington Beach, CA

Katherine Dowling, JD, CWLS
Dept of Children & Family Services
New Orleans, LA

Anoopa Laurens, JD, CWLS
Laurens Law, LLC
Buford, GA

Courtney Longtin, JD, CWLS
Disabled Parents Rights
Windsor, CO

Tammy Mullins, JD, CWLS
Administrative Office of the Courts
Pea Ridge, AR

Ellen Ramsey-Kacena, JD, CWLS 
Ellen Ramsey-Kacena, Attorney at Law
Cedar Rapids, IA

Betsy Smith, JD, CWLS
Mental Health Advocacy/
Child Advocacy Program
Mandeville, LA

Laura Wagner, JD, CWLS
Niagara County Dept of Social Services     
Lockport, NY

Patricia Weir, JD, CWLS
Johnson County Attorney’s Office
Iowa City, IA