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Legal advocates across the country confront hundreds of cases like Samira\u27s each year. Many of those cases end with arms raised in frustration due to what appears to be a lack of options after the receiving state either fails to complete the home study or denies a placement. That frustration is understandabkle given the absence of language in the Compact outlining any process to compe states to complete home studies or to permit judicial review of placement denials. Yet, as advocates, we must move beyond this initial state of paralysis and develop creative ways to vindicate the rights of our clients, whether they are children, parents, or relatives. This article provides strategies to overcome barriers to permanency created by the ICPC
Children may unnecessarily enter foster care because their parents are unable to resolve legal issue...
The appellate system serves important functions in child welfare cases. It ensures that the relation...
This is the second of a series of articles that examines the role that advocates for parents and fam...
Legal advocates across the country confront hundreds of cases like Samira\u27s each year. Many of th...
The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children deals with the interstate placement of abused, n...
This article argues that current efforts to reform the Compact are flawed because they lack an essen...
Each year, child welfare agencies make over 40,000 requests for home studies to determine whether ch...
The importance of expediting the placement of foster children into permanent homes has emerged as a ...
This is the first of two articles that examines the role that advocates for parents and families can...
Courts handling child abuse and neglect cases face a daunting task. Within one to three days after a...
In New York City, an indigent parent can receive the assistance of a multidisciplinary legal team—an...
The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) is a well-intentioned statute that has le...
From 2009 to 2016 the University of Michigan Law School served as the National Quality Improvement C...
The problems associated with long-term foster care of children have escalated over the past decade a...
A parent\u27s constitutional right to raise his or her child is one of the most venerated liberty in...
Children may unnecessarily enter foster care because their parents are unable to resolve legal issue...
The appellate system serves important functions in child welfare cases. It ensures that the relation...
This is the second of a series of articles that examines the role that advocates for parents and fam...
Legal advocates across the country confront hundreds of cases like Samira\u27s each year. Many of th...
The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children deals with the interstate placement of abused, n...
This article argues that current efforts to reform the Compact are flawed because they lack an essen...
Each year, child welfare agencies make over 40,000 requests for home studies to determine whether ch...
The importance of expediting the placement of foster children into permanent homes has emerged as a ...
This is the first of two articles that examines the role that advocates for parents and families can...
Courts handling child abuse and neglect cases face a daunting task. Within one to three days after a...
In New York City, an indigent parent can receive the assistance of a multidisciplinary legal team—an...
The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) is a well-intentioned statute that has le...
From 2009 to 2016 the University of Michigan Law School served as the National Quality Improvement C...
The problems associated with long-term foster care of children have escalated over the past decade a...
A parent\u27s constitutional right to raise his or her child is one of the most venerated liberty in...
Children may unnecessarily enter foster care because their parents are unable to resolve legal issue...
The appellate system serves important functions in child welfare cases. It ensures that the relation...
This is the second of a series of articles that examines the role that advocates for parents and fam...
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