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New Campaign to Ensure Attorneys for Children in Foster Care

The National Association of Counsel for Children launches a new campaign, Counsel for Kids, dedicated to ensuring that children in foster care receive lawyers of their own.

posted on October 26, 2021
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Out-of-Court Advocacy Guide

Out-of-court advocacy is critical in every child welfare legal proceeding. Check out FJI’s Out-of-Court Advocacy Guide

posted on May 17, 2021
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After Safety: The Next Step to Success

In his CIP talk Judge William Thorne (Ret.) discusses how judges and lawyers can promote healing for families and children.

posted on March 29, 2021
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Oped: Right to Representation in Noncriminal Cases

You can lose your kids, home and freedom without ever seeing a lawyer. It’s a profound injustice. Powerful op-ed from The Washington Post on the right to representation in noncriminal cases.

posted on March 1, 2021
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Trauma Exposure Response Guide

As a child welfare attorney, you are regularly exposed to trauma. Check out FJI’s new resource on trauma exposure response for child welfare attorneys.

posted on February 5, 2021
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CIP Talk: Uprooted and Traumatized

Judge Ernestine Gray discusses how to avoid unnnecessary removals in the child welfare system.

posted on January 29, 2021
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Information Memorandum -Civil Legal Advocacy

Civil Legal Advocacy to Promote Child and Family Well-being, Address the Social Determinants of Health, and Enhance Community Resilience.

posted on January 20, 2021
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Article: The Case for a Centralized Office for Legal Representation in Child Welfare Cases

FJI Executive Team member, Mimi Laver, and FJI Communications Work Group Co-Chair, Cathy Krebs, recently published a new article “The Case for a Centralized Office for Legal Representation in Child Welfare Cases.”

posted on December 21, 2020
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CIP Talk: Compassion

Compassion is the the foundation for all reasonable efforts to reunify children with their parents.

posted on September 29, 2020
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Special Series: The Moment Is Now

Read Children’s Bureau Express call to action to chart a different course to strengthen families through primary prevention and create a more just and equitable system focused on child and family well-being. This article series consensus statement that stresses how we must all value and invest in families and communities. 

posted on September 16, 2020
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