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Carlyn Hicks: How Parent Attorneys Help Strengthen Families

posted on March 4, 2020
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CIP Talk: High Quality Legal Representation

Angela Vigil, Partner and Executive Director of the Pro Bono Practice, Baker & McKenzie LLP, explains why every child in foster care would benefit from high quality legal representation.

posted on February 28, 2020
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Bumpy Ride in Wyoming for Bills to Create Parent and Child Representation Offices

Chronicle of Social Change – February 14, 2020 Just days into Wyoming’s legislative session, bills to expand legal counsel to children and parents in child welfare court were killed by a lack of support. But half of the package has already been raised from the dead. House Bill (HB) 18 would have moved child representation…

posted on February 19, 2020
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Top Stories of 2019 from The Chronicle

Chronicle of Social Change – December 25, 2019 At the dawn of 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services opened up federal spending for the first time to support legal fees for parents involved in child welfare cases. And in the spring, a long-awaited study linked the use of interdisciplinary law offices –…

posted on December 27, 2019
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Center For Family Representation, Michele Cortese, writes op-ed about why parents should have access to legal team during child welfare investigations.

Read here.

posted on December 19, 2019
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Hear from Family Voices United about the importance of legal representation for families

Listen to the podcast here. Read the companion paper here.

posted on December 12, 2019
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Indigent parent representation to be provided in six north Mississippi counties

Daily Journal – October 08, 2019 Six northeast Mississippi counties are now providing legal representation to some parents during youth court proceedings. The counties – Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Tishomingo and Union – and the state are splitting the costs to hire five attorneys to represent indigent parents in abuse and neglect proceedings in youth…

posted on October 16, 2019
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Midland County child advocate attorneys receive raise

KOSA – October 15, 2019 Attorneys advocating for children in child protective services will soon be paid more, thanks to an item approved by Midland County Commissioner Monday morning. The attorneys are paid around $100 an hour by the county to advocate in court for families whose children recently were placed in the foster care…

posted on October 16, 2019
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Chronicle of Philanthropy: This 23-Year-Old’s Newborn Was Taken by the Government. Here’s How She Got Her Back.

A recent article by the Chronicle of Philanthropy quotes FJI Executive Team Member, Mimi Laver and Michele Cortese Executive Director of the Center for Family Representation regarding parent representation. Read the article here.

posted on October 1, 2019
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Congrats to East Bay Family Defenders

The FJI Team is happy to learn that East Bay Family Defenders will be recognized by state Senator Bob Wieckowski during his “State of the 10th Senate District Address and Awards” Ceremony.  EBFD is one of eleven honorees selected throughout the 10th Senate District. We are thrilled that EBFD is being recognized for their great…

posted on September 19, 2019
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