Blog Post, Op-Ed
(NATIONAL)
Tags: Child Welfare | Coronavirus | COVID-19
In Child Welfare Cases, Just Any Old Lawyer Won’t Do
April 28, 2020 | Vivek Sankaran | Chronicle of Social Change (CA)Tags: Child Welfare | Coronavirus | COVID-19
Child Welfare
Texas Hospital Child Abuse Cases Rise in COVID-19 Outbreak: ‘It’s Hard To Think That It’s Just Coincidental’
News Story
(NATIONAL, Pennsylvania, Texas)
Doctors at a children's hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, have sounded the alarm over concerns about a rise in alleged child abuse cases amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Tags: Child Welfare | Coronavirus | COVID-19 | Domestic Violence
Texas Hospital Child Abuse Cases Rise in COVID-19 Outbreak: ‘It’s Hard To Think That It’s Just Coincidental’
March 22, 2020 | Chantal Da Silva | NewsweekDoctors at a children's hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, have sounded the alarm over concerns about a rise in alleged child abuse cases amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Tags: Child Welfare | Coronavirus | COVID-19 | Domestic Violence
Bumpy Ride in Wyoming for Bills to Create Parent and Child Representation Offices
News Story
(Wyoming)
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.
Tags: Child Welfare
Bumpy Ride in Wyoming for Bills to Create Parent and Child Representation Offices
February 14, 2020 | Kim Phagan-Hansel | Chronicle of Social Change (CA)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.
Tags: Child Welfare
How to Take on America’s Screwed-Up Foster Care System and Win
News Story
(NATIONAL, New York)
One thing was clear: Vanessa's future as a parent was at risk, and she needed a lawyer. The J.C. Penney clerk was living in a homeless shelter, and would probably need a social worker, too.
Tags: Child Welfare
How to Take on America’s Screwed-Up Foster Care System and Win
September 30, 2019 | Michael Fitzgerald | VICE NewsOne thing was clear: Vanessa's future as a parent was at risk, and she needed a lawyer. The J.C. Penney clerk was living in a homeless shelter, and would probably need a social worker, too.
Tags: Child Welfare
The Parent Defender Model Heads West
News Story
(California)
In September 2018, Patten and Aleguire launched East Bay Family Defenders with a team of 10 attorneys, a social worker and a peer advocate. It is the dream of two lawyers who came from the East Coast, trained to surround vulnerable parents with a needed support system.
Tags: Child Welfare
The Parent Defender Model Heads West
May 13, 2019 | Ellie Dehghan | Chronicle of Social Change (CA)In September 2018, Patten and Aleguire launched East Bay Family Defenders with a team of 10 attorneys, a social worker and a peer advocate. It is the dream of two lawyers who came from the East Coast, trained to surround vulnerable parents with a needed support system.
Tags: Child Welfare