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Center on Children and the Law

Ensuring Quality Parent Representation Judges can take creative steps to improve the quality of representation parents receive in child welfare cases. Get tips and guidance to raise the bar in your courtroom.

Nominations Open for Mark Hardin Award The Mark Hardin Award for Child Welfare Legal Scholarship and Systems Change honors the work of Mark Hardin, an early innovator in the child welfare legal field. Submit a nomination today!

Revised Handbook on Questioning Children Get your copy of the new Handbook on Questioning Children - everything lawyers and judges should know when interviewing children in forensic settings.

What's New

Kinship Resources

Two new resources for grandparent and relative caregivers, produced by Generations United, are available.

State Educational and Health Care Consent Laws

A tool for state policymakers and advocates to enact their own education and health care consent laws.

Grand Resources: A Fact Sheet for Grandparent and Relative Caregivers to Help Access Support

A fact sheet for grandparent & relative caregivers to help access support through the TANF program.

Grandfamilies Resource Center

At the ABA Midyear Meeting, the ABA House of Delegates approved child-related policies:
109A -Youth leaving foster care
109B - Trauma-informed advocacy
103A - Appellate representation for juveniles

ABA Child-Related Policies

On the Road

If we're not here, we're in the field. See where Center staff & consultants are heading.

March 8: Wells Conference, Ohio
March 11: Safety Guide Work
March 13: Wyoming Radio Broadcast - Improving Youth Attendance and Participation in Court

April 5: Youth in Court project: Youth Training, Kansas
April 8-10: Youth in Court: GAL Trainings, Kansas
April 9: Sexual Identity Issues for Youth

See calendar for details

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