Making It Work: Using the Guardianship Assistance Program (GAP) to Close the Permanency Gap for Children in Foster Care
Authors: Children’s Defense Fund, Child Trends, ABA Center on Children and the Law, Casey Family Programs, Child Focus, and Generations United
Date: 2012
Cost: Free download
Books
Foster Care Licensing Standards Across the United States: Research Findings to Effect Change
Authors: Ana Beltran, Heidi Redlich Epstein
Date: March 2012
Cost: Free download
Judicial Guide to Implementing the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008
Authors: Grandfamilies State Law and Policy Resource Center
Date: 2011
Cost: Free Download
Finding Your Way in Child Protection Cases: Guides for Fathers
Authors: Jessica Kendall & Lisa Pilnik
Date: 2011
Cost: Free
English version (download only)
Spanish version (Encontrando Su Camino: Guías Para Papás en Casos de Protección de Menores) Available from the Child Welfare Information Gateway.
Relative Foster Care Waivers in the States: Policies and Possibilities
Authors: ChildFocus, the Children’s Defense Fund, Generations United, and the ABA Grandfamilies State Law and Policy Resource Center
Date: September 2010
Cost: Free download
Representing Juvenile Status Offenders
Authors: Hannah Benton, Shay Bilchik, Jana Heyd, Erika Pinheiro, Claire Shubik, Tobie J. Smith, Martha Stone, Casey Trupin & Joseph B. Tulman
Date: 2010
Cost: Free download
Child Safety: A Guide for Judges and Attorneys
Author: Theresa Roe Lund MSSW and Jennifer L. Renne
Date: 2009
Cost: $21.99
Free download
Healthy Beginnings, Healthy Futures: A Judge’s Guide
Author: Eva J. Klain JD, Lisa Pilnik JD, MS, Erin Talati JD, MD, Candice L. Maze JD, Kimberly Diamond-Berry PhD, Lucy Hudson MS
Date: 2009
Cost: Free (customer pays S&H)
Advocating for Nonresident Fathers in Child Welfare Court Cases
Authors: Andrew L. Cohen, Richard Cozzola, Kathleen Creamer, Judge Leonard P. Edwards (ret.), Daniel L. Hatcher, Mark S. Kiselica, Jennifer L. Rennem Vivek S. Sankaran & Andrya Soprych
Date: October 2009
Cost: Free (customer pays S&H)
Opening Doors for LGBTQ Youth in Foster Care: A Guide for Lawyers and Judges
Author: Mimi Laver and Andrea Khoury
Publication Date: 2008
Out of Print
Families in Need of Critical Assistance: Legislation and Policy Aiding Youth Who Engage in Noncriminal Misbehavior
Author: Jessica R. Kendall
Date: 2007
Cost: $19.99
Achieving Permanency for Adolescents in Foster Care: A Guide for Legal Professionals
Authors: Sharon G. Elstein, Rachel Feldheim, Andrea Khoury, Eva J. Klain, Drenda Lakin, Natalie Lyons, Gerald P. Mallon, Kathleen McNaught, Nancy Pineles and Edi Winkle
Date: 2006
Free download
How to Work With Your Court: A Guide for Child Welfare Agency Administrators (2nd edition)
Authors: Mark Hardin, with Diane Boyd Rauber
Date: 2004
Cost: $15.99
Learning Curves: Education Advocacy for Children in Foster Care
Author: Kathleen M. McNaught
Date: 2004
Cost: $15.95
Free download
Making it Permanent
Making Sense of the ASFA Regulations
Authors: Debra Baker, Howard Davidson, Heidi Redlich Epstein, Cecilia Fiermonte, Mark Hardin, Veronica Hemrich, Molly Hicks, Eva Klain, Anne Marie Lancour, Mimi Laver, Jennifer Renne
Date: 2001
Cost: Free download
Keeping Kids Out of the System: Creative Legal Practice As A Community Child Protection Strategy
Author: Leigh Goodmark
Date: 2001
Cost: $19.95
Foundations for Success: Strengthening Your Agency Attorney Office
Author: Mimi Laver and Claire Sandt (ed.)
Date: 1999
Cost: $14.95
Handbook on Questioning Children: A Linguistic Perspective, 2nd Ed.
Author: Anne Graffam Walker
Date: 1999
Cost: Free download
A Judge's Guide to Improving Legal Representation of Children
Authors: Kathi L. Grasso (editor), Howard A. Davidson, Brian Finley, and Miriam A. Rollin
Date: 1998
Cost: $19.95 (print) / Free download
A Guide to the Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994 as Amended by the Interethnic Adoption Provisions of 1996
Author: Joan Heifetz Hollinger
Date: 1998
Cost: Free download
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