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Handbook On Questioning Children: A Linguistic Perspective

By Anne G Walker and Julie Kenniston

Child & Adolescent Health

Adolescent Brain Research & Engaging Youth Toolkit

Healthy Beginnings, Healthy Futures: A Judge’s Guide

Psychotropic Medication and Children in Foster Care: Tips for Advocates and Judges

Child and Adolescent Health Projects

Courts/Judges

Child Safety: A Guide for Judges and Attorneys (Free Downloadable PDF))

Child Welfare Judge's Action Alerts

CFSR Spotlight Series for the Legal and Judicial Communities

Healthy Beginnings, Healthy Futures: A Judge’s Guide

Introducing JCAMP: A New Tool to Measure Your Court’s Performance

Judicial Decision-making and Hearing Quality Evaluation Resources

A Judge's Guide to Improving Legal Representation of Children

Judicial Guide to Implementing the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008

Measuring Child Welfare Court Performance: Review of Resources

NCJFCJ Innovative Courts Article Series

Psychotropic Medication and Children in Foster Care: Tips for Advocates and Judges

Using the Family First Prevention Services Act to Strengthen Reasonable Efforts Determinations

Education

Supporting School Stability for Children in Foster Care during COVID-19 and Beyond

Learning Curves: Education Advocacy for Children in Foster Care

Education and Youth Projects

Family First Prevention Services Act Implementation

Family First Act and Legal Representation Funding

The Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018: A Guide for the Legal Community

Tool for Engaging the Legal Community in Implementing Family First

Legal Professional Roles: Implementing the Family First Prevention Services Act

Leveraging the Family First Prevention Services Act to Improve Use of Title IV-E GAP

New Opportunities for Kinship Families: Action Steps to Implement the Family First Prevention Services Act in Your Community

Family First Prevention Services Act: Implementing the Provisions that Support Kinship Families Checklist

Using the Family First Prevention Services Act to Strengthen Reasonable Efforts Determinations

Fathers

Advocating for Nonresident Fathers in Child Welfare Court Cases

Finding Your Way in Child Protection Cases: Guides for Fathers

Immigration & Child Welfare

Immigrant Caregivers: The Implications of Immigration Status on Foster Care Licensure

Immigrants in the Child Welfare System: Case Studies

Immigrant Caregivers: The Implications of Immigration Status on Foster Care Licensure

Separated Children and Child Welfare Concerns Fact Sheet

Summary: Immigrant Caregivers: The Implications of Immigration Status on Foster CareLicensure

Quick Guide to Federal Child Welfare and Immigration Law

California Quick Guide to Child Welfare and Immigration Law

Colorado Quick Guide to Child Welfare and Immigration Law

New York Quick Guide to Child Welfare and Immigration Law

Infants & Toddlers

Advocating for Very Young Children in Dependency Proceedings: The Hallmarks of Effective, Ethical Representation

Healthy Beginnings, Healthy Futures: A Judge’s Guide

Visitation with Infants and Toddlers in Foster Care: What Judges and Attorneys Need to Know

Healing the Youngest Children: Model Court-Community Partnerships

Juvenile Justice

Representing Juvenile Status Offenders,

Kinship Care

Foster Care Licensing Standards Across the United States: Research Findings to Effect Change

Immigrant Caregivers: The Implications of Immigration Status on Foster Care Licensure

Judicial Guide to Implementing the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008

Kin Caregiver Options: Considerations for Caregivers

Kinship Assessment Tool

Kinship Promising Practices

Leveraging the Family First Prevention Services Act to Improve Use of Title IV-E GAP

Model Family Foster Home Licensing Standards,

Making It Work: Using the Guardianship Assistance Program (GAP) to Close the Permanency Gap for Children in Foster Care

New Opportunities for Kinship Families: Action Steps to Implement the Family First Prevention Services Act in Your Community

Relative Foster Care Waivers in the States: Policies and Possibilities

Grandfamilies State Law & Policy Resource Center

LGBTQ Youth

Opening Doors for LGBTQ Youth in Foster Care (Book)

Opening Doors for LGBTQ Youth in Foster Care: A Guide for Lawyers and Judges (Judicial Benchcard)

Legal Representation/Ethics

Adolescent Brain Research & Engaging Youth Toolkit

CFSR Spotlight Series for the Legal and Judicial Communities

Child Welfare Legal Representation: ABA Attorney Standards

Child Safety: A Guide for Judges and Attorneys (Hard Copy)

Child Safety: A Guide for Judges and Attorneys (Free Downloadable PDF))

Effects of Funding Changes on Legal Representation Quality in California Dependency Cases: An Assessment

Handbook on Questioning Children: A Linguistic Perspective (3rd Ed.)

A Judge's Guide to Improving Legal Representation of Children

Legal Ethics in Child Welfare Cases

Legal Representation in Child Welfare Proceedings (Infographic)

Prepetition/Early Legal Representation

Tips & Tools for Providing High-Quality Legal Representation to Children and Parents in Child Welfare Proceedings: Out-of-Court Advocacy

Tips & Tools for Providing High-Quality Legal Representation to Children and Parents in Child Welfare Proceedings: In-Court Advocacy

What Draws Attorneys to Child Welfare Practice? Questions to Inform Attorney Retention and Recruitment Strategies

Parent Representation

Indicators of Success for Parent Representation

Prepetition/Early Legal Representation

Representing Parents in Child Welfare Cases: Advice and Guidance for Family Defenders

National Alliance for Parent Representation

Permanency

Achieving Permanency for Adolescents in Foster Care: A Guide for Legal Professionals

A Guide to the Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994 as Amended by the Interethnic Adoption Provisions of 1996

Making it Permanent

Making Sense of the ASFA Regulations

Permanency Barriers Project

Substance Use

Key Legal Issues in Civil Child Protection Cases Involving Prenatal Substance Exposure

Child Welfare Court Cases Involving Prenatal Substance Use: A Primer for Professionals Serving Mothers and Families

Child Welfare Court Cases Involving Prenatal Substance Use: Policy Considerations

Reasonable and Active Efforts, And Substance Use Disorders

Trauma

Trauma Exposure Response: A Resource for Child Welfare Attorneys

Trauma: What Child Welfare Attorneys Should Know

Implementing Trauma-Informed Practices in Child Welfare

Health Projects, Polyvictimization and Trauma

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