January - December 2020

How the UTEP/CASA Program Benefits Students, Children and Families, and the Legal Profession

The University of Texas at El Paso/CASA Collaborative, an undergraduate clinical education program for prelaw students, involves coursework in children’s rights law and advocacy coupled with guided fieldwork. In its tenth year, the program is proving to have significant benefits to students, children and families in the system, and the legal profession.

Money Matters: How Funding Changes Affect Legal Representation Quality

This article highlights the findings from a new California assessment on the impact of funding changes on legal representation quality in child welfare cases. It provides guidance to advocate for greater investments in child and parent counsel in communities.

Reflections on 10 Years of National Reunification Month

By Mimi Laver

Celebrating the people who make family reunification happen is the purpose of National Reunification Month. Mimi Laver shares three key lessons learned over the past 10 years.

Bringing Data to Life

By Cristina Freitas, Debbie Freitas, Michael Heard and Alexandra Roark

This article shares useful resources for locating child welfare data and then briefly reviews research in four child welfare domains with guidance on leveraging that research in cases.