Summary of child welfare class action litigation
Read summaries of class action litigation, brought forward by or on behalf of children in foster care.
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Explore strategies of trauma-sensitive casework practices when investigations, removals, and placements are necessary.
How do investigation, removal, and placement cause trauma for families?
Actions around child protection investigations, removals, and placements have traumatic effects on children, parents, and caregivers.
Do racial disparities play a role in child abuse detection?
Learn from a research study of pediatric trauma incidents that analyzed incidents of child abuse found racial disparities.
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Discover how spouses of governors bring attention to the importance of improving child and family well-being in their states.
How can first spouses promote child and family well-being?
Discover how spouses of governors leverage their unique position to advocate for improved child and family well-being in their states.
How do economic supports benefit families and communities?
Explore the latest research connecting the provision of economic supports with improved child and family well-being.
Child welfare and the courts
Explore a variety of our resources related to child welfare court and legal systems.
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Understand the key findings, based on interviews with lived experts, about strengthening kinship care in the child welfare system.
How does the FIRST Clinic keep newborns safely with their parents?
The FIRST Clinic is a medical-legal partnership that aims to keep parents and their newborns safely together.