Published On: May 15, 2019
Categories Child Welfare, Congregate care, Disposition/placement, Foster care, Group Homes/Non-Secure Placement, Juvenile Justice, Legal Representation, Permanency planning, Placement/Confinement, Practice standards/guides, Relatives/kinship care
This Guide is intended to be a practical tool that can be used by attorneys and advocates to ensure that youth are in living settings where they can be connected with family, the community, and a support system. We will refer to this as “the most connected placement.” The tool is divided into fifteen questions and principles to guide your analysis and offer different points of intervention during the course of a case. Each section provides concrete suggestions for actions you can take in and out of court to get your clients in the most connected placements where they can have their needs met and thrive. It also provides the legal and social science authority to support the suggested actions.
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