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It’s been so long since any interesting case law came out, so this week is super exciting.

Today was the last day of the session and that’s a good thing. There were no big child welfare bills this year, but a lot of bills passed that will make life more dangerous for anyone who isn’t well represented in the legislature. Hopefully much of that will get tied up or even struck down […]

Here’s a short post this week because I am out of town. Hope you’ve had a good week. Here we go! Don’t get too used to this map The National Association of Counsel for Children put out a national report on, you guessed it, counsel for children. The report is called Seen, Heard, and Represented: […]

I was writing this post last week and thought, “Hey, I should look at the GAL bill more closely.” Wow, what a mistake. I spent more time than I care to admit going through it. Maybe I’ll do a separate post later, if it starts moving in the Senate. In the meantime, here’s a double-post […]

There’s a lot going on in child welfare, so let’s get to it. RIP Nancy Detert It was reported that former Senator Nancy Detert passed away peacefully at home last night. She was 78. As senator, she used her power to materially improve the lives of foster kids. And I mean materially. She sponsored the […]

I’m a day late, but it worked out because a lot of news came out this morning. Here we go! Group Homes are Back When the Family First Prevention and Services Act passed back in 2018, it significantly limited federal reimbursement for “non-family” settings, which is defined mostly as group homes and institutions. States could […]

Here are three child welfare things to know for this week.

I took a year off, so here’s a few things I would have written about if I had made the time.