robertlathamesq.org

Child advocacy law, policy, and lots of graphs

This site is the archive of my sporadic newsletters on child welfare issues from 2011 to 2023. I moved the newsletter to Substack in August 2024.

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Archives

Update: the GAL Program isn’t being investigated by the Bar, and DCF is not cutting off kids in jail

Aug 12, 2019
A Reluctant Post About the Guardian ad Litem Program: Its Ethics, Efficacy, & Future

Jun 28, 2019
Plotting Permanency: Using the public FSFN database to explore exit patterns in Florida foster care

May 24, 2019
I made a “Yelp for Child Welfare” Because We Need to Know More (Not Less) About Foster Care Providers

Mar 15, 2019
This is not okay – Visualizing foster care placement instability

Jan 10, 2019
Only 67 kids have been removed on Christmas Day in Florida (since 2007)

Dec 20, 2018
How long do Florida appeals take?

Dec 4, 2018
Florida child welfare case law bonus post!

Nov 16, 2018
It’s sort of official: Florida foster care is in a contraction period

Nov 16, 2018
George Sheldon has passed away

Aug 24, 2018

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