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Psychotropic Medication Utilization Parameters for Foster Children
Resources And Guides For Judges And Attorneys
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Child Safety: A Guide for Judges and Attorneys
Published by the American Bar Association and ACTION for Child Protection, Inc.
Developed by the National Resource Center for Child Protective Services and the National Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues. -
PowerPoint Presentation on, Child Safety: A Guide for Judges and Attorneys
Presented by Timothy M. Travis at August 2010 CPS Judges Conference, presented by Texas Center for the Judiciary and sponsored by the Children's Commission ,with CIP grant funds. - New NCJFCJ Courts Catalyzing Change (CCC) Bench Card to Reduce or Eliminate Disproportionality.
Improving The Quality Of Legal Representation In CPS Cases
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Legal Representation Study --
Complete Report http://www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us/children/pdf/LRS.pdf
Report Summary http://www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us/children/pdf/LRSshort.pdf
- For Texas Attorneys – The Abuse and Neglect Case: A Practitioner’s Guide [pdf]
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The Texas DFPS Practice Guide for Child Protective Services Attorneys:
View the manual on the DFPS website
- Child Welfare Law Certification – Information for Texas attorneys [pdf]
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2010 National Juvenile and Family Law Conference to be held in Austin, October 20-23. Presented by the National Association of
Council for Children and sponsored by the Children's Commission.
Call for Abstracts [pdf] - American Bar Association Standards of Practice for Lawyers Who Represent Children in Abuse and Neglect Cases [pdf]
- National Association of Counsel for Children Revised Version of ABA Standards of Practice for Lawyers Who Represent Children in Abuse and Neglect Cases
- American Bar Association Standards of Practice for Attorneys Representing Parents in Abuse and Neglect Cases
- American Bar Association Standards of Practice for Lawyers Representing Child Welfare Agencies
Round Table Discussions
- Harris County Judicial Round Table Follow-Up Report [pdf]
- Final Report from the December 3, 2010, Round Table, Notice and Engagement [pdf]
- Executive Summary from the February 18, 2010, Round Table, Children in the Permanent Managing Conservatorship of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services [pdf]
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Request Technical Assistance for Your Court
[Judicial Technical Assistance Request Form - pdf]
Orders
- November 2007: Supreme Court signs orders creating Commission [ order to create Commission ] and appointing members [ order to appoint members ].
- June 10 2010: Order appointing Justice Guzman Chair.
- June 10 2010: Order appointing former Justice O'Neill Chair Emeritus.
- June 10 2010: Order Establishing Education Committee.
Best Practices & Court Performance Measures
- The Toolkit for Court Performance Measures in Child Abuse and Neglect Cases provides detailed guidance about court performance measures for child abuse and neglect cases and offers a general approach that can help dependency courts successfully implement a performance measurement process.
Reports & Guidelines
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Child Protection Mediation in Texas: Past, Present, and Future. University of Texas School of Law, Mediation Clinic
Complete Report
PowerPoint Summary - 2010 Annual Report to the Supreme Court – Permanent Judicial Commission for Children, Youth and Families [pdf]
- 2009 Annual Report to the Supreme Court – Permanent Judicial Commission for Children, Youth and Families [pdf]
- 2008 Annual Report to the Supreme Court - Permanent Judicial Commission for Children, Youth and Families [pdf]
- FY2008 Assessment of the Texas Court Improvement Program (CIP) Basic, Data Collection and Analysis, and Training Grants [pdf]
- Weighted Caseload Study [pdf]
- Strategic Plan [pdf] – The Permanent Judicial Commission for Children, Youth and Families' Strategic Plan for 2008 – 2011
- ICPC Report [pdf] - Assessment of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) in Texas.
- Functional Requirements Document - The Functional Requirements reference model consists of a number of web pages presented in an interactive format, providing overviews of the court process, timelines, a feature to allow deep drill-down into the particulars of each sub-process, and detailed descriptions of the data requirements.
- Texas Family Partnership Guide [pdf] - The Texas Partnership for Family Recovery is an interagency initiative of the OCA, CIP, DFPS, DSHS, and Texas CASA working in conjunction with the National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare to provide assistance to communities seeking to address the problems of child abuse due to neglect and substance abuse/addiction and mental health disorders. The Partnership developed this Guide which is designed to assist communities in working together to integrate the three systems of child welfare, substance abuse treatment and the judiciary.
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Strengthening Texas Courts for the Safety, Permanency, and Well Being of Children
in Foster Care [pdf]
Supreme Court Task Force on Child Protection Case Management and Reporting
[10/31/2006] - Consultative Group Issues Report [PDF]
State Statistics
2007 Public Hearing
Links
Texas
- Rights of Children and Youth in Foster Care
- List of STAR Health Contacts
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Texas Partnership for Family Recovery
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/sa/txpartnership/ -
Department of Family and Protective Services, Child Protective Services
http://www.dfps.state.tx.us/Child_Protection/About_Child_Protective_Services/ -
Texas CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate)
http://www.texascasa.org/ - Texas Foster Youth Justice Project
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Texas Lawyers for Children
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A Handbook for Parents and Guardians in Child Protection Cases (State Bar Committee on Child Abuse & Neglect)
Handbook for Parents and Guardians in Child Protection Cases
National
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"Building a Better Court – Measuring and Improving Court Performance and Judicial Workload in Child Abuse and Neglect Cases"
http://www.ncjfcj.org/images/stories/dept/ppcd/pdf/buildingabettercourt.pdf -
National Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges
http://www.ncjfcj.org/ -
National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues
http://www.abanet.org/child/rclji/home.html -
National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare
http://www.ncsacw.samhsa.gov/ -
Child Welfare Information Gateway, Formerly the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information and the National Adoption Information
Clearinghouse, Child Welfare Information Gateway provides access to information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families.
http://www.childwelfare.gov/
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