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Family Defender


Family Defender Issue 8 Print E-mail

Click Here to read issue #8 in PDF (Fall 2009)

In this issue: Father Vindicated By Circuit Court After 18-Month Ordeal

Why Child Welfare Is A Civil Rights Issue, page 1

Family Defense News Briefs, page 2

Message from the Executive Director: How to Measure Justice for Families, page 13

Features:

A Father's Tale, page 3

Meet Professor Dorothy Roberts Part II page 9

Case Raises Troubling Issues of Gender-Bias and Improper State Intervention, page 6

Can You Believe This?, page 12

 

 
Family Defender Issue 7 Print E-mail

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In this issue: FDC Legislative Initiative Sails Through Committees, Awaits General Assembly Ratification

Letter from the Executive Director, page 3

Family Defense News Briefs, page 4

Can You Believe This?, page 9

Features:

What Is "Mothers' Defense?, page 5

Meet Professor Dorothy Roberts, page 5

Case Raises Troubling Issues of Gender-Bias and Improper State Intervention, page 6

Parent Coaching: A Family-Centered Approach, page 7

Profile of a PCI Parent Coach, page 7

 
Family Defender Issue 6 Print E-mail

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In this issue: The Wald Challenge: Downsize the Child Welfare System, Upsize Services That Work

The FDC Initiates Legislative Policy Program

Family Defense Briefs, page 2

Message from the Executive Director, back page

Features: 

Anguished Mother Speaks Out About Abuse of Her Family, page 3

PEP Members Join in National Grass Roots Child Protection Reform Conference, page 

If It Hadn't Happened to an FDC Client Family, We Wouldn't Believe it! page 5

FDC Inversigator Evaluation Project Needs Consumer Feedback, page 7

 
Family Defender Issue 5 Print E-mail

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In this issue: In Wake of Cert Denial, FDC Focuses on Legislation and Policy

Family Defense Briefs, page 2

Message from the Executive Director, back page

Features: 

Is DCFS Policy and Practice Fair to Domestic Violence Victims? page 3

If It Hadn't Happened to and FDC Client Family, We Wouldn't Believe it! page 7

FDC Parent Empowerment Program Plans Consumer Evaluation Project, page 8

Some Tips on Working Best with Your Lawyer, page 9

 
Family Defender Issue 4 Print E-mail

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In this issue: Focus on Safety Plan Stories and Cases

Family Defense Briefs, page 2

Message from the Executive Director, back page.

Features:

Family's Long Safety Plan Nightmare Ends; Juvenile Court Dismisses Case for Lack of Probable Cause, page 3

Credit Where Credit is Due, page 4

The Supreme Court 101: The Road to Certiorari, page 4

Viewpoint: Why So Few Child Protection Decisions? page 6

Family Exonerated After Safety Plan Brings Them Nearly to Ruin, page 7

 
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Issue #12 of the Family Defender is here!

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This letter perfectly expresses what so many of our clients (and thousands of families across the nation) have faced due to wrongful investigations by DCFS and other child welfare agencies.  Even the best of intentions can have serious repercussions!

Read: Dear Neighbors

 
In response to legislation introduced in the wake of the recent Penn State scandal, see the Family Defense Center's Analysis of S. 1877 - the "Speak Up to Protect Every Abused Kid Act" (Click Here) and a listing of Child Abuse Misreporting Cases in the Docket of the Family Defense Center (Click Here).
 

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