Click here to read issue #13 in PDF (Summer 2012)
Special Double Issue: Children’s and Families’ Mental Health Issues in the Child Welfare System:
In Re Rico L.: FDC Argues Important Children’s Mental Health Case That Nearly Went Unheard
Family Defense Briefs, page 2
Message from the Executive Director, page 18
Features:
Illinois Leaders Join FDC Celebration of National Reunification Day on June 2 – and Congress Follows, page 3
Let’s Stop Taking Children with Severe Psychiatric Issues from Their Parents, page 4
Child Welfare System’s Unsupported Assumptions That Parents’ Mental Health Impairs Their Parenting and Causes Unnecessary Harm to Children, page 5
Join Us for Our Fourth Annual Benefit on September 23 from 4-7:30 p.m. at Hotel Allegro Honoring Karl Dennis, page 6
Parents File Federal Lawsuits to Fight for Custody and Mental Health Treatment for Their Children, page 8
Employing Res Judicata to Secure Expungement Orders in DCFS Appeals After No-Fault Findings in Juvenile Court, page 9
Katie A. Settlement Marks Victory in Fight for Foster Care Children in Need of Mental Health Treatment, page 10
Can You Believe This?, page 11