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Family Defender Issue 7 |
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Click Here to read issue #7 in PDF (Spring 2009)
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 |
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Family Defender Issue 6 |
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Click Here to read issue #6 in PDF (Winter 2008)
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
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Family Defender Issue 5 |
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Click Here to read Issue #5 in PDF (Summer/Fall 2008)
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 |
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Family Defender Issue 4 |
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Click Here to read Issue #4 in PDF (Spring 2008)
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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Family Defender Issue 3 |
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Click Here to read Issue #3 in PDF (Fall 2007)
In this issue: Domestic Violence and Family Defense
Family Defense Briefs, page 2
Message from the Executive Director, back page
Features:
How the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Responds--on Paper--to Domestic Violence, page 3
The Nicholson Case: What Happens when Children Witness Abuse? page 6
A Survey of Domestic Violence Issues within the FDC's Docket, page 7
Domestic Violence Advocacy Organizations, page 8
A Salute to Our First President: Briggitte Carlson, page 9
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Family Defender Issue 2 |
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Click Here to read Issue #2 in PDF (Summer 2007)
In this Issue: Sibling Rights and Remedies
Family Defense Briefs and Letter to the Editor, page 2
Letter from the Executive Director, back page
Features:
Meet a Young Family Defender: April Curtis, page 3
Should Siblings in Foster Care Have More Rights? A Conversation with a Panel of Child and Family Advocates, page 4
Foster Parents' Three-Year Struggle to Adopt Niece Highlights Common Concern of Parents in Child Welfare Cases, page 7
Where Can Families Find LEgal Help for a Child Protection Case? page 8
Making Sense of Sibling Rights: Current Law and Policy, page 8
The Family Defense Center Thanks All of Our Donors, page 10
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Family Defender Issue 1 |
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Click Here to read Issue #1 in PDF (Winter 2007)
In this issue: Dupuy v. Samuels Update
Family Defense Briefs, page 2
Letter from the Executive Director, back page
Features:
Court Strikes Down DCFS Director's 'Inadequate Supervision' Determination, page 3
Justice Miscarries: False Accusations or Abuse Deprive a Father or a Relationship With His Daughter, page 5
Do's and Don'ts of Advocacy in a DCFS Investigation, page 6
Our First Honorary Family Defender: Rep. Willie Delgado, page 7
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