NACC Opposes HHS Rule Change
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On November 19, 2019, the federal Department of Health and Human Services
issued a rule stripping nondiscrimination protections from over $500 billion grant programs.
The proposed rule was accompanied by a Notice of Nonenforcement of current civil rights protections, allowing it to go into effect immediately.
This action permits federally funded foster care agencies to turn away qualified, loving foster and adoptive families, simply because they are of a different religion, nonreligious, LGBTQ+, or headed by a single father.
NACC strongly condemns this policy, which needlessly compromises young people’s
safety, permanency, and wellbeing. We urge members to join us by submitting comments in opposition
here
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NACC Supports Family First Transition Act
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NACC joined a letter in support of this legislation, which will help ease the transition to Family First by providing states flexible funding to assist with implementation, offering financial safeguards to jurisdictions facing loss of Title IV-E waiver funds, and delaying some of the requirements around research-based services to allow opportunity to grow the array of prevention services. A copy of the letter is available
here
. For more information regarding Family First, click
here
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NACC MEMBERS-ONLY WEBINAR
Topic by CWLS Request
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Monday, December 9, 1:00-2:30pm ET
Child Welfare Law Year in Review
Presented by:
Steven Olender
, Senior Policy Associate, Children's Defense Fund
Allison Green
, JD, CWLS, NACC Legal Director
2019 was a busy and exciting year for child welfare law practitioners. Join this webinar to hear about the new statutes, case law, and policy changes that left their mark on the field. This webinar will be foundational for strong advocacy in the year ahead!
Live viewing of this webinar has been approved for 2 hours of CLE credit in Colorado (check with your state’s requirements).
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NACC PRESENTS: MONTHLY WEBINARS FOR 2020!
SAVE THE DATE!
January 14th, 3:30-5:00pm ET
Family First Legal Guide
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featuring the ABA Center on Children and the Law, Prudence Biedler-Carr, Executive Director and Cristina Cooper, Senior Attorney.
RESCHEDULED! February 4th, 2:30-3:30pm ET
What do Foster Youth Want From Their Lawyer? Research Findings on Youth Perspective
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CERTIFICATION NEWS
Child Welfare Law Specialist (CWLS) certification is a professional achievement that signifies an attorney's specialized knowledge, skill, and verified expertise in the field of child welfare law.
CWLS certification is for children's attorneys, parent's attorneys, agency attorneys, judges, and policy advocates/professors.
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Congratulations to Our Newest Child Welfare Law Specialists!
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Kelsey Galanter, JD, CWLS
Children’s Law Center of California
Monterey Park, CA
Rebecca Ingerman, JD, CWLS
Children’s Law Center of California
Sacramento, CA
Jennifer Morgan, JD, CWLS
Desoto County Youth Court
Hernando, MS
Talia Nurse, JD, CWLS
Law Office of Talia J. Nurse, LLC
Douglasville, GA
Jaryn Saritzky, JD, CWLS
Children’s Law Center of California
Monterey Park, CA
Margaret Schweizer, JD, CWLS
Fulton County Office of the Child Advocate
Atlanta, GA
Interested in becoming a Child Welfare Law Specialist?
NACC members benefit from 2019 Pricing: Members - $375 (Non-Members - $500)
Application fee includes the exam and hard copy of
Child Welfare Law and Practice, 3rd Edition.
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COMING SOON: NACC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MEMBERSHIP VOTE
Watch for an email with a link to vote on this year's candidates.
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NACC's SPRING 2020 ONLINE RED BOOK TRAINING COURSE
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
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NACC's online Red Book Training Course is designed to assist you in preparing for the Child Welfare Law Specialist (CWLS) examination, and serves as an excellent review of core dependency competency areas. The material covered in the course is drawn from
Child Welfare Law and Practice: Representing Children, Parents, and State Agencies in Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency Cases
(3rd Edition "Red Book"). The course consists of seven weekly webinars. Participants can join the course live or watch/listen to recordings for a six-month period.
Registration is now open for NACC's Spring course
March 4th, 2020 through April 15, 2020.
Individuals register through NACC at the link below. Applying for
CWLS Certification
is not required to take the Red Book Training--but why not take your practice to the next level and obtain this important credential?
To register a group of attorneys from your office, please contact NACC at
Training@NACCchildlaw.org
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We can also create custom packages to include hard copy Red Books and/or CWLS certification applications.
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We invite you to join the NACC Community August 24 – 26, 2020 at the Baltimore Waterfront Marriott.
NACC's conference is a unique opportunity for child and family legal and policy professionals from across the country to gather to continue their legal education, exchange new ideas, build skills, and network with colleagues and friends.
Pre-conference sessions on August 23 will include NACC’s Red Book Training and Children’s Law Office Convening.
Visit our
conference page
for the latest details.
Abstracts are Open!
NACC is grateful for the contributions of our national conference faculty, who provide their time and talent to produce a high-quality training event which inspires attendees to do their best work for children and families in courtroom and policy advocacy. Click
here
for information and to submit.
Deadline: February 2, 2020
Register Today for SUPER EARLY RATES
It’s Super Early Registration Season!
Register before 12/31/2019 to receive our lowest registration rates:
$400 for Child Welfare Law Specialists and NACC Members
$500 Nonmembers
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Consider elevating your support with a
Platinum Lifetime Membership
.
Click here
to see our current Platinum Members and consider making a lasting a commitment to NACC's mission and Strategic Plan to Promote Excellence, Build Community, and Advance Justice.
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For seven years, the
National Foster Youth Institute’s Congressional Shadow Day
program has provided hundreds of current and former foster youth with a truly unique experience. These young adults spend a week in Washington, DC learning how to become child welfare advocates culminating in spending time on Capitol Hill with Members of Congress and their staffers. Shadow Day participants come from across the country, and we want to make sure that current and former foster youth from your programs have the opportunity to apply to this program. Please consider sharing the 2020 Shadow Day application with the current and former foster youth and community partners you work with.
T
he application is available online until December 31, 2019
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SORNA State Strategy Session.
The
Juvenile Law Center, the Children and Family Justice Center at Northwestern University, the Rutgers Youth and Criminal Justice Clinic, and The Brimley Group are hosting a State Strategy Session in the spring for jurisdictional teams interested in eliminating the practice of placing youth on sex offender registries. Applications are available
here
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National Association of Counsel for Children | www.NACCchildlaw.org
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