ACYF-CB-IM-17-02: High Quality Legal Representation For All Parties In Child Welfare Proceedings

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children, Youth and Families issued this information memorandum on January 17, 2017. The purpose of the memorandum was to encourage all child welfare agencies, courts, administrative offices of the courts, and Court Improvement Programs to work together to ensure parents, children and youth, and child welfare agencies receive high quality legal representation at all stages of child welfare proceedings . . .