American Bar Association

The removal of children from their caregivers is often a painful, traumatic experience. Reunification with parents or primary caregivers is both the most common goal and the most common outcome... (Read more)

Think of a time as a child when you remember temporarily losing your parent: You’re 5 years old and you’ve lost your mother in a crowded grocery store. You’re in... (Read more)

A 60-minute webinar highlighting the grandfamilies and kinship care provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, some of the most significant being those providing additional federal funds for kinship... (Read more)

The American Bar Association has issued a new guide for the legal community on Family First. This guide is designed to strengthen the legal community’s understanding and capacity to use... (Read more)

In this webinar from the American Bar Association's Center on Children and the Law, Birth Parent National Network leaders and lawyers who work as part of interdisciplinary legal representation teams... (Read more)

This webinar hosted by the American Bar Association highlights the federal government's recent guidance on emerging legal issues in child welfare cases. The webinar also helps attorneys and judges apply... (Read more)

On Thursday, April 9 at 11:00 a.m. ET, the American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law and the ABA Commission on Youth at Risk will be hosting a... (Read more)

The ABA Center on Children and the Law has just published a Tool for Engaging the Legal Community in Implementing Family First. This tool lays the groundwork for state and... (Read more)

This publication release webinar highlights historic reforms to the child welfare system to better support children, families and relative caregivers as a result of the Family First Prevention Services Act... (Read more)