NOTE: Re the subject matter of the first training below:?
VPLC is working on guides to and information about POAs and the Standby Guardianship process for immigrant families. We are updating our POA forms with multi-language explainers (beginning with Spanish).
Court forms for the SBG process are DC-503 through DC-506. Once the qualifying parent has executed a document designating a standby guardian:? If the triggering event occurs, the designated SBG then petitions the court to approve the arrangement. Be
sure to use the latest version of the forms, as earlier versions do not include as a "qualified parent" one at significant risk of being "detailed, incarcerated, or deported in connection with an immigration action," which was added by statute in 2021.
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NACC Webinars this Spring
Learn how to become an even better advocate!
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March Webinar - Safety First: Planning for Immigrant Children, Parents, and Caregivers in Uncertain Times
March 20
Noon MT
$45 but free for members
This workshop, led by experts in immigration and child welfare law, will cover the latest on the new administration’s policies on immigration, their potential impacts on children and families,
practical guidance to advise your clients, and proactive strategies that children and families can consider to keep themselves safe.
Presenters:
Rachel Konrad, JD
Randi Mandelbaum, JD, LLM
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April Webinars - Salus Populi
Free for all
Social factors, including housing affordability, quality and stability, socio-economic position, and structural racism are critical determinants of health for children and families. To
equip lawyers with tools and information to argue for the wellbeing of children and families, this course will introduce how these factors, collectively referred to as the “social determinants of health” (SDOH), impact individual and population health and
inequities in health.
This interactive course will include discussions of the socio-ecological model of health, constrained choice theory, and population health. The course will also illustrate the interconnectedness
among SDOH and explore how they intersect with legal issues that arise in child welfare and juvenile law cases in Massachusetts. The course will also discuss the terminology and methodology that epidemiologists and other public health researchers use to understand
how the SDOH impact health, and discuss how lawyers can raise issues related to the SDOH in child welfare and juvenile law cases.?
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National Association of Counsel for Children?|
Together we are Promoting Excellence, Building Community, Advancing Justice
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Valerie L’Herrou,
NACC State Coordinator for Virginia
Deputy Director, Center for Family Advocacy
Virginia Poverty Law Center
919 East Main Street, Suite 610 ? Richmond, VA 23219
www.vplc.org
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Valerie L'Herrou
