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Resources from NACC:?

Children's Bureau Memorandum:?Engaging, empowering, and utilizing family and youth voice in all aspects of child welfare to drive case planning and system improvement. :

The purpose of this Information Memorandum (IM) is to demonstrate that family and youth voice are critical to a well-functioning child welfare system and to strongly encourage all public child welfare agencies, dependency courts, and Court Improvement Programs to work together to ensure that family and youth voice are central in child welfare program planning and improvement efforts.?

Advocating for Reasonable Efforts?for LGBTQIA+ Youth in Foster Care:

Attorneys representing children and youth in foster care cases have an affirmative duty to advance equity for their clients.1 This responsibility is particularly important when providing legal representation to LGBTQIA+2 youth, who experience disproportionate and disparate child welfare outcomes. NACC offers this tip sheet to help child welfare practitioners evaluate and ensure reasonable efforts3 for these clients.

"The Red Book:" Child Welfare Law and Practice: Representing Children, Parents, and Agencies in Neglect, Abuse, and Dependency Cases