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The Legal Framework of Permanency Planning: Foster Parent Rights and Responsibilities
Taking Your Place at the Table: Understanding the Structure and Mechanisms of Foster Care - Michael A. Neff, Esq, (PDF format)
NYS OCFS Summary of 2005 Chapter 3 Permanency Legislation
Fostering the Future: Strengthening Courts for Children in Foster Care - A new DVD from the Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care.
A Guide for Parents with Children in Foster Care - NYC ACS, contains an excellent overview of Family Court and Permanency Planning process
LIFT - Legal Information for Families - NYC agency providing legal information to families navigating the family court system. Services include legal resource guides, information hotline and education and information sites located in the family court buildings in Brooklyn,Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx.
Legal Resource Manual for Foster Parents Curriculum - Link to NRCFCPPP
The Judge's Page - Sponsored by The National CASA Association and the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
Caregivers and the Courts:Improving Court Decisions Affecting Children in Foster Care (Full Report) Link to Executive Summary
Making the Court System Work Better for Children: 25 Things Your Court Can Do
Federal Legislative Supports for Permanency Planning
Foster Parent Rights and Responsibilities - Selected Resources
New York State Adoption and Foster Care Regulations - Title 18 NYSCRR
Atty. Margaret Burt's NYSCCC Annual Conference Workshop Handouts: 2002 - 2006 NOTE: The most recent version of of handouts used in more than one year is included. Previous handouts containing information regarding obsolete laws and regulations superseded by the 2005 Permanency Legislation have been deleted.
Accelerated Adoption
Expedited or Accelerated Adoption Proceedings - 2006
Accelerated Adoption Tips for Agencies - 2006
Conditional Surrenders
New Law on Conditional Surrenders - 2006
NYS Law on Surrender of Foster Children - 2006
Sample Surrender Terms to Place in Addendum Form - 2006
Issues to Consider in Conditional Surrenders - 2006
Suggestions for Agency Practice re: Conditional Surrenders - 2003
Advice for Foster Parent When Birth Parents Willing to Consider Surrender - 2006
Foster Parent Rights
The Rights of Foster Parents in New York State - 2006
How a NYS Foster Parent Can Advocate in Permanency Hearings - 2006
Advice for Foster Parents in a Post ASFA World - 2005
Foster Parent Rights: Insight and Analysis - 2005
Permanency Practice, General
ASFA Excellence - 2002
The Seven Categories of "Hard to Place" Adoption Subsidies - 2006
New Procedures for Freed Child Reviews - 2006
Unwed Fathers and Foster Children - 2002
Diligent Efforts for Missing and Incarcerated Parents - 2002
Termination of Parental Rights
Mandatory Filings of TPRs - 2006
Grounds for Termination of Parental Rights - 2006
Permanency Alternatives to Termination of Parental Rights - 2006
Top Ten Time Bombs in Your Termination Case - 2002
Tips for Documenting Diligent Efforts - 2002
NYS TPR Cases on Non-Admitting Adults - 2002
Mental Illness Terminations - 2002
Recent Cases on Relative Interventions in Termination of Parental Rights - 2002
The Dousing of Flicker of Interest in Abandonment TPRs (Appeal Decisions) - 2002
NYS Law on TPR Suspended Judgments - 2002
Case Exercise on Suspended Judgments in TPRs - 2002
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