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Center for the Study of Social Policy

Working to Create Opportunities for America's Children and Families and their Communities
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Resources
Recent News on the District of Columbia
 

“An Assessment of the Quality of Child Abuse and Neglect Investigative Practices in the District of Columbia"
(32 pgs, 109 KB 3/08)


LaShawn A. v. Fenty Progress Report (162 pgs, 506.3 kb, 06/07)

LaShawn A. v. Fenty Amended Implementation Plan (29 pgs, 183.3 kb, 02/07)

An Assessment of Multiple Placements for Children in Foster Care in the District of Columbia, July 2006 (142 pgs, 601.6 kb, 07/06)

An Assessment of the District of Columbia's Progress as of April 30, 2006 in Meeting the Implementation and Outcome Benchmarks for Child Welfare Reform, July 2006 (145 pgs, 619.5 kb, 07/06)


Recent News on the
New Jersey

Progress of the New Jersey Department of Children and Families, Monitoring Report  (89pgs, 644kb, 04/08) 

Resources
Major Initiatives - Non-Adversarial Litigation


Project Description


The Center for the Study of Social Policy has been involved for the past ten years in several class action lawsuits around the country on behalf of abused and neglected children. In each case, the Center has pioneered a less adversarial approach that seeks to solve longstanding problems in child welfare policies and programs.

Based on this work, the Center has developed a body of knowledge about how to promote and sustain efforts to achieve change in the context of class action litigation. The Center has written a paper outlining the benefits of a non-adversarial approach (20 pgs, 3110 kb, 1/98) to class action litigation and several case studies and reports about this work. The Center continues to work in several states and localities, and to explore prospects for further promoting and institutionalizing this approach.


Archived Reports on Child Welfare Reform


The Center maintains an archive of child welfare reports. You may view reports on general issues in child welfare reform or reports highlighting efforts in specific states. View the archive.


For more information, contact:


Judith Meltzer, Deputy Director, at judy.meltzer@cssp.org.