Brief
The second in a series that addresses important issues facing those crossover youth who are dually-involved and the systems that serve them, this brief begins by explaining the Crossover Youth Practice Model (CYPM) was developed by the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (CJJR) at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy to improve outcomes for youth who are dually-involved in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. The model uses a research-based approach to assist child welfare, juvenile justice, and related agencies in adopting policies and practices that better…
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Journal Article Incarcerated parents with children in foster care face many challenges staying connected. It can be difficult to access services, set up visits and reunite after release. Parents with sentences longer than 15 months are at risk of permanently losing their rights to their children. In this issue, parents in prison write about their efforts to stay connected to their children in foster care despite their incarceration and to reunify after release. (Author abstract)
This book examines the potential effect of termination of parental rights (TPR) provisions in the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (ASFA) on children of prisoners. It explores the rate children of incarcerated parents are becoming the subjects of TPR hearings, if the hearings are triggered by the timelines delineated in ASFA, whether there has been an increase in the rate of TPR for children of prisoners since passage of ASFA, and whether children of prisoners are becoming the subjects of TPR at a higher rate then other children in foster care. Data for the investigation was collected…
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Journal Article This article examines legal issues involving intercountry adoption and the rights of birth fathers. An overview is provided, suggesting that an increasing number of intercountry adoptions are taking place to avoid delays and uncertainty because of the state of U.S. law on paternal rights of unwed fathers. Circumvention of U.S. law is examined, to the extent that the U.S. is committed to the protection of paternal rights over alternative legal choices, such as speedy adoption regardless of parental consent, and the measures that exist in international law to prevent effective nullification of…
