Making Connections: Engaging Employers In Preparing Chicago's Youth for the Workforce

Engaging employers with youth in workforce preparation activities is widely supported by program providers as a good practice. Research, although limited, supports this practice as well. This paper describes the findings from 58 interviews with youth program providers, employers, and policy-makers that explored the inclusion of employers in workforce preparation activities for disadvantaged youth. We examined the degree to which youth and employers are prepared to engage with each other, how race and culture influence the entire experience, and whether program and policy efforts to increase employer engagement are in scale with youth program demand. The research highlighted important disconnects between program providers and employers and the affect these disconnects may have on expanding employer involvement. Implications for program development are also discussed

Children\u27s Justice: How to Improve Legal Representation of Children in the Child Welfare System

From 2009 to 2016 the University of Michigan Law School served as the National Quality Improvement Center on the Representation of Children in the Child Welfare System (QIC-ChildRep). This seven-year, multimillion dollar project, directed by Clinical Professor Don Duquette, conducted a national needs assessment that identified a substantial consensus on the role and duties of the child’s lawyer. The needs assessment led to the QIC-ChildRep Best Practice Model, an update and expansion of the 1996 ABA Standards for Lawyers Representing Children in Child Abuse and Neglect Cases. Released in 2016 as a300-page softcover book, CHILDREN\u27S JUSTICE is the final report of the QIC-ChildRep project, guiding the reader through 13 chapters and 3 appendices: Chapter 1: Challenge: Improve Child Representation in America Chapter 2: Evolution of Child Representation Chapter 3: National Needs Assessment Chapter 4: Emerging Consensus and the QIC Best Practice Model Chapter 5: Six Core Skills and the QIC Best Practice Training Chapter 6: What the Lawyers Say About Implementing the Six Core Skills Chapter 7: Sample Selection and Research Methods Chapter 8: Profile of Lawyers Representing Children Chapter 9: Lawyer Activities and Their Impact Chapter 10: Findings of the Evaluation of the QIC-ChildRep Best Practices Model Training for Attorneys Chapter 11: Reflections on QIC Empirical Findings Chapter 12: The Flint MDT Study: A Description and Evaluation of a Multidisciplinary Team Representing Children in Child Welfare Cases Chapter 13: How to Improve Legal Representation of Children in America’s Child Welfare System Appendix A: QIC Best Practice Model of Child Representation in the Child Welfare System Appendix B: 1996 American Bar Association Standards of Practice for Lawyers Who Represent Children in Abuse and Neglect Cases Appendix C: 2011 ABA Model Act Governing Representation of Children in Abuse, Neglect and Dependency Proceedings This product was created by the National Quality Improvement Center on the Representation of Children in the Child Welfare System at the University of Michigan Law School, Cooperative Agreement No. 90CO1047, funded by the Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.https://repository.law.umich.edu/books/1109/thumbnail.jp

Kinship Care for African American Children Disproportionate and Disadvantageous

To highlight the individual and systemic practices that perpetuate the overuse of and reliance on kinship care and instead emphasize family reunification as the permanency plan for African American children in the child welfare system, the authors first discuss how kinship care is affected by federal child welfare policy and provide a historical perspective on how that policy has evolved. They then discuss the number and proportion of African American children entering the child welfare system and receiving kinship foster care, distinguishing between formal and informal kinship care. The conclusion addresses implications for practice and research, including the need to reevaluate child welfare policies, and demonstrates that kinship care is overused and detrimental for African American children

Working With African American Children and Families in the Child Welfare System

Race, Culture, Psychology, and Law is the only book to provide summaries and analyses of culturally competent psychological and social services encountered within the U.S. legal arena. The book is broad in scope and covers the knowledge and practice crucial in providing comprehensive services to ethnic, racial, and cultural minorities. Topics include the importance of race relations, psychological testing and evaluation, racial profiling, disparities in death penalty conviction, immigration and domestic violence, asylum seekers, deportations and civil rights, juvenile justice, cross-cultu

Cook County State’s Attorney Forum: Anita Alvarez

Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) Chicago-Kent College of Law joined with the Chicago Council of Lawyers (CCL) and Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice to present two question-and-answer forums with the candidates for Cook County State’s Attorney, Republican candidate Tony Peraica and Democratic candidate Anita Alvarez. The discussions were moderated by IIT Chicago-Kent professor, criminal defense attorney, and CCL president Daniel T. Coyne. The Cook County State\u27s Attorney\u27s Office, the second largest prosecutor\u27s office in the United States, prosecutes all criminal cases involving misdemeanor and felony crimes committed in Cook County. The office also files legal actions to enforce child support orders, protect consumers and the elderly from exploitation, and assist thousands of victims of domestic violence every year. Both candidates were given an opportunity to present their positions and answer questions. In addition to taking questions from a panel of experts and the audience, the candidates addressed their positions on issues related to the Cook County Criminal Courts. “A Report on Chicago’s Felony Courts,” a research report on the Cook County Criminal Courts by the Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice and Chicago Council of Lawyers. With the cooperation of Cook County Criminal Division presiding judge Paul J. Biebel, Jr., State’s Attorney Richard A. Devine, and Public Defender Edwin A. Burnette, researchers conducted a two-year study of system-wide issues affecting the criminal courts. After interviewing more than 150 judges, prosecutors and defense attorneys; conducting surveys; spending hundreds of hours in the courts; and analyzing the literature, a report on problems and possible solutions was released. Runtime: 00:59:4

Cook County State’s Attorney Forum: Anthony Peraica

Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) Chicago-Kent College of Law joined with the Chicago Council of Lawyers (CCL) and Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice to present two question-and-answer forums with the candidates for Cook County State’s Attorney, Republican candidate Tony Peraica and Democratic candidate Anita Alvarez. The discussions were moderated by IIT Chicago-Kent professor, criminal defense attorney, and CCL president Daniel T. Coyne. The Cook County State\u27s Attorney\u27s Office, the second largest prosecutor\u27s office in the United States, prosecutes all criminal cases involving misdemeanor and felony crimes committed in Cook County. The office also files legal actions to enforce child support orders, protect consumers and the elderly from exploitation, and assist thousands of victims of domestic violence every year. Both candidates were given an opportunity to present their positions and answer questions. In addition to taking questions from a panel of experts and the audience, the candidates addressed their positions on issues related to the Cook County Criminal Courts. “A Report on Chicago’s Felony Courts,” a research report on the Cook County Criminal Courts by the Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice and Chicago Council of Lawyers. With the cooperation of Cook County Criminal Division presiding judge Paul J. Biebel, Jr., State’s Attorney Richard A. Devine, and Public Defender Edwin A. Burnette, researchers conducted a two-year study of system-wide issues affecting the criminal courts. After interviewing more than 150 judges, prosecutors and defense attorneys; conducting surveys; spending hundreds of hours in the courts; and analyzing the literature, a report on problems and possible solutions was released. Runtime: 00:59:4

Children\u27s Justice: How to Improve Legal Representation of Children in the Child Welfare System

From 2009 to 2016 the University of Michigan Law School served as the National Quality Improvement Center on the Representation of Children in the Child Welfare System (QIC-ChildRep). This seven-year, multimillion dollar project, directed by Clinical Professor Don Duquette, conducted a national needs assessment that identified a substantial consensus on the role and duties of the child’s lawyer. The needs assessment led to the QIC-ChildRep Best Practice Model, an update and expansion of the 1996 ABA Standards for Lawyers Representing Children in Child Abuse and Neglect Cases. Released in 2016 as a300-page softcover book, CHILDREN\u27S JUSTICE is the final report of the QIC-ChildRep project, guiding the reader through 13 chapters and 3 appendices: Chapter 1: Challenge: Improve Child Representation in America Chapter 2: Evolution of Child Representation Chapter 3: National Needs Assessment Chapter 4: Emerging Consensus and the QIC Best Practice Model Chapter 5: Six Core Skills and the QIC Best Practice Training Chapter 6: What the Lawyers Say About Implementing the Six Core Skills Chapter 7: Sample Selection and Research Methods Chapter 8: Profile of Lawyers Representing Children Chapter 9: Lawyer Activities and Their Impact Chapter 10: Findings of the Evaluation of the QIC-ChildRep Best Practices Model Training for Attorneys Chapter 11: Reflections on QIC Empirical Findings Chapter 12: The Flint MDT Study: A Description and Evaluation of a Multidisciplinary Team Representing Children in Child Welfare Cases Chapter 13: How to Improve Legal Representation of Children in America’s Child Welfare System Appendix A: QIC Best Practice Model of Child Representation in the Child Welfare System Appendix B: 1996 American Bar Association Standards of Practice for Lawyers Who Represent Children in Abuse and Neglect Cases Appendix C: 2011 ABA Model Act Governing Representation of Children in Abuse, Neglect and Dependency Proceedings This product was created by the National Quality Improvement Center on the Representation of Children in the Child Welfare System at the University of Michigan Law School, Cooperative Agreement No. 90CO1047, funded by the Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.https://repository.law.umich.edu/books/1109/thumbnail.jp