ADDITIONAL CENTER PUBLICATIONS

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Court Rules to Achieve Permanency for Foster Children: Sample Rules and Commentary Authors: Mark Hardin and Ann Shalleck Publication Date: 1985 Cost: $$$ Description: A permanency-focused resource to improve court rules and procedures in abuse, neglect, and termination of parental rights cases.		Family Group Conferences in Child Abuse and Neglect Cases: Learning From the Experience of New Zealand Authors: Mark Hardin Publication Date: 1996 Cost: $$$ Description: Describes how one nation is using an innovative approach to deal with proven cases of child abuse and neglect, and its adaptation to the United States.

Early Termination of Parental Rights: Developing Appropriate Statutory Grounds

Authors: Mark Hardin and Robert Lancour
Publication Date: 1996
Cost: $$$
Description: Analyzes state statutory TPR grounds and provides guidelines for laws, focusing on when to allow "early" termination without a child protection agency first providing rehabilitative services to parents following an incident of abuse/neglect.

On-Time Services to Preserve Families: A Guide for Child Protection Agency Administrators and Policymakers

Authors: G. Diane Dodson and Mark Hardin
Publication Date: 1997
Cost: $$$
Description: A book to help public child welfare administrators organize services designed to help safely maintain families of abused and neglected children. Chapters explore preparing a master plan for services, contracting for services, and other collaborations, and managed care.

A Guide to the Multiethnic Placement Act (As Amended in 1996)

Authors: Professor Joan Heifetz Hollinger and the Staff of the Center’s National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Court Issues
Publication Date: 1996
Cost: $$$
Description: This book will help states and child welfare agencies comply with federal law mandates concerning the role of race, color, and national origin in foster care and adoptive placements. It provides an overview of the 1994 and 1996 laws outlawing discrimination in adoption and foster care. It explains what the laws do and do not require and describes both their implementation and enforcement. The appendix includes the laws’ texts, federal policy guidance memos, and resource contacts.

Parental Involvement Practices of Juvenile Courts

Authors: Heather J. Davies and Howard A. Davidson
Publication Date: 2001
Description: Describes research to identify and examine ways courts involve parents in juvenile delinquency and status offense cases, such as: providing notice of court proceedings to parents; requiring parental attendance at court hearings; compelling parents to participate in counseling or parenting education; and ordering sanctions against parents. Report contains findings from a national survey of juvenile judges and probation officers. Also included are a bibliography of parental involvement and accountability literature, a nationwide analysis of state parental responsibility/accountability laws, and an 80-page state-by-state summary/listing of parental accountability statutes.

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