Judicial benchbook developed to provide judicial officers with necessary and thorough information to assist with cases involving American Indian or Alaska Native children. As “inquiring magistrates,” juvenile and family court judges provide vital judicial leadership by making necessary inquiries at every stage of a child custody case. The revised benchbook will encourage incisive questions that elicit detailed answers in support of each finding required by federal law and regulations.

A memorandum from the Children's Bureau, which informs states and Tribes of the enactment of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act and provides basic information on the new law, including title IV-E plan changes, new case plan requirements and definitions, additions to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS), modifications to the Family Connection grants, Chafee program, and reauthorization of the Adoption and Guardianship Incentive Program (2014).

This report was mandated by LEGACY, the nation's first affordable housing law specifically for grandparents and other relatives raising children.

A publication of the Juvenile Law Center, as a project of  the ABA Youth Engagement Project,  ABA Center on Children and the Law (2016).

The National Association of Counsel for Children, Children's Rights, Juvenile Law Center, Children's Advocacy Institute, Youth Law Center and the National Center's joint statement on the roles of the child welfare court during a public health crisis. The letter addresses access to justice and due process, access to counsel, family time, youth and parent voice and the unique leadership role of judges and court professionals, among other priorities.