Barriers to Successful Reunification in Philadelphia
The Barriers to Successful Reunification in Philadelphia: Findings from the Perceptions of Birth Parents & Child Welfare Professionals project was…
The Barriers to Successful Reunification in Philadelphia: Findings from the Perceptions of Birth Parents & Child Welfare Professionals project was…
We all know instinctively, and it is borne out in the research, that children do better with their families. Removal…
For over three decades, the Family Advocacy Unit at Community Legal Services has represented thousands of low-income parents in child…
Navigating the child welfare system can be confusing, emotional, and overwhelming to a parent. The CLS Family Advocacy Unit has…
The following testimony was delivered by CLS Managing Attorney Kathleen Creamer to Philadelphia City Council on June 14, 2016. Printer-friendly…
We often talk about the various kinds of traumas experienced by children in the child welfare system –the traumas that…
The conversation about child welfare is changing, both locally and nationally. While over 440,000 children are in foster care on any given…
For decades, the Family Advocacy Unit at Community Legal Services has provided holistic family defense for parents involved in child…
CLS staff attorney Caroline Buck won a victory for families in an important new Pennsylvania Supreme Court case, In re…
This information was last updated in March 2021 CLS Can Help! If you are a parent with a child in…
CLS contributed to a big victory for Pennsylvania families! On June 16, 2020 the PA Supreme Court unanimously held that…
With many bipartisan allies, Rep. Gwen Moore (D. Milwaukee) is calling for child and family allies to prevent a looming…
CLS applauds H.R. 7976, the Protecting Families in the Time of COVID-19 Act, which was recently introduced in Congress by…
Effective August 31, 2020, In-Person Visits Between Parents and their Children in Philadelphia DHS Custody are RESTARTED Download the flyer…
Every year thousands of Pennsylvanians are placed on the child abuse registry for alleged child abuse or neglect, without first…
To help people get through the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Rescue Plan massively expanded the Child Tax Credit (CTC). It…