Child advocacy groups and class action lawsuits

Type :

Presentation

Pages :

9 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

08/20/2008

Category :

Law & contracts

Sub category :

Other law subjects

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Summary :

Introduction to child advocacy groups.
The goals of child advocacy groups.
Child advocacy groups and methods of obtaining goals.
Individual litigation.
Class-Action litigation.
The governor's Blue Ribbon Panel on child protection.
The Governor's Blue Ribbon Panel's first annual report:.
Children's Rights, Inc. New Jersey history.
Controversy regarding litigation against the state.
The death of Faheem Williams.
Consequences of Faheem's death.
Requirements of the settlement.
Appointment of an oversight panel.
Approval of the State's plan.
Failures of the State in the following years.
Analysis and opinion of the effectiveness of the panel.

Abstract

Children's Rights, Inc. is one organization dedicated to improving and reforming state-run child welfare systems, and ensuring that those state-run child welfare systems are held accountable for providing safe and adequate environments for the children under their care. Since the mid-nineties, when the federal government moved the bulk of the responsibility for child welfare systems to the states, numerous child advocacy groups have formed around the nation. These groups act as watchdog organizations, assessing and analyzing the states' child welfare systems, making recommendations for improvements, raising public awareness of various related issues, and involving themselves in class-action lawsuits against the state when other methods of reform attempts have failed.