Working to Improve the Lives of Nebraska's Children
What's New
Read the recent article Back to the Basics: Achieving Permanency for Infants and Toddlers Through the Resource Guidelines and Adoption and Permanency Guidelines by Judge Doug Johnson which includes a discussion on protective custody hearings pertaining to infants and toddlers. Click here to access online resources pertaining to the role of the court in achieving timely permanency.
An article on Caregiver Information forms and caregiver participation in court proceedings was published in the May/June 2008 Nebraska Foster and Adoptive Parent Association newsletter by Through the Eyes of the Child Initiative staff.
Nebraska Appleseed has released its first part of a Policy Brief on relative placements in Nebraska. Click here to read the report.
DHHS Division of Behavioral Health is currently conducting an online survey with the assistance of UNL's Public Policy Center to assess statewide substance abuse needs. The survey asks questions about substance abuse services in your community. Please click here to complete the online survey
The Through the Eyes of the Child Initiative website was recently highlighted in the May 2008 National Center for State Courts Continuing Upward from the Summit Newsletter. Click here to read the article.
NACC Conference Scholarships Now Available! The Nebraska Court Improvement Project is again offering six (6) full scholarships to attend the 2008 NACC Juvenile and Family Law Conference in Savannah, Georgia on August 3-6, 2008. More information on applying for a scholarship is available here. For details on the conference, please visit the NACC website.The deadline for scholarship applications is June 1, 2008.
"Know Your Rights: A Guide for Youth in Nebraska's Foster Care System" is now available on line.
The Nebraska Supreme Court has approved the Caregiver Information Form. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-1314.02 (2007 Neb. Laws, L.B. 457, § 1) requires courts to provide a Caregiver Information Form to foster parents. The form is now uploaded to the Internet and available by following this link. Click here to read a letter recently sent to all foster parents and caregivers notifying them of their right to submit a Caregiver Information From to the court.
