Domestic Relations - Neglected Juvenile – Impairment of Child’s Welfare

Domestic Relations - Neglected Juvenile – Impairment of Child’s Welfare

Because the trial court’s findings sufficiently supported its conclusion that two-year-old Layla was a neglected juvenile, the Court of Appeals should have affirmed the adjudication order. We reversed the decision of the Court of Appeals. In this case we decided whether the Court of Appeals erred by vacating and remanding the trial court’s order adjudicating

Leveraging Data to Improve Child Welfare Outcomes

On May 28th 2025, the National Governors Association Children and Families team hosted the monthly meeting of the Human Services Policy Advisors Institute (HSPAI), featuring a presentation from the Center for Radical Innovation for Social Change (RISC) at the University of Chicago on harnessing data to establish a framework and scoring system to measure and reduce adverse placements, which aims to preserve children’s connections to their home co…