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In the interest of fairness and transparency, all inquiries and responses regarding the RFP will be posted here for sharing.  Please email questions to QIC-ChildRep@umich.edu and we will respond to your email and post your questions and the responses to the Forum below titled "Q & A for RFP." 

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 1/7/2011 1:47 PM
 
Mike.Halerz
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Don,

I have a question. In 5.1 eligible applicants are "organizations
delivering legal services to children in child welfare cases." Do you
have a definition for this? In TN all juvenile courts independently
appoint attorney GALs and they are compensated by the AOC. No one
organization oversees the appointments. Would the TN AOC qualify as an
applicant? Thanks, Leslie


Leslie Barrett Kinkead
Court Improvement Program Coordinator
Administrative Office of the Courts
511 Union Street, Suite 600
Nashville, TN 37219
(615) 741-2687
(615) 253-3423 fax
(800) 448-7970
leslie.kinkead@tscmail.state.tn.us
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 1/7/2011 1:48 PM
 
Mike.Halerz
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Hi Leslie,

Good to hear from you. Thanks for your question.

That paragraph in the RFP, 5.1, is our definition of eligible applicants. We anticipate that state administrative offices of the courts could be very important in any application, perhaps even the lead agency, although it need not be. We anticipate that a consortium of courts, agencies and individuals would be required in order to provide the commitments we need. I understand that you may not have direct control over the county courts but that would not be disqualifying so long as you were able to make the commitments we need. In your situation perhaps agreement from the judges or whoever has direct control over the representation would be required.

Let us know if you have other questions. We will post your question and our answer on our website.

Thanks,

Don
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QIC-ChildRep Best Practice Model initial two-day training agenda, with links to original training material. 

Please see Children's Justice: How to Improve Legal Representation for Children in the Child Welfare System chapter 5 for a full narrative about the training materials.

DAY ONE

1.     Introduction and Enter the Child’s World
(Presenter’s Notes; Power Point Slides)

2.     Identity Circle
(Presenter’s Notes)

3.     Child Development & Trauma
(Presenter’s Notes; Power Point; Video)

4.     Interviewing and Counseling Child Clients
(Presenter’s Notes; Power Point; Video)
Part One 0 - 15.05
Part Two - Marco's Choice - 15.05-30:00

5.     Child Safety Decision-making
(Presenter’s Notes and Graphic1 & 2)

DAY TWO

6.     Emergency Removal and Placement - Case Scenario - Marco’s Case Part One 

7.     Actively Evaluate Needs
(Presenter’s Notes; Power Point)

8.     Theory of the Case
(Power Point; Case Scenario)

9.     Advocate Effectively; Non-Adversarial Case Resolution
(Presenter’s Notes; Power Point)

10.  Advance Case Planning
(Presenter’s Notes; Case Plan Example, GA;  Power Point)

11.  Disposition - Case Scenario – Marco’s Case Part Two 

12.  Monitoring Well-being
(Presenter’s Notes; Power Point)

13. Permanency Decisions - Case Scenario – Marco’s Case Part Three 

A collaboration between the U.S. Children's Bureau and the University of Michigan Law School.