For the Welfare of Children: Lessons Learned from Class Action Litigation

• Published in: Center for the Study of Social Policy
• Main Authors: Meltzer, Judith, Ed, Joseph, Rachel Molly, Ed, Shookhoff, Andy, Ed
• Format: Publication
• Language: English
• Published: Center for the Study of Social Policy 01.01.2012
• Subjects: Child Welfare; Court Litigation; Data; Expertise; Foster Care; Kansas; Lawyers; New Jersey; New York; Parents; Racial Factors; Technical Assistance; Utah; Welfare Services; New York; Kansas; New Jersey; Utah

This series of papers brings together distinguished experts writing on the use of class action litigation to reform public child welfare systems. It is an effort to tease out of four decades of experience in this work, the factors that increase the likelihood that litigation will result in successfu...