Home >> Research >> Child Protection

More Information

Related Topics

• Are Subsidized Guardianships Making a Positive Difference for Kids? Early Evidence from the Field
• Testimony: Improving Texas' Child Protective Services System
• Child Protective Services in Texas: Buying What We Want

Also by CPPP

• We Must Preserve Our Women’s Health Program
• Press Release: New Report, Analysis Show State Will Invest $10 Billion Less in Kids Even as Their Needs Rise
• CPPP Appeals to Business Leaders in Letter by Former Lt. Governor Hobby and CPPP's McCown

Also by Tiffany Roper

• Testimony on H.R. 5466 – Invest in Kids Act
• Report Card on the Education of Foster Children
• Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention in Texas and Nationally

Judicial Leadership and Child Protection

  

Authors:
CPPP
Tiffany Roper /(512) 320-0222

January 22, 2007

Read Full Article >>  

Across the nation, child welfare judges are taking on a new role—participating in collaborations designed to strengthen the child welfare system, such as multi-disciplinary task forces or court improvement projects. As judicial leadership increases, however, questions have arisen regarding the limits on judicial leadership. When does exercising leadership to improve the system compromise impartiality in individual cases? This policy brief addresses the limitations on judicial leadership in Texas and discusses where judicial leadership is not only appropriate, but also necessary.