Guide to legislative change for parents with disabilities
Associate Professor Liz Lightfoot, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare Director Traci LaLiberte, and doctoral student Katharine Hill (all in the School of Social Work) recently published the "Guide for legislative change: Disability in the termination of parental rights and other child custody statutes" (PDF file). Four states are currently using this guide for changing legislation regarding parents with disabilities, and several national organizations have put this issue into their national agendas. For more information on this project, please see the project Web page.