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Child Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency Mediation Pilot Project
Author(s) -
TROSCH JUDGE LOUIS A.,
SANDERS LINDA THOMAS,
KUGELMASS SHARON
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
juvenile and family court journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.155
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1755-6988
pISSN - 0161-7109
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6988.2002.tb00075.x
Subject(s) - mediation , neglect , dependency (uml) , family preservation , doors , psychology , family court , family mediation , child abuse , criminology , foster care , political science , engineering , medicine , law , psychiatry , medical emergency , suicide prevention , poison control , alternative dispute resolution , systems engineering , structural engineering
The Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (ASFA) established a goal of one year from removal to permanence for all children taken into protective custody. When the Family Court of Mecklenburg County (Charlotte), N.C., opened its doors in 1999, more than half of the children in the protective custody of the Department of Social Services had been in custody for 12 months or more. Innovative approaches were needed to provide children in Mecklenburg County with a safe and permanent home in a more timely manner. The Child Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency Mediation Pilot Project was one approach selected by the Mecklenburg County Family Court to help achieve ASFA's goal of one year to permanence. This article details the court's two‐year journey to make dependency mediation a reality.