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More Good Than Harm: Legal Orphans and the New Jersey Post‐Termination Project
Author(s) -
Floria Judge Sallyanne
Publication year - 2008
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.1755-6988.2008.00007.x
Subject(s) - mandate , harm , agency (philosophy) , foster care , public administration , political science , law , business , sociology , social science
In 1997, Congress enacted the Adoption and Safe Families Act to increase the rate at which states achieve permanent placements for children in foster care. Despite the Congressional mandate, the rate of permanent placements has lagged. This article discusses the development and implementation of the Post‐Termination Project employed by the New Jersey Superior Court—Essex Vicinage to address the rate at which permanent placements are achieved. The Project, which relies upon a multi‐agency approach overseen by a single judge, has been successful at increasing the permanent placement rate in the Essex Vicinage.