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The Child Abuse Project seeks to improve the response
of the child welfare, mental health, and education systems to Connecticut's
most vulnerable children.
Child
Abuse Project brochure
Information
and History of Child Abuse Project
Individual Representation
The Center's Child Abuse Project provides high
quality legal representation to individual children who have been
abused and neglected. To ensure that their voices are heard, Project
attorneys take the time necessary to build relationships with our
child clients so they can feel comfortable making their wishes known.
Attorneys closely monitor the progress of our child clients and
their families and ensure that necessary services are put into place,
seeking court intervention when necessary.
Further, Project attorneys take a holistic view
of the needs of the child and provide the legal representation necessary
to meet the unique needs of the child, including advocacy in the
special education and mental health contexts.
Systemic Advocacy
Project attorneys often identify systemic issues
through individual cases and take action to resolve those issues
for the benefit of children throughout the state. The Project advocates
for changes in policy and/or legislation to ensure that the best
interests of children are foremost in the decision making process
of these systems. Systemic advocacy occurs in a variety of ways
including negotiation with systemic leaders, administrative and
policy advocacy, broad remedies to individual cases, and class action
lawsuits.
Interdisciplinary Advocacy and Training
Through our KidsCounsel Program, the Project
aims to improve the quality of legal representation of children
by providing training and technical advice to attorneys representing
children in child abuse and neglect cases. The Project also works
closely with the Interdisciplinary Teams at CCMC and UCONN Health
Center.
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For more information, contact Sarah
Healy Eagan, JD,
Director, Child Abuse Project .
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