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• IPAN’s Call on the United Nations to Embrace Parent Advocacy

  Read the paper that IPAN submitted to the 2021 United Nations’ Day of General Discussion on the Rights of... Read More Download file

• United Nations Report of the Committee on the Rights of the Child

  In 2022 for the first time, the United Nations’ Committee on the Rights of the Child called on states... Read More Download file

• International Review of Parent Advocacy in Child Welfare: Strengthening children’s care and protection through parent participation

  This 2020 report published by IPAN and the Better Care Network includes the first international survey of parent advocacy... Read More Download file

• Outcome Evaluation Report for Washington State’s Parents for Parents Program

  In 2020, a research project funded by the United States Department of Health and Human Services found that a... Read More Download file

• For every child a nurturing family environment: Ending the institutionalization of children and keeping families together

• “If I Wasn’t Poor, I Wouldn’t Be Unfit”: The Family Separation Crisis in the US Child Welfare System

  This 2022 report from Human Rights Watch documents the lack of due process protection and bias in Child Welfare... Read More Download file

• Reasonable Childhood Independence Laws: Narrowing the Definition of Inadequate Supervision

  Reasonable Childhood Independence Laws: Narrowing the Definition of Inadequate Supervision  “When I was 7 years old I would ride... Read More Download file

• Preventive Services: Increasing the Likelihood that Children Stay in Their Homes

  Preventive Services: Increasing the Likelihood that Children Stay in Their Homes Throughout the history of child welfare in the... Read More Download file

• Letter from Heather Cantamessa, Veteran Parent

  August 12, 2014 Heather Cantamessa, Veteran Parent Kevin Quigley Secretary, Washington State DSHS PO Box 45010 Olympia, WA 98504-5130... Read More Download file

• Parent-Led Legislative Advocacy: Tip Sheet

  Parent-Led Legislative Advocacy: Tip Sheet Build a network of impacted parents to support and learn from one another with... Read More Download file

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