CIP Summit Wrap-up

Last Thursday and Friday, August 14-15, the Parental Defense Alliance attended the Court Improvement Summit at the Radisson in downtown Salt Lake.  In attendance were child welfare professionals from various disciplines from around the state, including AGs, GALs, DCFS workers, mediators and, of course, parental defenders.  Thanks to all those who were able to attend.  The theme of this year's summit was The Fabric of Family: Reexamining the Role of Family Connections in Child Welfare.  

It was an excellent conference that looked at ways that the child welfare system can be improved.  Many of the speakers presented information that can be helpful to parent's attorneys.  We will make an effort to highlight those in the next few blog posts.