Episode 1: Could Holistic Legal Services Help Families Avoid the Child Welfare System?

June 16, 2025 00:45:58
Episode 1: Could Holistic Legal Services Help Families Avoid the Child Welfare System?
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Episode 1: Could Holistic Legal Services Help Families Avoid the Child Welfare System?

Jun 16 2025 | 00:45:58

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Show Notes

Cartoon reflecting whether legal services can help families avoid child welfare involvement

This episode offers a mid-study update on a decades-long randomized control trial, unofficially referred to as the “Child Welfare” project. Proof Over Precedent host and Access to Justice Lab Director Jim Greiner interviews Project Director Renee Danser about the study, which evaluates whether families with children who face poverty-related legal and social challenges can avoid unnecessary entries into the child welfare system with the assistance of holistic legal services – a combination of social worker services and a traditional attorney-client relationship. Listen now.

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