The Potential of Pre-Petition Counsel with Jey Rajaraman The Imprint Weekly

Last month, the Biden administration proposed a new rule that would permit the use of federal funding to support attorneys for tribal governments, relatives and other kin, and parents and children at risk of experiencing a family separation. 
Jey Rajaraman, associate director of litigation, children and the law for the American Bar Association, spent 16 years leading parent counsel in New Jersey, helping to develop one of the nation’s first “pre-petition” programs. She joined the podcast to discuss what the new proposed rule means and the potential of earlier provision of legal counsel for families. 
Reading Room
White House Announces Slate of Actions on Child Welfare
https://shorturl.at/iuFN1
Trump Administration Rule Change Could Unleash Hundreds of Millions in Federal Funds to Defend Rights of Parents, Children in Child Protection Cases
https://shorturl.at/pHKV4
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Foster Care Legal Representation
https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-20932.pdf
American Bar Association Summer of Proposed Rule
https://shorturl.at/bktMU
Joint Public Comment of American Bar Association, National Association of Counsel for Children and Youth Law Center
https://shorturl.at/sCFLY