Family Ties: Representing Formerly Incarcerated Women with Children in Family Court

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Since the enactment of the Adoption and Safe Families Act, the adoption rate for foster care children has accelerated, creating a significant impact on incarcerated women and their families. In response, South Brooklyn Legal Services created Family Ties, a legal services project tackling the challenge of helping formerly incarcerated women maintain relationships with their children by providing legal advocacy in family court as well as in social service agencies.

By Lauren Shapiro, Lynn Vogelstein, and Jennifer Light From September - October 2001