Court Improvement Program Court System Structures

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Court Improvement Program Court System Structures

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CIP Local Stakeholder Survey



The following survey is part of the Court Improvement Program Court System Structures data collection. It is designed to help us to better understand current child welfare court practice in the state and territories. The data gathered from this assessment will be used to inform technical assistance materials under development by the Capacity Building Center for Courts. This is an effort to organize state level child welfare information in a user-friendly format so that all Court Improvement Programs and IV-E grantees can learn from each other. This survey should take approximately 10 – 15 minutes to complete.

Your participation in this survey is voluntary and your individual information will be kept private.

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  1. What is your state/territory?


  1. In what county do you primarily work?


Please respond to the following questions regarding your primary county of practice.


  1. Does your county authorize judicial officers other than judges to hear child welfare cases? (Y/N)


    1. If yes, what kinds of judicial officers preside over your child welfare cases? (check all that apply)

      1. Judges

      2. Magistrates

      3. Referees

      4. Commissioners

      5. Other__________________________


  1. Approximately how many judicial officers oversee child welfare cases in your county?


  1. What percentage of courts in your county have a dedicated child welfare docket?

    1. 0

    2. 1-25%

    3. 26-50%

    4. 51-75%

    5. 75-99%

    6. 100%


  1. Regarding child representation and advocacy in your county, consider in general the practice in courts in your county. How are children represented in court? (check all that apply)

    1. Children are appointed attorneys.

    2. Children are appointed an attorney guardian ad litem.

    3. Children are appointed an attorney and a lay advocate.

    4. Children are appointed a lay advocate.

    5. Children are not appointed representations/advocates.


  1. In your state…


What percentage of the courts in your state….

0

1-25%

26-50%

51-75%

76-99%

100%

Use in-house staffing for children’s representation







Use contract attorneys for children’s representation







Have multi-disciplinary children’s representation offices or “specialty” offices








  1. Do you have standards of practice for children’s attorneys/attorney GALs? (Y/N)


    1. If yes, can you provide a link? ________________________


  1. Where does the funding for child legal representation primarily come from in your county? _________________


  1. We would like to consider how children's attorneys are compensated in your county. It is okay to estimate your answer.


What percentage of attorneys in your county are compensated…

0

1-25%

26-50%

51-75%

76-99%

100%

at an hourly rate, with no cap per case.







at an hourly rate, with a per case cap.







as a salary







at a flat rate per case







at a per hearing rate







other







I don’t know




  1. What (if any) form of lay advocacy does your jurisdiction provide to children? (check all that apply)

    1. peer advocates for children or youth

    2. Court Appointed Special Advocates

    3. non-attorney guardians ad litem

    4. other (Please specific)_________________________________________________


Concerning legal representation for parents in your county…


  1. Do you have standards of practice for parents attorneys? (Y/N)


    1. If yes, can you provide a link? __________________________________


  1. Regarding the organization of parent representation…


What percentage of the courts in your county….

0

1-25%

26-50%

51-75%

76-99%

100%

Use in-house staffing for parent representation?







Use contract attorneys for parent representation?







Have multi-disciplinary parent representation offices or “specialty” offices?








  1. We would like to consider how parents’ attorneys are compensated in your county. It’s okay to estimate your answer.


What percentage of attorneys in your county are compensated…

0

1-25%

26-50%

51-75%

76-99%

100%

at an hourly rate, with no cap per case.







at an hourly rate, with a per case cap.







as a salary







at a flat rate per case







at a per hearing rate







other







I don’t know




Regarding agency legal representation...


  1. How is the child welfare agency's legal representation organized in your jurisdiction?

    1. state department of human services staff

    2. county department of human services staff

    3. non-department of human services state or county office (e.g. district attorney’s office)

    4. Other_____________________________________


  1. Do you have standards of practice for agency attorneys? (Y/N)

    1. If yes, can you provide a link? ______________________


  1. Who does the agency attorney represent; that is, who is the client?

    1. the child welfare agency

    2. the "people of the state/county

    3. the county itself

    4. Other, please specify _________________________________


  1. How are agency attorneys compensated in your jurisdiction?

    1. salary

    2. hourly rate

    3. other ________________

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