Special Report:
Options for Families After Termination

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Life After TPR
New laws give some families a second chance.

LaShanda Taylor, associate professor of law at the University of the District of Columbia’s David A. Clarke School of Law, describes how some states are making it easier for parents and children to stay connected despite termination of parental rights (TPR).>>>(more)

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Mission Impossible
CPS is helping to reconnect my son and me even though I lost my rights.

Three years ago, my son was removed from my home because he had serious behavioral problems and I had become too sick and exhausted to care for him.>>>(more)

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A Way Out of No Way
My daughter and I keep trying to connect despite termination.

Fifteen years ago, when my youngest daughter, Destiny, was 3 and her sister Desiree was 7, my parental rights to them were terminated.>>>(more)

NRCPFC Webpage on Reinstatement of Parental Rights
The National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections has developed a new Hot Topic webpage on Reinstatement of Parental Rights. This webpage offers resources on the topic, including links to articles, information on State statutes, and an NRCPFC teleconference.

Rise Issue #15
Facing Termination Of Parental Rights

While the majority of children placed in foster care return home to family, many children do not. Federal law requires that child welfare agencies file in court to terminate parents’ rights if children have been in foster care for 15 out of 22 months.

In some cases, children and parents may not see each other again. Other times, families stay connected despite termination. In this issue, parents write about how they have handled termination.