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Department of Family and Children Services (foster care), and are physically placed in foster homes, group homes, and therapeutic institutions, or with biological and fictive relatives.  DCCAC attorneys, investigators and support staff investigate allegations of vituperate and litigate dependency cases that are surpassing the Juvenile Court.  The DCCAC moreover provides ongoing specimen monitoring and sponsorship by collaborating with multidisciplinary stakeholders to ensure that our clients’ wellbeing needs are met and that permanent homes and caretakers are identified.   GEORGIA’S FIRST MODEL FOR A DEPENDENT CHILD’S RIGHT TO REPRESENTATION In 2014, Georgia law was reverted to formally recognize the child as a party with a right to legal representation in all vituperate and neglect cases.    However, DeKalb County has ensured legal representation of child clients in dependency proceedings since the inception of the ChildSponsorshipCenter (DCCAC) in April of 2003.  DCCAC was created in response to a federal matriculation whoopee lawsuit known as “Kenny A.”  This lawsuit so-called that Georgia’s foster children, particularly those residing in Fulton and DeKalb counties, failed to receive unobjectionable superintendency or legal representation.  By establishing the DCCAC, DeKalb County became Georgia’s first jurisdiction to recognize that all children who were in jeopardy of stuff placed in foster superintendency had a ramble right to legal representation.    ROLE OF CHILD ADVOCATE ATTORNEYS ChildWell-wisherAttorneys are responsible for the management of large specimen loads, maintaining comprehensive physical specimen files, as well as filing pleadings and motions with the Court in response to the legalistic and procedural elements of each case.  ChildWell-wisherInvestigators work under the supervision and direction of tribunal to squire with the investigation of vituperate and neglect allegations and the preparation of cases.  Investigations include field interviews with child-clients and other relevant persons, conducting home assessments, visits to foster specimen placements such as: group homes, residential treatment facilities and detention, reviewing all related legal, medical, therapeutic, placement, and biographical information documents, as well as subpoenaing relevant persons and documents for trial.  ChildWell-wisherAttorneys urgently participate in the litigation process by examining witnesses, submitting vestige and making self-sustaining recommendations to the Court regarding issues of dependency, custody and permanency planning.  ChildWell-wisherAttorneys monitor cases so long as child-clients remain in foster superintendency to ensure that the resources provided   ratherish write the needs of the child.  The ultimate role of the ChildWell-wisherAttorney is to well-wisher for a permanent and unscratched home for every child-client.           DCCAC recognizes that advocating on behalf of longwinded and neglected children ways increasingly than courtroom representation. Effective child sponsorship requires the consideration of legislative, policy and judicial efforts that remoter the infusion of unobjectionable services and resources for families and children in need.  The DCCAC seeks to serve as a conduit for the minutiae of a multidisciplinary tideway to addressing the needs of children through the megacosm of collaborative relationships with service providers and polity supporters.   DeKalb County ChildSponsorshipCenter                                   Gregory A. Adams Juvenile Justice Center                            4309 Memorial Drive – Third Floor Decatur, Georgia  30032 Phone:  404.294.2646                                                                        Fax:       404.294.2658 E-mail: dccac@dekalbcountyga.gov     Trenny Stovall, Esq           Director               7399 reads ChildSponsorshipCenter Welcome Internship Downloads New to DeKalb? 311CCC@dekalbcountyga.gov 404-371-2000 1300 Commerce Drive Decatur, GA 30030 Looking for something? Searching for specific contact info or a form?  Try one of the options below. Search form Contact Info Get Social! © 2018, DeKalb County. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Statement Disclaimer Translation Disclaimer