Resource Letter:
For Judges and Attorneys Handling Child Protective Services Cases
June 1, 2022
Scholarship Opportunities for Child Welfare
Judges and Attorneys to Summer Conferences
The Children’s Commission is offering registration scholarships to qualified attorneys to attend the 2022 TexasBarCLE’s one-day Child Abuse and Neglect Workshop in San Antonio and replay dates, as detailed below. The Commission is also offering reimbursement scholarships to judges and qualified attorneys to attend the National Association of Counsel for Children (NACC) 45th National Child Welfare Law Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. Please read below for more information on both of these scholarship opportunities.

Applications for both scholarships will be accepted until midnight on Friday, June 17, 2022.
Attorney Scholarships for
TexasBarCLE’s Child Abuse and Neglect Workshop
The 2022 TexasBarCLE Advanced Family Law Course's one-day Child Abuse and Neglect (CAN) Workshop will be held live on Wednesday, August 10, 2022, as an in-person event in San Antonio, Texas, with one virtual webcast replay on September 16, and three video replays which will take place in Dallas on September 23, in Houston on October 7, and in South Padre Island on October 14. For more information about the training and dates, please see the current CAN Workshop Brochure.

The Children’s Commission is offering 100 registration scholarships to qualified attorneys to attend the 2022 CAN Workshop on one of the dates listed above. The scholarship will take the form of waived registration fees ($125) to attend the CAN Workshop only and not the full Advanced Family Law Course which includes the CAN Workshop. The Children’s Commission is not able to reimburse attorneys who pay the State Bar of Texas directly for the CAN Workshop. Please note that the registration fee for the Workshop is waived for Texas judges by TexasBarCLE. Judges wishing to attend the CAN Workshop should contact TexasBarCLE directly.

To meet the criteria for a scholarship, attorney applicants must currently represent the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) or take court appointments on a child welfare docket and be in good standing with the State Bar of Texas and with their primary or appointing judge. All scholarship recipients must also commit to timely completion of a post-event survey from the Children’s Commission. Applicants who meet all the criteria will be considered on a first-come, first-served basis for a scholarship.

For more information about the scholarship and to submit an application, please visit the Attorney Scholarships webpage.

The scholarship application period for the CAN Workshop will close at midnight on Friday, June 17, 2022.
Judicial and Attorney Scholarships for
NACC 45th National Child Welfare Law Conference
The Children’s Commission is offering up to 10 reimbursement scholarships to qualified judges and attorneys to attend the in-person National Association of Counsel for Children (NACC) 45th National Child Welfare Law Conference on August 22-24, 2022 in Baltimore, Maryland. More information about the conference is available on the NACC website.

The scholarship will take the form of reimbursement of up to $1,000 for the conference registration fee and eligible conference-related travel expenses to attend the NACC Conference. The Children’s Commission will pay conference registration fees directly to NACC for each recipient, and NACC will register all Commission scholarship awardees.

To meet the criteria for a scholarship, attorney applicants must currently represent the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) or take appointments on a child welfare docket and be in good standing with the State Bar of Texas and with their primary or appointing judge. Additionally, qualifying attorneys must receive a letter of support from their primary or appointing judge. Judges with applicants from their jurisdiction will be notified by the Children’s Commission and asked to respond regarding the applicant’s suitability for the NACC scholarship. Judicial applicants must primarily hear civil child welfare cases.

All applicants must also commit to timely completion of a post-event survey from the Children’s Commission. Applicants who meet all the criteria will be considered on a first-come, first-served basis for a scholarship, until all 10 spots are filled. Preference may be given to attorneys who have not received scholarships from the Children’s Commission in the past 1-2 years. Early applications are strongly encouraged due to the limited number of scholarships.

Judicial applicants may visit the Judicial Scholarships webpage for more information and a link to apply.

Attorney applicants may visit the Attorney Scholarships webpage for more information and a link to apply.

The scholarship application period for the NACC Conference will close at midnight on Friday, June 17, 2022.
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For a complete list of Resource Letters, please visit the Children's Commission webpage. Information provided by the Children’s Commission should not be read as a commentary by the Supreme Court of Texas or any other court. The Children’s Commission website is not equipped to facilitate dialogue or conversation about matters related to the information in this communique. For more information about the Children’s Commission, please visit our website.
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