Upcoming Webinar:

Ties that Bind- Supporting Kinship Care

The Children’s Commission will host a webinar on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. entitled “Ties that Bind—Supporting Kinship Care.” 



The panel will include the following speakers:

• Hon. Stephani Logue, Judge of the North Texas Child Protection Court, moderator
• Nicole Love, Staff Attorney for the Texas Legal Service Center’s Kincare Project, and
• Kelly Elrod, Kinship Navigator with ACH Child and Family Services.

The webinar will address unique considerations for informal and formal kinship caregivers, such as identifying legal, financial, and mental health barriers; improving communication; navigating safety plans; bridging service gaps; and accessing resources. Panelists will offer practice tips as well as strategies to better support kin first placement goals while balancing child safety, family reunification, and permanency planning.

MCLE credit and TBLS credit is pending. This presentation will be archived, and materials will be available on the Children’s Commission website following the live webinar.  

Now Available:

Trial Skills for Child Welfare Cases: Jury Trial Basics

A recording of the August 22, 2025 webinar entitled “Trial Skills for Child Welfare Cases: Jury Trial Basics” and PowerPoint presentation are now available on the Children’s Commission’s On-Demand Training and MCLE webpage. Children's Commission Trial Skills Training faculty members Hon. Gary Coley (ret.), Of Counsel at Cherry Johnson Siegmund and James, and Jack Sigman, Attorney at Castagna & Scott, PLLC provided practice tips on how to prepare for a jury trial in a child welfare case.

The State Bar of Texas approved 1.0 hours of MCLE for the webinar, and the Texas Board of Legal Specialization approved 1.0 hours for certification and recertification in the specialty fields of Child Welfare and Family Law.

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