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Alexandria is a vibrant city based on history, culture, a waterfront and lots of tourism. If Virginia has money and space to build an arena then you have money and space to build new schools. Our school system is deplorable. It’s overcrowded. Think of your citizens before thinking about your quick money grab that eventually leads to an inevitable loss. We don’t want or need an arena. This is pure greed.

My caseload consists primarily of court-appointments from Juvenile and Domestic Relations courts. I serve as a guardian ad litem for children and (in separate matters) as counsel for parents in child dependency cases. There are several times when as Parent's Counsel I would have been able to provide better preparation to my clients and to save the Court time during hearings if I had had more training targeted to serving parents in Child Dependency Cases. Although I am confident that attorneys who serve as guardian ad litems can also adequately represent a parent's interest in child dependency matters (See language from 1.F., "On or after July 1, 2025, no person currently serving or accepting appointments from a court in the Commonwealth as a guardian ad litem for children shall be appointed to represent a parent or guardian in a child dependency case."), I support HB893 in other respects and feel that it would serve the public and the court system to provide this training for attorneys serving as Parent's Counsel.

Decades ago, when I first started representing Departments of Social Services, the pay provided to court-appointed counsel and guardians ad litem was insufficient. Since then, it has not increased even at a rate to match inflation. The courts find it difficult to get attorneys willing to do the work, and those who are willing must take on heavy case loads. It is long past time for the Commonwealth to support them and make their compensation reasonable. To be clear, this bill does not benefit me directly, but as counsel for DSS's I see the need for competent, dedicated, and fairly compensated attorneys to be on the other side of cases that I handle.

As a national expert in child welfare policy and practice, with over a decade of experience in the Administration for Children and Families, Children's Bureau, and as a former foster parent in Fairfax County and volunteer parent advocate in Alexandria City, I am writing in strong support of this bill which promotes equity and justice for children and families involved in Virginia's child welfare system. Data is clear that Virginia does not achieve positive outcomes for children and families. Extremely low reunification rates and high rates of emancipation demonstrate that Virginia's system does not rightly prioritize safely preserving family connections which are key for long-term well-being of children. Federal case review data also indicates that only 14% of Virginia parents had their needs appropriately assessed and had needed services provided after their child was placed in foster care. Without robust legal representation, parents will not experience justice in a system often set against them from the start. I have personally witnessed numerous situations in which VA's system did not follow its own policies and procedures and parents had no recourse. This is particularly concerning when what is at stake is the severing of parent-child connections and the loss of parental rights. As a parent advocate I have witnessed VDSS unnecessarily remove a healthy, nursing baby from her mother and refuse to ensure that mother could visit often enough to feed and bond with her baby. Without legal representation and strong community support fighting VDSS, this mother would have permanently lost her rights to her child despite the fact that there were no safety issues with the mother. As a result of this mother's traumatic experiences in VA, after being reunified with her child (which only occurred because she had an attorney willing to do the hard work of appealing her case) she moved to another state. It is a shameful reality that a state as great as Virginia treats its most vulnerable citizens in this way, effectively chasing them out of the state they called home. We can do better and I believe HB893 is an important step in that direction. I have done this work for over 20 years, with over half of that time assessing child welfare systems across the country. There are states that are doing a much better job than Virginia is in ensuring high quality legal representation for parents, and implementing innovative and effective practices such as multi-disciplinary teams. It is time that Virginia joins these states in ensuring justice, safety and well-being for its citizens. Thank you for your thoughtful consideration of this important matter.