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Addressing Basic Needs to Prevent Court Involvement—Poverty Is the Elephant in the Room

December 17, 2020

Racial injustice, inequities and the law are all intertwined.

(This article, written by Anne Bader-Martin, was recently published by the American Bar Association.)

One day, a juvenile-court-appointed attorney sat in a Dunkin’ Donuts across from her pregnant 15-year-old client who lived in foster care, with her already overburdened elderly grandmother because her mom had died of an overdose a few years before and her father wasn’t in her life. She was a friendly girl with sad eyes but a very warm laugh. In looking ahead to the birth of her baby, she was really looking forward to having someone of her own to love—and to be loved back unconditionally.

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