In this jurisdiction, not every youth is assigned an attorney. Why not? How are those decisions made?

In this jurisdiction, the timing of appointment for children’s attorneys is not uniform across cases. Why not? What policies or practices impact this?

In this jurisdiction, the impact of assigning children’s attorneys prior to the initial hearing was greatest for kinship placement, but more modest regarding congregate care utilization. How might attorney training, oversight and systemic reforms help move this forward?