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Initiatives
County-level Programs
- Support networks for separated co-parents. Education and information for single parents to increase their adoption of Best Co-Parenting Practices.
- Education and advocacy for the widespread adoption of mutually inclusive Parenting Schedules for both parents.
- Support and Advocacy for Shared Parenting Agreements to be approved by family courts.
- Advocacy of collaborative divorce processes.
State-level
Educating and promoting awareness of progressive state statutes that enhance the inclusion of both parents in the lives of children following separation.
More specifically...
- Support for, awareness of, and enhancements to Divorce 101/KidsFirst type programs in all Illinois counties for any parents with issues involving custody or visitation of their children. These courses, when built around substantial, balanced content and professional instruction have been shown to increase co-parenting and lessen post-divorce conflict over co-parenting dynamics.
- Support for increasing the use of shared parenting agreements in family courts across the state. Networks of single parents have been very helpful in sharing innovative approaches to achieving the adoption and court acceptance of such agreements.
- Advocacy for the provision of adequate training and resources for municipal and county governments to support enforcement of family court orders on a uniform basis.
- We are also working toward greater public awareness of related issues, such as the public health aspects of parental disengagement and alienation. We encourage all parents to be able to identify barriers to engagement with their children (including domestic violence, visitation interference, and parental alienation) and we promote awareness of the need to address these barriers.
Special Initiative
We encourage courts and separated parents to consider one-third parenting time as the minimum required to assure children a reasonable degree of support by both parents. We know that children of divorced and separated parents routinely suffer an unnecessary loss of involvement with one of their parents, unbalanced parenting, and in some cases marginalization of one parent's role in their lives.
- The Board of Directors of the Children’s Rights Council
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