Missouri Juvenile Justice Permanency Initiative Offers Free Training in Family Courts and Adoption Law for Attorneys Interested in Volunteering Pro Bono Services

Training to be held November 2 at Husch Blackwell in Clayton

The Missouri Juvenile Justice Permanency Initiative (MJJPI) was created in 2010 by Great Circle, one of Missouri’s largest children’s behavioral health agencies, to help move cases lingering in juvenile court so children will be united with a forever family.

MJJPI is a collaborative effort between community partners and professionals to act in the best interest of foster children and on behalf of the families prepared to provide a forever home. Pro bono services provided by different law firms and attorneys in Missouri have been instrumental in completing guardianship, adult guardianship, parent custody agreements, divorce, adoptions and estate death benefits for children in foster care.

For attorneys interested in providing pro bono services, but unfamiliar with family and juvenile court, training is provided at no cost to participants. CLEs are provided upon training completion.

Training will be held 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on November 2 at

Husch Blackwell, 190 Carondelet, Ste. 600 in Clayton (63105). Lunch is included.

Please contact Sheila Buie, director of community based services at Sheila.Buie@great-circle.org or Jennifer Schwendeman with Husch Blackwell at Jennifer.Schwendemann@huschblackwell.com  for more information.

Registration deadline is October 31. To register, please contact Jennifer Belcher of Husch Blackwell at Jennifer.Belcher@huschblackwell.com.

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About Great Circle^®

Established as a result of the merger of Boys & Girls
Town of Missouri and Edgewood Children's Center, Great Circle provides treatment, education, prevention and support services to children with a history of abuse or neglect, children with emotional and behavioral disorders
and children with autism. Great Circle's mission to "reshape vulnerable lives through a community of partners, teachers and leaders, giving children
and families the confidence to create bright futures" is fulfilled through campuses in St. Louis, Columbia, Springfield and St. James, Missouri. As one of the largest children's non-for-profit services in Missouri, the organization annually touches the lives of more than 11,000 children and family members and employs more than 700 staff members. For more information, please visit www.great-circle.org.