WE RESEARCH
AND PRODUCE
CHILD-PROTECTIVE
LEGISLATION

Our process focuses on data-gathering,
and our policy recommendations are
thoroughly grounded in evidence and
rigorous analysis.

Current Research Projects
Recent Updates

Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act

The current project of the LDICP seeks to draft legislation which will close the loophole in the Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act that allows for the assignment of non-lawyer court appointed special advocates – or CASAs – in lieu of actual attorneys.

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LDICP Board

LDICP Answers the Need for Child Protection Legislation: On March 15, 2016, the Legislative Drafting Institute for Child Protection was organized and incorporated in Louisiana. Click below for a list of the Board of Directors and the Advisory Council members.

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