Fwd: Washington State Office of Civil Legal Aid RFQ re: Contractor Representation of Children

[Jonathan Ko]

 

The Washington State Office of Civil Legal Aid’s (OCLA), Children’s Representation Program (CRP) contracts with individuals and organizations to represent children in child welfare cases pursuant to appointments made under RCW 13.34.212(3). We are currently recruiting for contract attorneys to provide representation in the following counties Adams, Grays Harbor, Klickitat, Mason, Skamania, and Thurston.

 

Consistent with The Washington State Supreme Court’s June 4, 2020 Statement to the Legal Community, OCLA acknowledges that it and its contracted civil legal aid providers operate in a law and justice system historically grounded in racism and that time and again has administered justice differentially depending on the racial identities of those involved. OCLA’s CRP is committed to fostering fundamental change in Washington State’s child welfare and juvenile court practices—a system that has historically and continues to cause disproportionate harm to BIPOC children and youth, as well as children and youth who have a range of learning and related disabilities; who suffer multiple and compounding traumas; who identify and/or present as gender or sex non-conforming; and who lack a legal voice in the process—by contracting with high-quality, equity-minded attorneys who are committed to rendering standards-based legal representation.