In addition to any duties or responsibilities assigned to it by the Missouri supreme court, the coordinating commission established under section 477.700 shall have the following duties:
(1)To work cooperatively with the various judicial circuits, judicial personnel, attorneys, and other state departments or agencies and form partnerships to ensure uniform, high-quality legal representation for children or families involved in legal proceedings in this state;
(2)To make recommendations to the Missouri supreme court concerning the establishment or modification, by court rule, of minimum training requirements and practice standards for attorneys seeking to serve as guardians ad litem, children's counsel, or parent's counsel, including, but not limited to, appropriate maximum caseloads,
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In addition to any duties or responsibilities assigned to it by the Missouri supreme court, the coordinating commission established under section 477.700 shall have the following duties:
(1) To work cooperatively with the various judicial circuits, judicial personnel, attorneys, and other state departments or agencies and form partnerships to ensure uniform, high-quality legal representation for children or families involved in legal proceedings in this state;
(2) To make recommendations to the Missouri supreme court concerning the establishment or modification, by court rule, of minimum training requirements and practice standards for attorneys seeking to serve as guardians ad litem, children's counsel, or parent's counsel, including, but not limited to, appropriate maximum caseloads, minimum responsibilities and duties, and practice guidelines;
(3) To make recommendations to the Missouri supreme court concerning high-quality, accessible training throughout the state for persons seeking to serve as guardians ad litem, children's counsel, or parent's counsel, as well as for judicial personnel who regularly hear matters involving children and families;
(4) To develop, coordinate, and evaluate any pilot project established by the Missouri supreme court relating to guardians ad litem, children's counsel, or parent's counsel, including the development of measures to assess and document the various models of representation and the outcomes achieved by each, including collaborative models with local court-appointed special advocate programs, as well as the implementation of the child's counsel provisions of section 210.160 ;
(5) To seek to enhance existing funding sources and to study the availability or development of new funding sources for the provision of uniform, high-quality legal representation for children or families involved in legal proceedings in this state;
(6) To apply for and accept any funds that may be offered or that may become available from gifts, contributions, grants, bequests, or other aid received from federal, private, or other sources, which moneys shall be deposited in the child and family legal representation fund established in section 477.710 ; and
(7) To provide a report to the governor, the general assembly, and the supreme court of Missouri with recommendations to improve legal representation for parents and children subject to juvenile court jurisdiction under subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of section 211.031 .