Involving Parents When Psychotropic Medications are Prescribed to Children in Foster Care

In 2021, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) received funding from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Victims of Crime (OVC)1 to provide training and technical assistance to four grantee…

InFOCUS: State Initiatives for Dual System Youth: A National Scan shares how 50 states and territories are working to better support dual system youth (DSY). The report highlights the challenges these youth face, like unstable placements,…

The juvenile justice and criminal justice systems have different goals (Kupchik, 2003). While both are concerned with community safety and accountability, the juvenile system has a focus on rehabilitation where the criminal system is oriented…