The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) announced a new partnership with the Center for Trauma Recovery and Juvenile Justice (CTRJJ), a national training and technical assistance center affiliated with the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN), to strengthen trauma-informed practices in juvenile and family courts across the country.
This collaboration combines the NCJFCJ’s judicial education expertise with CTRJJ’s specialized training tools to provide courts with innovative processes that better support youth, families, and justice-system professionals.
For 88 years, the NCJFCJ has led the way in judicial education and the development of trauma-informed practices for courts, helping judges and practitioners understand and respond to the complex needs of families and youth. Building on a 20-year collaboration with the NCTSN and ongoing support, this partnership with CTRJJ represents the next phase of innovation introducing new, complementary tools to help courts create lasting, systemic change. The funding the NCJFCJ has received by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has contributed towards moving this work forward.
As part of the collaboration, the NCJFCJ will launch a new Trauma Audit process, designed to work in tandem with CTRJJ’s Trauma-Informed Juvenile Court Self-Assessment (TI-JCSA). Together, these processes will give courts an in-depth framework to evaluate their trauma-informed practices, implement meaningful improvements, and foster sustainable reform.
The partnership also introduces a new model of external training and technical assistance, enabling courts to maximize the effectiveness of the TI-JCSA while strategically expanding the reach of both the Trauma Audit and TI-JCSA nationally.
To learn more about this new collaboration between the NCJFCJ and CTRJJ, please register for the webinar on September 17, 2025 11:00 a.m. PST: Trauma Audits: Pathway Assistance to Becoming a Trauma-Informed Court and System.
View the NCJFCJ’s resolution on trauma-informed juvenile and family courts.