NCJFCJ in the State of Illinois
ILLINOIS
In 2024, the NCJFCJ’s work impacted approximately 4 million families across the nation. Our publications amassed over 94,000 views, the team fulfilled over 150 requests for technical assistance, and trained over 15,000 judges, judicial officers, attorneys, and other juvenile and family-court related professionals across the nation.
The NCJFCJ hosted the 88th Annual Conference in Chicago on July 20-23, 2025.
As part of the Implementation Sites Project, the NCJFCJ provides targeted training and technical assistance to the 21st Judicial Circuit Court, Kankakee County to improve practice in the handling of child abuse and neglect cases, reduce the number of children in foster care, and improve outcomes for children in care.
At the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Conference in Chicago, approximately 30 attendees participated in a panel showcasing the efforts of the National Juvenile Justice Data Analysis Program.
The Cook County Mentor Model Court is recognized for its efforts to improve outcomes for abused and neglected children and their families.
Judicial system professionals from Illinois attended the Lead Judges Meeting and All- Sites Conference where NCJFCJ Implementation Sites and Model Tribal Courts gathered to learn and collaborate. Participants engaged in action planning and developed strategies to help implement practices that align with the NCJFCJ’s Enhanced Resource Guidelines.
Multidisciplinary campus professionals representing student conduct, law enforcement, and prevention participated in the Office on Violence Against Women’s Campus Training and Technical Assistance Institute (TTI), an opportunity extended to each campus grantee five times over the course of three years. These in-person institutes combined with webinars and intensive, customized support from national experts are designed to help college and university campuses enhance their capacity to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campus.
Judges and justice system professionals from Illinois received specialized child welfare, domestic violence, and juvenile justice training on current and cutting-edge topics and research during the NCJFCJ’s Annual Conference and National Conference on Juvenile Justice.
Judicial system professionals from Illinois participated in the Children and Youth and Engaging Men and Boys Program New Grantee Orientation hosted by the NCJFCJ’s Technical Assistance to Technical Assistance Provider’s (TA2TA) Resource Center and the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW).
