NCJFCJ in the State of Missouri
MISSOURI
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 Judicial Engagement Network (JEN) Fellowship Program allows judges and judicial officers to enhance their skills as judicial leaders within the court and in their communities on domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking issues. A judge from Liberty was in the fourth class of JEN Fellows and graduated from the JEN Fellowship Program.
The 31st Judicial Circuit Court Mentor Child Abuse and Neglect Implementation Site is recognized for their efforts to improve outcomes for abused and neglected children and juvenile offenders.
The National Judicial Institute on Child Sex Trafficking was held in Kansas City. This two and a half day program brings together national faculty and expert survivor leaders to teach on core topics including risk factors for child trafficking, screening and identification, recruitment and control tactics, buyer characteristics, and traumainformed responses among other topics.
As part of the Implementation Sites Project, the NCJFCJ provides targeted training and technical assistance, and site visits, to the Family Court of Saint Louis 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.
The NCJFCJ conducted a trauma consult with the Greene County 31st Judicial Court.
The NCJFCJ assisted court and legal professionals in Missouri to access training on engaging youth in dependency hearings as part of the Quality Improvement Center on Engaging Youth in Finding Permanency.
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.
