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02/23/24
Publication
Enhanced Resource Guidelines Implementation Evaluation Berrien Co…

With funding from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) developed the Implementation Sites Project to assist juvenile and family courts to integrate…

03/29/23
Publication
Helpful Tips for Judges to Support the Implementation of an Infan…

This publication is intended to help judges launching ITCPs identify key components of the implementation process and embrace their leadership role off the bench to help support the effective implementation of ITCP programs.

03/16/23
Publication
What Everyone Ought to Know About Starting a Child Sex Traffickin…

Any work that strives to serve and advocate for survivors of child sex trafficking should always provide a seat at the table for survivors, particularly youth survivors. One way to achieve this is to start…

01/11/23
Bench Card
Child Sex Trafficking On-Ramps and Off-Ramps Fact Sheet and Infog…

This infographic and fact sheet were developed in conversation with youth survivors and 39 stakeholders who provide training and/or technical assistance on child sexual exploitation and youth interventions across the country. These resources are intended…

10/06/22
Technical Assistance Bulletin
Judge’s Action Alert: Judges’ Roles in Promoting Youth-Center…

This Judge’s Action Alert: Defines youth-centered legal permanency. Highlights how legal permanency options for youth are changing to be more youth-centered. Explains how judges can support youth-centered legal permanency. Highlights brain science research as it relates…

08/23/22
Infographic
New Fact Sheet by NCJJ shows Youths Arrests for Violent Crime in …

Charles Puzzanchera from the National Center for Juvenile Justice (NCJJ) recently designed and implemented a new OJJDP/NIJ fact sheet titled Trends in Youth Arrests for Violent Crimes. The publication was accomplished under the direction of…

08/22/22
Technical Assistance Bulletin
Targeted Resource Mapping Toolkit: Six Strategies to Fill Communi…

NCJFCJ partnered with judicially-led court sites to engage in Targeted Resource Mapping to document the continuum of services available for children and families affected by OUDs and other SUDs. As a result of that work, the NCJFCJ…

02/10/22
Publication
Custody and Parenting Time Orders: Compliance Monitoring and Enfo…

This document provides a set of suggested practices and strategies for consideration by courts seeking to improve compliance with custody and parenting time orders. Main topics include exercising judicial leadership, crafting orders with enforceability and…

12/01/21
Curriculum
Putting Children and Families First in Dependency Case Management…

The curriculum helps courts assess their adherence to principles of case management and scheduling and investigate research-supported strategies for increasing effective case management in dependency cases. The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges…

06/01/21
Technical Assistance Bulletin
Judge’s Action Alert: How Judges Can Support Family Reunificati…

This Judge’s Action Alert highlights: benefits of parent–resource parent partnerships  key elements of successful parent–resource parent partnerships  how parent partners can help bridge the gap between parents and resource parents  how judges can support parent–resource parent partnerships;…

05/19/21
Technical Assistance Bulletin
Infant-Toddler Court Program: Tip Sheet for Trauma-Responsive Cou…

Trauma responsive courts embrace a universal precaution model, which assumes that all children, families, and court stakeholders could have a history of exposure to trauma prior to court involvement. In collaboration with the National Child…

05/13/21
Technical Assistance Bulletin
Targeted Resource Mapping Toolkit: Mapping Resources Along a Cont…

In 2019, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) received funding support from the State Justice Institute (SJI) to manage the Children and Opioids in State Courts Project. The project design included…