NCJFCJ in the State of Rhode Island
RHODE ISLAND
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.
Judicial system professionals from Rhode Island participated in the TA2TA: The TA Provider’s Resource Center Project’s series of office-wide orientations for Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) grantees. Topics included domestic violence resources for increasing safety and connection, domestic violence and firearms, and stalking prevention and awareness.
A judicial system professional from Rhode Island participated in the Office on Violence Against Women’s Justice for Families and Legal Assistance for Victims Grantee Orientation. Grantee sites had the opportunity to network and critically think about how their project plans fit into the broader work being done on domestic violence among different system players in their community.
The NCJFCJ assisted court and legal professionals in Rhode Island to access training on engaging youth in dependency hearings as part of the Quality Improvement Center on Engaging Youth in Finding Permanency.
Judicial system professionals from Rhode Island 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).
The state of Rhode Island contributes juvenile court data to the National Juvenile Court Data Archive, funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). This national project of the NCJFCJ provides detailed and accurate information on the activities of the nation’s juvenile courts to juvenile justice professionals, policy makers, researchers, and the public.
