NCJFCJ in the State of California
Work and Impact
Requests for technical assistance in 2023.
Trained judges, judicial officers, attorneys, and other juvenile and family court-related professionals working to protect California’s children, families, and survivors in our communities in 2023.
Judicial and Associate Members in California.
As part of the Implementation Sites Project, the NCJFCJ provides targeted training and technical assistance to the Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt, County of Orange, and the Hoopa Valley Tribal Court 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 continues to consult with California’s Department of Justice as they develop plans for replacing the state’s Juvenile Court and Probation Statistical System (JCPSS). California has been a long-time contributor of JCPSS data to the NCJFCJ’s National Juvenile Court Data Archive.
The NCJFCJ hosted three national training events in Valencia for its Judicial Education Development Initiative on Domestic Violence (JEDI-DV): the Judicial Engagement Network (JEN) Summit; the National Judicial Institute on Domestic Violence’s (NJIDV) Enhancing Judicial Skills (EJS) Workshop; and the NJIDV Continuing Judicial Skills (CJS) Workshop.
The NCJFCJ’s Field-Generated Strategies to End the Criminalization of Minor Victims of Sex Trafficking project, funded by the Office for Victims of Crime, provides direct training and technical assistance to Sacramento County’s Consultation, Support, and Engagement Team.
As an activity of the Enhanced Resource Guidelines (ERG): Improving Court Practice in Child Abuse and Neglect Cases project funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), the NCJFCJ provides dependency data capacity assessments to the ERG Implementation Site in Orange County.
The San Jose NCJFCJ Mentor Child Abuse and Neglect Model Court and the Los Angeles NCJFCJ Child Abuse and Neglect Model Court are recognized for their efforts to improve outcomes for abused and neglected children and juvenile offenders.
Tiffany Brown, Esq. is an NCJFCJ board member. Mark A. Krasner, Founding Partner at Blanchard, Krasner & French, of La Jolla, is a Sustaining Member of the NCJFCJ. Judge Michael Nash (Ret.) of Los Angeles and Judge Leonard P. Edwards (Ret.) of San Francisco are NCJFCJ Past Presidents. Chief Judge Joseph Wiseman of Hopland was a 2023 Days on the Hill Delegate for the NCJFCJ. Dr. Robert A. Simon of San Diego is an NCJFCJ Amicus Council Member.
Soberlink in Huntington Beach is an Organizational Member of the NCJFCJ.