NCJFCJ in the State of District of Columbia
Work and Impact
Requests for technical assistance in 2024.
Trained judges, judicial officers, attorneys, and other juvenile and family court-related professionals working to protect the District of Columbia’s children, families, and survivors in our communities in 2024.
Judicial and Associate Members in the District of Columbia.
At the Coalition for Juvenile Justice National Conference in Washington, DC, around 150 participants attended a workshop titled, “Youth Crime Trends: Insights from Data and Research for Policy Implications.”
The NCJFCJ Membership and Georgetown Law School celebrated five years of organizational partnership. The NCJFCJ Past President, Judge Hiram Puig-Lugo (Ret.), attended a job fair at the Georgetown University Law Center (GULC) to encourage students to pursue careers in public service and non-profit work.
The NCJFCJ’s Judicial Education Development Initiative on Domestic Violence (JEDI-DV), at the request of the White House Gender-Based Violence Office, recorded virtual judicial education on domestic violence for immigration judicial officers.
The NCJFCJ’s Technical Assistance to Technical Assistance Providers (TA2TA) Resource Center hosted a gathering with the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The NCJFCJ CEO, Joey Orduña Hastings, many NCJFCJ Board Directors, and NCJFCJ staff, attended the commemoration of the 30th Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act in Washington, DC. The event included a series of discussions addressing domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.
The NCJFCJ conducted the Attorney Training on Early Pre-Court Legal Advocacy to provide training to judges and attorneys on various models of pre-petition legal advocacy for parents in child abuse and neglect cases and how to implement them.
The Family Court of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia Mentor Model Court is recognized for its efforts to improve outcomes for abused and neglected children and their families.
The NCJFCJ’s TA2TA Resource Center supported a multidisciplinary roundtable discussion on gender-based violence in the lives of faith-affiliated students at OVW.
Georgetown Law is a Law School Member of the NCJFCJ, and the United States Department of State, International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Bureau is an Organizational Member of the NCJFCJ.
Judge Hiram Puig-Lugo (Ret.) of the District of Columbia Superior Court is a Past President of the NCJFCJ and served as a 2024 Days on the Hill Delegate.