The NCJFCJ is funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) to provide targeted support to the Wayne County Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Team, which is implementing the Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Guidelines and other key recommended practices. The NCJFCJ provides targeted support through court assessments; onsite court observation; strategic planning activities; peer-to-peer learning; and individualized training.

The Saginaw County Juvenile and Family Court and Berrien County Trial Court Mentor Child Abuse and Neglect Implementation Sites are recognized for their efforts to improve outcomes for abused and neglected children and juvenile offenders.

The NCJFCJ, with funding from the State Justice Institute, selected the 36th Judicial Circuit Court as an Enhanced Juvenile Justice Guidelines demonstration site, which works on evaluating current programs and creating avenues for diversion.

As part of the Implementation Sites Project, the NCJFCJ provides targeted training and technical assistance, and site visits, to the Washtenaw County Trial 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 assisted court and legal professionals in Michigan to access training on engaging youth in dependency hearings as part of the Quality Improvement Center on Engaging Youth in Finding Permanency.

The Howell Child Abuse and Neglect Mentor Model Court is recognized for its efforts to improve outcomes for abused and neglected children, juvenile offenders, and their families.

The NCJFCJ, with funding from the State Justice Institute, selected the Van Buren County Juvenile Court as an Enhanced Juvenile Justice Guidelines demonstration site, which works on evaluating current programs and creating avenues for diversion.

Judges and justice system professionals from Michigan received specialized child welfare, domestic violence, and juvenile justice training on current and cutting-edge topics and research during the NCJFCJ’s Annual Conference and National Conference on Juvenile Justice.

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.