The Newark NCJFCJ 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.

With funding support from the NoVo Foundation, the NCJFCJ provides training and technical assistance to the New Jersey multi-site court collaboration, including Atlantic, Camden, Ocean, and Passaic Counties, to identify and promote promising practices in juvenile and family courts to address child sex trafficking.

New Jersey judicial system professionals participated in the NCJFCJ’s Child Abuse and Neglect Institute (CANI). The institute delivers exemplary instruction on the knowledge and skills necessary to preside over effective child abuse and neglect court processes and to improve outcomes for children and families involved in the child welfare system.

Judicial system professionals from New Jersey participated in Courts in the Era of #WeToo: How Judges and Court Managers Can Cooperate to Address Gender-Based Harassment and Abuse, a new training curriculum for courts on addressing workplace harassment. This new curriculum focuses on responding to harassment in the judicial environment while centering the safety, respect, and dignity of people who work in — or who are regularly engaged with — the court.

A New Jersey judicial system professional participated in a webinar on the Stalking Prevention, Awareness, and Resource Center Judicial Bench Card.

A New Jersey judicial system professional received training on promising practices in juvenile and family courts to address child sex trafficking.

Judges and justice system professionals from New Jersey 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.

The state of New Jersey contributes juvenile court data to the National Juvenile Court Data Archive, funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP).

Judge David B. Katz of Newark is the President of the NCJFCJ. Judge Carmen A. Ferrante (Ret.) of Totowa is an NCJFCJ Past President.