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

As part of the Implementation Sites Project, the NCJFCJ provides targeted training and technical assistance to the Rowan County District Court, under the leadership of Judge Beth Dixon. The project is designed 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.

An NCJFCJ team member served as a co-panelist in a session on trauma-informed drug testing considerations at the Conference on the Impact and Response to Trauma for Children and Families held in Greenville.

Multidisciplinary professionals from North Carolina participated in the Office on Violence Against Women’s Campus Training and Technical Assistance Institute (TTI). These Institutes occur five times per year and are designed to provide college and university campuses with information, training, and resources to enhance their capacity to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campuses.

North Carolina judicial system professionals participated in the Multidisciplinary Child Abuse and Neglect Institute. Participants received training on reasonable efforts; preliminary protective hearing best practice; initial review hearings; permanency hearings; and understanding court data.

Multidisciplinary professionals from North Carolina participated in the NCJFCJ’s Custody Evaluator Domestic Violence Institute and learned about the benefits and harms of the custody evaluation process for families experiencing domestic violence.

Justice system professionals from North Carolina attended the 2023 All Technical Assistance Provider Training and Technical Assistance for a Changing World meeting. Participants heard presentations on the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act and the use of social media to engage the community.

Judicial system professionals from North Carolina attended the Continuing Judicial Skills in Domestic Violence Cases (CJS) workshop. Participants engaged in advanced courtroom exercises and learned about victim and perpetrator behavior and fairness and culture issues in domestic violence and cyber violence cases.

Major Sheffield Ford III of Fayetteville is a Board Director and a Sustaining Member of the NCJFCJ. Judge Beth S. Dixon of Salisbury is a Board Director of the NCJFCJ. Judge Louis A. Trosch, Jr. of Charlotte was a previous NCJFCJ Board Director.