The Roanoke City Juvenile Services Division Court Mentor Child Abuse and Neglect Implementation Site is recognized for their efforts to improve outcomes for abused and neglected children and juvenile offenders.

The NCJFCJ’s Civil Protection Order Project discussed a variety of issues with courts in Virginia, including gathering litigant feedback, self-help services, and firearms and surrender compliance hearings.

The NCJFCJ hosted, with its partner Futures Without Violence, the Enhancing Judicial Skills in Abuse in Later Life Workshop in Tysons.

As part of the Implementation Sites Project, the NCJFCJ provides targeted training and technical assistance, and site visits, to the Chesterfield Juvenile and Domestic Relations Circuit 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 Immediate Past President, Judge Gayl Branum Carr, traveled to Cape Town, South Africa for the Cape Town Family Law Conference. Judge Carr represented the NCJFCJ and provided plenary remarks about the vital work of the NCJFCJ to improve the lives and outcomes of families and children seeking 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.

The state of Virginia contributes juvenile court data to the National Juvenile Court Data Archive, funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). This national project of the NCJFCJ provides detailed and accurate information on the activities of the nation’s juvenile courts to juvenile justice professionals, policy makers, researchers, and the public.

Judge Gayl Branum Carr of Fairfax is the NCJFCJ Immediate Past President and she served as a 2024 Days on the Hill Delegate. Judge H. Lee Chitwood of Pulaski is a Board Director of the NCJFCJ. Judge Roy B. Willett (Ret.) of Roanoke is a NCJFCJ Past President.