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WASHINGTON

In 2023, the NCJFCJ’s work impacted approximately 4 million families, across the nation. The team fulfilled nearly 550 requests for technical assistance and trained approximately 7,500 judges, judicial officers, attorneys, and other juvenile and family-court related professionals, across the nation.

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Requests for technical assistance in 2023
178
Judges, judicial officers, attorneys, and other juvenile and family court-related professionals trained in 2023
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Members

NCJFCJ in the State of Washington

Work and Impact

9

Requests for technical assistance in 2023.

178

Trained judges, judicial officers, attorneys, and other juvenile and family court-related professionals working to protect Washington’s children, families, and survivors in our communities in 2023.

36

Judicial and Associate Members in Washington.

With funding from the Office for Victims of Crime, the NCJFCJ provides training and technical assistance to the juvenile and family court in King County to enhance juvenile and family court responses to human trafficking.

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

NCJFCJ team members conducted a site visit for the Office for Victims of Crime’s Enhancing Juvenile and Family Court Responses to Human Trafficking project in King County, Seattle. The NCJFCJ team engaged in technical assistance planning with the core juvenile court team and met with the multi-disciplinary team.

The NCJFCJ is funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) to provide targeted support to the Quinault Indian Nation, which is in the planning stages of implementing the Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Guidelines.

As part of the Implementation Sites Project, the NCJFCJ provides targeted training and technical assistance to the Spokane County Family Court, under the leadership of Judge Michelle Ressa, to the Suquamish Tribal Court, under the leadership of Judge Cindy Smith, and to the Thurston County Superior Court under the leadership of Judge Christine Shaller.

The NCJFCJ provided faculty for the Promoting Safety, Access, and Fairness in Domestic Violence Protection Orders training in Tulalip for the Tulalip Tribal Court and invited stakeholders. In addition to judicial officers and court staff, training participants included members from legal aid, probation, and local advocacy staff and focused on stakeholder roles and responsibilities, increasing access to the courts, addressing firearms, and holding compliance hearings in civil protection order cases. The training was followed by a session for judges and faculty to debrief the training and further discuss system challenges and implementation strategies.

Justice Bobbe J. Bridge (Ret.) of Seattle is a Board Director of the NCJFCJ. Justice Bridge and Judge Barbara Mack (Ret.) of Seattle were 2023 Days on the Hill Delegates. Judge Mack is also an NCJFCJ Amicus Council Member.

The National CASA/GAL Association for Children, headquartered in Seattle, is an Organizational Member of the NCJFCJ.

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