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 Seattle. The NCJFCJ team engaged in technical assistance planning with the core juvenile court team and met with the multidisciplinary 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.

The Spokane County Family Court Mentor Child Abuse and Neglect Implementation Site is recognized for their efforts to improve outcomes for abused and neglected children and juvenile offenders.

As part of the Model Tribal Court Project, the NCJFCJ provides targeted training and technical assistance to the Suquamish Tribal Court.

The NCJFCJ staff conducted a trauma consultation for the Spokane County Family and Juvenile Court.

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.

The state of Washington 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.

A judge from Washington attended the NCJFCJ’s National Judicial Institute on Domestic Violence (NJIDV) 25th Anniversary Enhancing Judicial Skills in Domestic Violence Cases (EJS) workshop.