NCJFCJ in the State of Wisconsin
Work and Impact
Requests for technical assistance in 2024.
Trained judges, judicial officers, attorneys, and other juvenile and family court-related professionals working to protect Wisconsin’s children, families, and survivors in our communities in 2024.
Judicial and Associate Members in Wisconsin.
A multidisciplinary court team from Milwaukee County participated in the NCJFCJ’s National Multidisciplinary Institute on Child Sex Trafficking.
The Milwaukee Mentor Model Court is recognized for its efforts to improve outcomes for abused and neglected children, and their families.
A judge from Wisconsin attended the NCJFCJ’s National Judicial Institute on Domestic Violence (NJIDV) 25th Anniversary Enhancing Judicial Skills in Domestic Violence Cases (EJS) workshop.
Multidisciplinary campus professionals from Wisconsin 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.
Judges and justice system professionals from Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin 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.
The landscape of juvenile justice in Wisconsin is detailed through the Juvenile Justice Geography, Policy, Practice and Statistics website (JJGPS.org), a project of the NCJFCJ’s research division, the National Center for Juvenile Justice (NCJJ). JJGPS is an online resource that tracks juvenile justice reform in each state, allowing for comparisons within and across states.
Judge Ramona A. Gonzalez of La Crosse is a Past President of the NCJFCJ. Judge Layatalati Hill of Green Bay served as a 2024 Days on the Hill delegate for the NCJFCJ.