Best Practices
The Office on Child Abuse and Neglect (OCAN) was pleased to convene the 18th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect on April 16 to 20, 2012. Materials presented at the Conference are now available, including: Video archives and materials ...
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The newest Q&A developed by the Legal Center for Foster Care and Education: How Can Child Welfare Agencies Access Education Records in Compliance with the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
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Addressing the Needs of Multi-System Youth: Strengthening the Connection between Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Georgetown Public Policy Institute's Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (CJJR) and Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps (RFK) would l ...
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Macon Stewart, one of the author's of this paper, was a recent keynote speaker at the 2012 Together We Can Conference. Georgetown Public Policy Institute's Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (CJJR) and Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps ...
Prior NCJFCJ research (Wood, Russell, Macgill, & Summers, under review) suggests that lower judicial workloads are related to timely permanency in juvenile dependency cases. Lower judicial workloads were associated with a higher percentage of juvenile ...
Innovative ideas for improved court practice to expedite permanency for children.
By recognizing the potential impact of trauma on parenting, judges and attorneys can more easily connect parents with services that will meet their needs. This resource from The National Child Traumatic Stress Network addresses the following questions: Wh ...
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This manual, Child Neglect: A Guide for Assessment, Prevention, and Intervention, covers neglect's definition, causes, impact, and prevention and intervention strategies in more detail. It also builds on both of the earlier manuals, reiterates some of the ...
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Risk and protective factors are preexisting personal characteristics or environmental conditions that increase or reduce the likelihood of delinquent behavior or other negative outcomes. Consistent with public health and child development approaches, many ...
By Stephen Phillippi, PhD, LCSW, LSUHSC- School of Public Health, Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, Institute for Public Health and Justice Family engagement is a critical issue for all child serving agencies and one that remains on the top ...
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This brief looks at best practices around visitation while children are in foster care. It looks at factors that support visitation as well as challenges. Additionally, ways that the juvenile court system can support parental visitation are highlighted.
NCJFCJ offers a webinar series covering Fostering Connections and highlighting specific provisions and guidance around education and family-finding, designed for Model Courts and their teams (but open to others who are interested in the topics.) Fosterin ...
This PowerPoint was developed through the Louisiana Child Welfare Comprehensive Workforce Project at LSU in cooperation with the National Resource Center on Permanency and Family Engagement. Leadership has been provided by Gary Mallon. This 2012 trainin ...
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Models for Change is a long-term, $100 million investment in more fair, rational, effective and developmentally appropriate approaches to juvenile justice. The MacArthur Foundation began making grants to organizations in the juvenile justice field in ...
In September, 2011, the National Quality Improvement Center on the Privatization of Child Welfare Services conducted the National Survey of Private Child and Family Serving Agencies in collaboration with the Child Welfare League of America and the Allianc ...
A report by the National Council on Juvenile and Family Court Judges that summarizes the activities within Louisiana. 12/31/2011 The Report can be downloaded here.
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By: Mallon, Gerald P.; Lathrop, Julia. Visiting the Heart of Reunification: Technical Assistance for Thibodeaux Region DCFS - State of Louisiana [PowerPoint Presentation] By: Mallon, Gerald P.; Lathrop, Julia. In a recent Technical Assistance Visit to ...
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Recommended Practices to Promote the Safety and Well-Being of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) Youth and Youth at Risk or Living with HIV in Child Welfare Settings The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) and a coalition of ...
This technical assistance bulletin was designed to provide information, guidance, and aspirational practice recommendations to dependency courts and dependency court judges with regard to bringing children1 to court for hearings related to their own depen ...