This is a virtual follow-up event to the National Judicial Leadership Summit IV on Child Welfare. This Summit allows participants to learn about exciting and innovative ideas, tools, techniques, strategies, and programs happening in child welfare. The event will host presentations from subject matter experts about innovative child welfare system practices and family-centered philosophies that can be replicated in your communities surrounding the following five themes:
1. Incorporating the Voice of Families in the Court Process
2. Delivering High-Quality Legal Representation to Families in Child Welfare
3. Safely Preventing the Unnecessary Entry of Children into Foster Care Through Meaningful Initial Hearings
4. Courts Ensuring Procedural Fairness, Equity, and Access to Justice for All Families
5. Leading Child Welfare Reform from the Supreme Court and Administrative Office of Courts