Judicial Resources
- An Overview and Panel Discussion of the Multi-Systems Integration Pilot Program
- Child & Family Services Review Process
- Leveraging Economic and Health Policies to Prevent Infant and Toddler Maltreatment: A State Policy Toolkit
- Ensuring Educational Stability and Success for Students in Foster Care
- Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice System Involvement
- NSCAW III Baseline Report (2017-2022): Child and Family Involvement with the Child Welfare System
- A Prevention-Focused, Multisystem Framework to Help Families Meet Their Needs
- Applying Insights From Human Connection and Co-Regulation to Support Fathers
- Spotlight on Intersection of Child Welfare and Family Violence
- Supporting a Positive Racial Identity for Black, Indigenous, and Other Children of Color in Transracial Placements with White Parents
- When Forced Marriage and Human Trafficking Intersect
- An Approach to Mandatory Child Abuse Reporting in Cases of Questionable Confessions
- Rethinking Protection: Innovating to Advance Safety, Well-being, and Justice
- Rethinking Protection: Keeping Domestic Violence Survivors Out of Child Welfare
- Audit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Handling of Tips of Hands-on Sex Offenses Against Children
- Coordinating Integrated Prevention Approaches to Serve the Whole Person
- Case Studies in Supporting Prevention Through Human Services Program Integration
- KIDS IN CARE: Unaccompanied Children in Federal Government Custody
- Feds Clarify Rules on Family First Act, Background Checks, Tribal Child Welfare
- The Rising Movement to Divert Youth Out of the Justice System
- Modernizing Minor Guardianship in State Courts
- Adoption and Guardianship for Children in Kinship Foster Care
- Children in Residential Treatment Facilities Face Multiple Risks: Senate Report
- Children Missing From Care
- Improving Timely Health Care for Children and Youth in Foster Care Driver Diagram and Change Ideas
- Supporting Timely and Successful Reunifications
- The Role of Parent Partner Programs in Supporting Prevention and Reunification
- The Importance of Father Engagement in Family-Centered Reunification
- Transracial Adoption Conversations (T.R.A.C.) Coaching: Engaging Transracial Adoptive Caregivers in Conversations on Race and Meeting Children’s Racial Identity Needs Over the Lifespan
- Moving Beyond Legal Permanency
- Analysis From a State-by-State Survey of Kinship Care Policies
- QIC-EY NOW Clips and Tips
- How Can You Not Drive? YOU CAN! DRIVE!
- Supporting Foster Youth and Their Family Connections: Policy and Practice Recommendations
- Learn The Basics Of Juvenile Justice
- Determining the Best Interests of the Child
- Survivor-Informed Services Among Runaway and Homeless Youth Programs
- Game-changing’ Emergency Housing Vouchers to Help Foster Children, Families in Jefferson Parish
- How Should Clinicians Minimize Bias When Responding to Suspicions About Child Abuse?
- Exploring the Effects of Maltreatment and Child Welfare System Experiences on Juvenile Justice Involvement
- Promising Practice: Pre-Arraignment Diversion for Emerging Adults
- Economic Empowerment for People Who Have Experienced Human Trafficking: A Guide for Anti-Trafficking Service Providers
- Factors That Predict The Safe Recovery Of Missing And Abducted Children
- Judicial, Court, and Attorney Measures of Performance (JCAMP), Volume I: Measures
- Why Youth Incarceration Fails: An Updated Review of the Evidence
- Judicial, Court, and Attorney Measures of Performance (JCAMP) Volume V: Background and Research
- Judicial, Court, and Attorney Measures of Performance (JCAMP) Volume IV: Technical Guide
- Judicial, Court, and Attorney Measures of Performance (JCAMP) Volume III: Implementation Toolbox
- Judicial, Court, and Attorney Measures of Performance (JCAMP) Volume II: Implementation Guide
- Judicial, Court, and Attorney Measures of Performance (JCAMP): Quick Start Guide
- Improving Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Through a Race Equity Lens: A Toolkit For Juvenile and Family Court Judges
- MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT IN THE COURTROOM
- FAMILY JUSTICE JOURNAL: The Need For Belonging
- What’s the Difference Between Equity and Equality?
- Trauma-Focused Practice Supplement for the Crossover Youth Practice Model
- Supporting High-Needs Youth at Home and in the Community: Implementation of Youth Advocate Programs, Inc.’s Core Model in Six Jurisdictions Across the United States
- FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Support Children and Families in Foster Care
- White House Announces Slate of Actions on Child Welfare
- Louisiana Names New Watchdog for Children
- Indian Child Welfare (ICW)Quarterly and Annual Report
- Live Streaming and Virtual Child Sex Trafficking
- Youth Detention and the Pandemic
- Restrictions on Food Stamps Will Be Lifted For Former Foster Youth
- The Supreme Court leaves Indian Child Welfare Act intact
- Aged Out How We’re Failing Youth Transitioning Out of Foster Care
- Respect is Just a Minimum’ Program Concludes with Graduation Ceremony
- Adoption and Guardianship for Children in Kinship Foster Care
- Child and family outcomes of the Safe Babies Court Team – A scoping review
- Four Ways That Courts Can Actively Engage Children and Youth Involved in Child Welfare Proceedings
- Family First – Title IV-E Prevention Plan Implementation Updates
- Immunity for Persons Who Report Child Abuse and Neglect
- The Racial Justice Organization Assessment Tools for Court
- Mental Health Emergency Response
- Highlights from a special issue of Family Court Review
- Four Ways That Courts Can Actively Engage Children and Youth Involved in Child Welfare Proceedings.
- Quality Improvement Center on Engaging Youth in Finding Permanency
- Administration to Toughen Enforcement of Child Labor Laws as Cases Mount
- Congregate Care in the Age of FFPSA
- Four Ways to Better Support Young Adults Transitioning out of Foster Care
- Introducing the Reasonable Efforts Findings Study
- New Grandfamilies and Kinship Support Network Formed
- Breaking the Stigma and Changing the Narrative: Strategies for Supporting Expectant and Parenting Youth Involved in Systems of Care.
- Protective Factors for Youth Involved in
Systems of Care - Human Trafficking and Child Welfare:
Scope of Agency Authority - FY 2021 Report to the Committees on the Judiciary on the Study of Investigative Factors Related to Online Child Exploitation Report
- Children in Today’s Courtroom
- Court Appointed Special Advocates: Becoming the “Chance” for Louisiana’s Youth
- Sharing and Accessing Administrative Data: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned from the Child Maltreatment Incidence Data Linkages Project
- Current Events: What is the Indian Child Welfare Act at the center of a new Supreme Court case?
- Child Protection: Dependency Courts
- Welcoming, Affirming, Supporting: Child Welfare Systems Must Honor the WHOLE Child
- Recommendations for Child Welfare System Support from Youth Currently and Formerly in Foster Care
- Promoting the Well-Being of Black, Native, Latinx, and Asian Youth Involved in Systems of Care.
- Shifting the Perceptions and Treatment of Black, Native, and Latinx Youth Involved in Systems of Care
- Court Jurisdiction and Venue for Adoption Petitions
- Prevention Mindset Institute: Embracing Prevention Across Systems
- Trauma-Informed Youth Transitions in Tribal Child Welfare
- National Quality Improvement Center Collaborative Community Court Teams
- Child Safety Guide – Bench Cards
- My Community Cares – Transforming Child Welfare Systems
- Native American Heritage Month – ICWA
- Safety Guide: A Guide for Judges and Attorneys
- NEW Qualified Residential Treatment Programs (QRTPs) Louisiana Judicial Toolkit
- How Legal Professionals Can Use the Compendium of Measures and Data Sources: Understanding Judicial Decision-Making and Hearing Quality in Child Welfare
- Conceptual Model of Judicial Decision-Making and Hearing Quality in Child Welfare
- Compendium of Measures and Data Sources: Understanding Judicial Decision-Making and Hearing Quality in Child Welfare
- Determining the Best Interests of the Child
- Why Relative Placement Is Best for a Child in Need of Care
- In-Home Services to Strengthen Children and Families
- Five Ways to Serve Youth Through the Family First Prevention Services Act
- What You Need to Know About Child in Need of Care Cases in Louisiana (Quick Guide)
- Family First Prevention Services Act: Implementing the Provisions that Support Kinship Families
- Child Welfare Court Cases Involving Prenatal Substance Use: Policy Considerations
- How Judges Can Support Family Reunification through Parent–Resource Parent Partnerships
- Opioids and the Courts- Difficult Conversations
- Using a Trauma-Informed Approach With Parents of Color in Family Court
- Family First Planning & Readiness Toolkit
- Family First Prevention Services Act Website
- NCJFCJ Bench Card Resource Center
- Enhanced Resource Guidelines – Improving Court Practice in Child Abuse and Neglect Cases
- Supporting School Stability for Children in Foster Care during COVID-19 and Beyond
- Supporting Remote Family Time During the Pandemic and Beyond: The Judge’s Role
- Best Practice Standards: Ensuring ‘Equity and Inclusion’ in Family Treatment Courts
- Judge’s Action Alert: Supporting Early Legal Advocacy Before Court Involvement in Child Welfare Cases
- Seeing What’s Underneath: A Resource for Understanding Behavior and Using Language in Juvenile Court
- Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Courts: A Tool for Improving Outcomes for American Indian Children and Families
- Getting Down to Basics: Tools to Support LGBTQ Youth in Care
- Utilizing Title IV-E Funds to Support High Quality Legal Representation for Children & Youth Who are in Foster Care
- Domestic Juvenile Sex Trafficking Bench Card
- Child Safety Powerpoint
- Louisiana CINC Benchbook
- Every Kid Needs a Family: Safely Reducing Reliance on Institutional Care Placements for Children in the Child Welfare System
- COVID-19 Workforce Needs Assessment (WNA): Cross-Site Report for Workforce Excellence Public Child Welfare Sites
- Systemic Approaches to Addressing Child and Family Trauma are Key to Fully Leveraging Family First
- DR Implementation Resource Kit: A Resource for Jurisdictions Considering or Planning for DR
- Reasonable Efforts as Prevention