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Child Safety Guide – Bench Cards

Posted by Susan Shaffette on January 12, 2022 | Featured

Child Safety: A Guide for Judges and Attorneys was written by Therese Roe Lund, MSSW with the National Resource Center for Child Protective Services and Jennifer Renne, JD, with the National Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues with support … Read More

Tags: Bench Cards, benchcards, Child Welfare, Child Well-Being, Judges, Safety Permanency & Well-being, Safety Permanency & Wellbeing

Domestic Juvenile Sex Trafficking Bench Card

Posted by Susan Shaffette on February 25, 2021 | Featured

The Capacity Building Center for Courts has created a Domestic Child Sex Trafficking Judicial Desk Reference Guide. This resource provides links and examples of how Court Improvement Programs (CIP) can implement P.L. 113-183. Specifically, it addresses: How to form a … Read More

Tags: Bench Cards, benchcards, Judges, Judicial, Safety Plan, Sex Trafficking

Louisiana CINC Benchbook

Posted by Susan Shaffette on February 25, 2021 | Featured

The Court Improvement Program of the Louisiana Supreme Court, Louisiana Judicial College, and Pelican Center for Children and Families is delighted to announce the publication of the Louisiana Child in Need of Care Benchbook for Juvenile Judges. The Benchbook project is a … Read More

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