Program areas at NCJFCJ
Crime control & prevention programs: in fy 2023, the child welfare and Juvenile law (cwjl) program provided training to 6,323 Judges and Court stakeholders and conducted 215 technical assistance requests and disseminated 2,192 publications. The cwjl is recognized for its judicial training and technical assistance in best practices for child abuse and neglect proceedings, domestic child sex trafficking, the indian child welfare act (icwa), Juvenile drug treatment courts (jdtc), Juvenile justice guidelines, teen dating violence, the impact of opioids on children and families, Juvenile probation, community alternatives to detention, and secure placement. Cwjl maintains several related websites, webinars and publications related to child welfare and Juvenile justice.
Crime control & prevention programs: research is a vital component of ncjfcj's efforts to improve the lives of children and families. Ncjfcj's research division, the National center for Juvenile justice (ncjj), is a resource for independent and original research on matters that come before Juvenile and Family courts. Ncjj works to improve the effectiveness and fairness of Juvenile and Family Court systems, improve outcomes, and inform policy development. Ncjj's projects provided training or assistance for nearly 3,000 Judges and others through more than 90 in-person or online events. Ncjj helped jurisdictions improve their data capacity to improve outcomes for youth, updated and added content to the online statistical briefing book ncjj.org and Juvenile justice gps (jjgps.org). Ncjj also published numerous publications including: Juvenile Court statistics, youth and the Juvenile justice system National report, and related fact sheets; bulletins, data snapshots, and ncjfcj's Juvenile and Family Court journal.
Crime control & prevention programs: the Family violence and domestic relations (fvdr) program is dedicated to improving how courts and stakeholders respond to domestic violence. In fy 2023, the fvdr provided training to 6,544 Judges, Court professionals, and providers and conducted 364 technical assistance requests and disseminated 150 publications to 71,107 people. Fvdr continues to be recognized as a National resource for judicial training, resources, and expertise on all aspects of domestic violence and maintains several project websites that include resources such as on-demand education, webinars and toolkits. The fvdr is also the comprehensive technical assistance (ta) provider to all the ovw ta providers and operates ta2ta: the ta provider resource center (ta2ta.org) and to the judicial education development initiative on domestic violence (jedi-dv), formerly known as comprehensive training and technical assistance to Judges on domestic violence.