OJJDP FY 09 Child Abuse Training for Judicial and Court Personnel

The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ)will provide judicial, legal, and social service professionals with the training and technical assistance they need to meet the numerous challenges facing juvenile and family courts through its Model Courts project. The Model Courts project strives to reduce the number of, and achieve better outcomes for, foster children by improving dependency court practice through judicially-led system reform.

The authorizing legislation for this program is the Victims of Child Abuse Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 13001 et seq.

NCA/NCF

The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) will provide judicial, legal, and social service professionals with the training and technical assistance they need to meet the numerous challenges facing juvenile and family courts through its Model Courts project. The Model Courts project strives to reduce the number of, and achieve better outcomes for, children in the child welfare system by improving dependency court practice through judicially-led system reform. The project also strives to eliminate racial disproportionality in the child welfare system and to address the needs of multi-system involved children and youth. The authorizing legislation for this program is the Victims of Child Abuse Act, 42 U.S.C. Sections 13022-13023. NCA/NCF