Task Sharing in a Children’s Advocacy Center: The Role of Victim Advocates in Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Children & Families
Date Published
December 2021
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
Multidisciplinary teams
Interviewing Children with Disabilities: A Practical Guide for Forensic Interviewer
Date Published
April 2022
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
OJJDP Announces Upcoming Webinars
Register for upcoming youth justice-related webinars on funding, programs, and initiatives.
Beyond Case Review: The Value of the Role of Team Facilitator in the Multidisciplinary Team/Children’s Advocacy Center Model
Date Published
September 2021
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
Building the Capacity of Undergraduate and Graduate Programs to Train Child Protection Personnel
Zero Abuse will survey frontline professionals, child advocacy center (CAC) leadership, and academic faculty to update its current Child Advocacy Studies (CAST) program plan and course content. Zero Abuse also will develop six CAST toolkits tailored for undergraduate and graduate CAST courses to allow schools to provide education that leads to more qualified graduates being hired into child-serving, child protection-centered professions. Zero Abuse also will...
Operating a Multidisciplinary Intervention Team | Community Violence Intervention—Addressing Gangs
November 2021
This webinar took place on September 28, 2021 and focuses on the operation of the multidisciplinary intervention team, as a core strategy in a community violence intervention.
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Newark Community Solutions: Youth Violence Prevention Project
15PJDP-21-GK-03224-CEVJ
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2021
$926,299
OJJDP Announces Upcoming Webinars
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Apply Now to Transforming the Youth Justice System Program
The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (CJJR), in partnership with the Center for Children's Law and Policy, is accepting applications for its new program, Transforming the Youth Justice System: Promoting Equity, Community, and Wellbeing for Youth of Color.
Apply Now to Ending Isolation in Youth Facilities Certificate Program
The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, in partnership with the Center for Children's Law and Policy, is accepting applications for the Ending Isolation in Youth Facilities Certificate Program.
Department of Justice Releases Second Online Journal on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives
The second issue of the "Department of Justice Journal of Federal Law and Practice" addresses missing or murdered indigenous persons.
Children with Problematic Sexual Behavior: Recommendations for the Multidisciplinary Team and Children’s Advocacy Center Response
Date Published
November 2020
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
A Body of Evidence: Measures to Improve Collection & Reduce Contamination
February 2021
This November 23, 2020 webinar provided learners with a fundamental overview of major methods in evidence collection to empower teams and improve their evidence-gathering procedures.
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Corroborating Evidence For Prosecutors, Law Enforcement, Forensic Interviewers and MDTs
February 2021
This November 3, 2020 training stressed the importance of corroboration and offered forensic interview techniques to increase details and facts gathered in the interview through considerations, sample language, and guidance for the multidisciplinary team approach.
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A Very Particular Set of Skills: Investigating Human Trafficking - Prosecutors, Law Enforcement, MDT members ONLY
Event Dates
–
Eastern
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
Victims of Child Abuse Act Children’s Advocacy Centers Sub-Grant Program
Through this program, the National Children's Alliance will increase the number of children advocacy center programs serving child victims of abuse, with an emphasis on reaching underserved areas (rural, remote, and Tribal) and populations (American Indian, Alaska Native, and Hispanic communities, and military families).
Northeast Regional Children's Advocacy Center
Under this project, the Northeast Regional Children's Advocacy Center provides training and technical assistance to develop and strengthen children's advocacy centers and multidisciplinary teams in the Northeast Region.