The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges is pleased to share the dates and location for the next National Judicial Institute on Domestic Child Sex Trafficking (NJIDCST): September 9-11, 2019 in Scottsdale, Arizona. The NJIDCST is an interactive workshop that seeks to increase the judiciary’s understanding of child sex trafficking in the U.S. and improve the justice system’s response to victims and those at risk for sex trafficking. The program begins on Monday at 8 a.m. and concludes on Wednesday at 11:30 a.m.

Registration and other information on the institute can be found here.

From The Seminole Tribune article:

“The ceremony was historic because it was the first time a Tribal family adoption was finalized on a Seminole Reservation – this one taking place in the Tribal headquarters auditorium.

The adoption was made possible through a collaborative effort involving Tribal Court officials, Circuit Court Judge Jose Izquierdo of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of Florida and other state agencies.”

The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) is pleased to invite applicants from state and tribal dependency court(s) to apply to participate in the Implementation Site Project.

The NCJFCJ, with funding from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), has been partnering with courts across the country since 1992 to improve outcomes for abused and neglected children and their families. The NCJFCJ will be selecting six (6) sites to participate in the project. There is no direct funding available to participating sites. However, the six sites that are selected will receive training, technical assistance, and support from NCJFCJ staff. The six courts will join 21 other state and tribal jurisdictions that are currently part of the project.

The six (6) selected implementation sites will receive individualized assessments, training, and technical assistance as they seek to implement the principles and recommendations set forth in the Enhanced Resource Guidelines and work toward improving practices and outcomes. As part of this effort, the new Implementation Sites will be expected to be “laboratories for change” as they will be participating in an ongoing assessment of their performance and they will be expected to share their results with the NCJFCJ and other sites in order to inform and sustain a larger system improvement effort.

For more information and to apply, see the call for applications.

A community of practice is a web-based event using Adobe Connect system to bring together people who share a common goal or experience on a monthly basis. The platform utilizes tools that encourage people to share ideas, ask questions, and collaborate. We will use the first community of practice online call to generate topics for subsequent meetings.

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