Program areas at NCJFCJ
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 2021, the fvdr provided training to 5,162 Judges, Court professionals, and providers and conducted 2,121 technical assistance requests and disseminated 80 publications to 92,694 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. 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), to the firearms demonstration site initiative, 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.
Crime control & prevention programs: research is a vital component of ncjfcj's efforts to improve the lives of children and families. Since its inception, ncjfcj's research division, the National center for Juvenile justice (ncjj), has been a resource for independent and original research on topics related to Juvenile justice and 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 disseminates information online and in print. Ncjj's projects provided training or assistance for approximately 2,000 Judges and others through more than 30 in-person or online events. Ncjj provided assistance to jurisdictions to improve their data capacity regarding youth returning home following residential placement to increase successful outcomes, updated and added content to the statistical briefing book and to ncjj.org and Juvenile justice gps (jjgps.org). Ncjj also published numerous publications throughout the year including: Juvenile Court statistic sand related fact sheets; bulletins, data snapshots, and ncjfcj's Juvenile and Family Court journal.
Crime control & prevention programs: in fy 2021, the child welfare and Juvenile law (cwjl) program provided training to 8,863 Judges and Court stakeholders and conducted 501 technical assistance requests and disseminated 1,894 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.