Areas of Focus Domestic Child Sex Trafficking IN YOUR Improving outcomes for STATE vulnerable and victimized National Impact children through judicial education and action Washington 2020 National Judicial Institute on Domestic Violence Enhancing judicial skills to promote victim safety and • In 2019, the NCJFCJ fulfilled 60 requests for technical assistance. batterer accountability • In 2019, the NCJFCJ trained 78 judges, judicial officers, attorneys, and other juvenile and Juvenile Justice GPS family court-related professionals working to protect Washington’s children, families, Providing juvenile justice and victims in our communities. policy, practice, and statistics by state • The NCJFCJ conducted the first site launch meeting for the Firearms TA Project (FTAP) in Trauma-informed Courts & the Spokane. Participants engaged in a collaborative mapping process to identify barriers to Adolescent Brain obtaining firearms surrender by persons who are prohibited from possessing them. Promoting trauma-responsive • Washington judicial officers received training on the handling of domestic violence courts and practices informed by science cases and domestic child sex trafficking cases. Child Abuse & Neglect Institute • NCJFCJ staff provided two sessions at the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act Improving outcomes for (FVPSA) Tribal Grantee Meeting in Seattle. They presented “Overrepresentation & ICWA: abused and neglected children Best and Promising Practices for Tribal Grantees” and they guided a discussion/listening through dependency court best session entitled “Domestic Violence, Child Protection and Custody: Shared Experiences, practices Successes, and Challenges in Grant Implementation.” Resource Center on Domestic Violence: Child Protection & • As part of the Implementation Sites Project, the NCJFCJ provides targeted training and Custody technical assistance to the Thurston County Superior Court to improve the handling of Providing leadership on child abuse and neglect cases. custody and protection in the Community context of domestic violence · • In Spokane and Olympia, the NCJFCJ trained Washington guardians ad litem (GAL) Military-connected Families on the Title 26 GAL Training adopted by the Washington Administrative Office of Enhancing judicial skills to the Courts. Participants learned to define the responsibilities of each member of the best serve military-connected Washington court system and explain how each member of the court system impacts families Education · the work of a GAL. Tribal Courts & ICWA • During a domestic violence training held in Olympia, judges and court staff received Promoting collaboration between tribal and state courts training by the NCJFCJ and partners on procedural fairness and strategies to improve access. Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts Enhancing effectiveness • The state of Washington contributes juvenile court data to the Office of Juvenile Justice in addressing youth and Leadership · and Delinquency Prevention’s National Juvenile Court Data Archive, a national project of substance abuse the NCJFCJ funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). Family Court Enhancement Project • The landscape of juvenile justice in Washington is detailed through the NCJFCJ’s Juvenile Improving approaches in Justice Geography Policy Practice and Statistics website (JJGPS.org). JJGPS is an online custody decision making in the Compassion resource that tracks juvenile justice reform in each state, allowing for comparisons context of domestic violence within and across states. Implementation Sites & • The NCJFCJ has 26 Judicial and Associate Members in Washington, and the National Project ONE Approaching families CASA/GAL Association for Children, headquartered in Seattle, is an Organizational holistically and improving Member of the NCJFCJ. outcomes for children in care • Judge Barbara Mack (Ret.) of Seattle is the Secretary of the NCJFCJ. Diane Nunn Contact information: and Tara Perry of the National CASA/GAL Association for Children in Seattle are Joey Orduña Hastings, CEO [email protected] Sustaining Members of the NCJFCJ. P.O. Box 8970 Reno, NV 89507 National Impact (775) 507-4777 In 2019, the NCJFCJ fulfilled more than 820 requests for technical assistance and trained www.ncjfcj.org more than 6,600 judges, judicial officers, attorneys, and other juvenile and family court-related professionals across the nation. Join the conversation.