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New materials feature artwork and stories by Native artists and authors, that focus on the unique challenges faced by child victims and witnesses in Tribal communities.
Family courts
Who Is Everybody? In Family or Dependency Court
Summary
Who Is Everybody? In Family or Dependency Court is a brief guide in the I Am Isabella series that explains the different roles of people that a child may hear of or interact with throughout their child welfare case and in family or dependency court.
It includes practical tips for preparing for court and information on some...
What Is Your Job? In Family or Dependency Court
Summary
What Is Your Job? In Family or Dependency Court is a picture book in the Brave Maya series that explains the different roles of people that a child may interact with or hear about throughout their child welfare cases and in family or dependency court. It includes information on the role of the child in court and...
Who's That? In Family or Dependency Court
Summary
Who’s That? In Family or Dependency Court—a complementary piece to It’s Not Just You—is a brief guide that explains the different roles of people that a teenager may interact with or hear about throughout their child welfare case and in family or dependency court. It includes practical tips for preparing for court and information on some...
Family and Dependency Court Resources
Family and Dependency Court Resources
Use these materials with children and youth who may have involvement with family and dependency court as the victim of or witness to a crime. The materials teach children about how the child welfare system works, what their rights are, and how they can cope with the difficult feelings they might have during the process.
Character booklets about court roles...
Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials: Who's That? In Family and Dependency Court
Date Published
June 2021
Agencies
OVC
Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials: Who is Everybody? In Family or Dependency Court
Date Published
June 2021
Agencies
OVC
Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials: What Is Your Job? In Family or Dependency Court
Date Published
June 2021
Agencies
OVC
Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials: Brave Maya
Date Published
June 2021
Agencies
OVC
Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials
Date Published
June 2021
Agencies
OVC
OVC FY 2021 Enhancing Juvenile and Family Court Responses to Human Trafficking
Closing Date
The goals of this program are to develop or enhance programs to provide direct services and diversion programs for youth in contact with the juvenile and family court systems who are victims of sex and/or labor trafficking or at risk for human trafficking. Applicants are invited to apply under two purpose areas.
The Consortia Addressing Need (CAN) Program
2018-V3-GX-0055
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$660,000
American Bar Association (ABA): Center on Children and the Law
The Center works to improve children's lives through advances in law, justice, knowledge, practice and public policy.
The Greenbook Initiative Final Evaluation Report
Date Published
January 2011
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Court Performance Measures in Child Abuse and Neglect Cases: Technical Guide
Date Published
April 2009
Agencies
OJJDP
New Directions From the Field: Victims' Rights and Services for the 21st Century- Judiciary
Date Published
1998
Publication Type
Citizen Involvement Material
Agencies
OVC
Resource Guidelines: Improving Court Practice in Child Abuse and Neglect Cases
Date Published
January 1995
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges: Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment
This website provides publications and other information designed to support the safe and trauma-informed interactions between survivors of domestic violence and their children, the courts, and other systems.