The Enrollment Monitoring Tool allows tracking site-level enrollment by race/ethnicity relative to court-level regular dependency numbers and county-level infant and toddler population by race/ethnicity.
2nd Annual Family Treatment Court All-Sites Meeting
Attorney Academy on Reasonable & Active Efforts
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Family & Youth Justice Programs is excited to partner with the Capacity Building Center for Courts (CBCC) to host the WA Attorney Academy on Reasonable & Active Efforts in the spring and summer of 2023. This virtual training is designed to help attorneys practicing in the Washington child welfare system gain the knowledge and skills necessary to engage in substantive reasonable and active efforts arguments and advocacy.
Safety Snapshots
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This mini-learning series centers around the effective application of the Safety Framework in child welfare. Whether you are a first-time learner or a seasoned professional who needs a quick refresher, this learning series is for all professionals who work within the dependency court system. Lessons are just minutes in length and easy to navigate.
The Power of Hope Webinar
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On August 4th FYJP hosted the “The Power of Hope”. This exciting webinar event was presented by renowned hope science expert and researcher, Dr. Chan Hellman. This training focused on how systems can develop a unifying language of hope and create a positive culture that can be infused into child welfare.
Safety Practices Hearing Quality Report
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Safety Summits provide multidisciplinary training and action planning to dependency court systems with the goal of making real practice change related to the safety framework. The five sites that held Safety Summits in 2021 were evaluated 3-5 months post-training to compare practice to the baseline hearing quality assessment. This hearing quality evaluation report presents the methods and findings from that pre-post evaluation.
ICWA Dependency Practice Tip
Docket Management Practice Tip
Judicial Leadership Dependency Practice Tip
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The role of the dependency court judge involves leadership responsibilities including on-the-bench judicial leadership via strong judicial oversight of cases and off-the-bench leadership which involves working with court, system, and community stakeholders to address the needs of the children and families who appear before the court.
WA Guide to Reasonable & Active Efforts
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As part of the preparation for the WA Judicial Academy on Reasonable & Active Efforts, FYJP pulled together a group of state experts to create the “WA Guide on Reasonable & Active Efforts”. This new resource provides a comprehensive overview of the applicable RCW’s and case law that pertain to making reasonable and active efforts findings in Washington State.