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Collaboration Works! Ten Years of Progress in Improving Outcomes for Children and Families

Plenary Session IV

Currently serving as the Lead Judge of the Pima County Model Court, the Honorable Stephen M. Rubin describes how one community used collaboration over a ten-year period to reform its child welfare system totally. He explores the annual goals of the collaboration, as well as the process implemented to realize these goals across multiple systems. Judge Rubin, a practicing lawyer for 12 years prior to his appointment to the Pima County Bench in 1987, has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Arizona College of Law; as co-creator of the Child Abuse and Neglect Institute offered annually at the National College of Juvenile Law in Reno, Nevada; and as President of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and, currently, as Immediate Past President.

	Presiding:
	Emily Cooke, JD Special Assistant for Court Improvement Children's Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth and Families Administration for Children and Families U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
	Welcoming Remarks:
	Terry Cross Executive Director National Indian Child Welfare Association
	Opening Remarks:
	Joan E. Ohl Commissioner Administration on Children, Youth and Families Administration for Children and Families U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
	Keynote Address:
	Hon. Stephen M. Rubin Judge Pro Tempore Pima County Superior Court Tucson, Arizona
View the complete list of keynote, plenary, and mini-plenary speakers. To purchase available audio recordings, visit http://www.conferencerecording.com/aaaListTapes.asp?CID=NCC27.

Updated on July 14, 2009