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Collaboration With the Courts
Resources and information about collaboration between public child welfare agencies and courts to better serve children and families, including State and local examples.
Agency and Court Collaboration on the CFSRs and PIPs
National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues (2002)
Survey of 13 States to identify methods for increasing collaboration between child welfare agencies and family courts during the Child and Family Services Review process.
Building a Better Collaboration: Facilitating Change in the Court and Child Welfare System
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (2004)
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Describes components of collaboratives among courts, child welfare agencies, and communities.
Collaboration With the Courts: Trainer's Guide (PDF - 273 KB)
Institute for Child and Family Policy, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine (2004)
Discusses the implications of ASFA for relationships between the court and the child welfare system.
How to Work With Your Court: A Guide for Child Welfare Agency Administrators
ABA Center on Children and the Law (2004)
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Explains how child welfare administrators can establish effective and efficient relationships between their agencies and the courts.
Improving Outcomes Together: Court and Child Welfare Collaboration (PDF - 280 KB)
Fiermonte & Sidote Salyers(2005)
How juvenile and family courts and child welfare agencies share information and collaborate outside the courtroom to improve outcomes for children in care.
Sample Memorandum of Understanding: Court-Agency Cooperation on Child Family Service Reviews (CFSRs) (PDF - 94 KB)
National Child Welfare Resource Center for Legal and Judicial Issues (2005)
Sample memorandum of understanding for court/agency cooperation in the CFSR process.
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State and local examples
Memorandum of Understanding: Iowa Department of Human Services - Judicial Branch Cooperation (MS Word - 89 KB)
National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues (2005)
MOU between the Iowa Department of Human Services and the Judicial Branch of Iowa.
System Change Through Collaboration...Eight Steps for Getting From There to Here
Townsend & Carroll
Juvenile and Family Court Journal, 19(29), 2002
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Discusses Buffalo, New York's collaboration between the Family Court and the Department of Social Services to reduce the amount of time that children spend in foster care.
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