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Collaboration With Juvenile Justice Agencies

Resources and information about collaboration between public child welfare and juvenile justice agencies to better serve children and families, including State and local examples.

Guidebook for Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare System Coordination and Integration: Framework for Improved Outcomes
Child Welfare League of America (2004)
Guides States and local jurisdictions through the integration of their child welfare and juvenile justice systems.

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State and local examples

The Durham Family Initiative: A Preventive System of Care
Dodge, Berlin, Epstein, Spitz-Roth, & O'Donnell
Child Welfare, 83(2), 2004
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Description of the Durham Family Initiative, an effort to bring together the child welfare and juvenile justice systems to reduce the child abuse rate in Durham, NC using the principles of a preventive system of care.

From Child Maltreatment to Delinquency
Slavin
Children's Voice, 10(2), 2001
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Highlights the importance of collaboration between child welfare and juvenile justice systems in preventing delinquency and reducing the number of children referred to the justice system because of the difficulties in treating them in a child welfare setting.

Organizational Merger and Cultural Change for Better Outcomes: The First Five Years of the New York State Office of Children and Family Services
Johnson
Child Welfare, 83(2), 2004
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Describes the efforts of the New York State Office of Children and Family Services to use family development research to bridge gaps between child welfare and juvenile justice policy and practice.

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Updated on December 7, 2007