Court Improvement Programs: Collaboration Between Child Welfare Agencies and Legal and Judicial Communities

The Court Improvement Program provides Federal funds to State and Tribal courts to support efforts to improve child welfare court practices, including collaboration between courts and the title IV-B and title IV-E child welfare agencies. This factsheet focuses on collaboration and relationship building between legal and judicial communities and child welfare agencies and provides several examples of successful and promising approaches. 

Suggested Citation: Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2023). Court improvement programs: Collaboration between child welfare agencies and legal and judicial communities. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Children's Bureau. https://www.child.welfare.gov/pub/cip-collaboration/ 

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