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2007
Announcement—
Availability of Expert Assistance Services
Statewide Child Protection Expert Assistance
The National Center for State Courts (NCSC), with
support from The Pew Charitable Trusts, is pleased to announce the
availability of statewide child protection expert assistance
services.
This expert assistance is intended to
help state court systems to (1) strengthen collaboration between courts
and state child welfare agencies; (2) enhance strategic planning to
improve the child protection process and outcomes; (3) develop and
implement performance measures; (4) collect and analyze data regarding the
child protection process and outcomes; (5) increase timeliness of child
protection proceedings and appeals; (6) develop effective means for better
informing judges, court and agency staff, and attorneys regarding the
needs of neglected and abused children and the means for addressing those
needs; or (7) otherwise address unique issues affecting state efforts to
ensure timeliness of permanent dispositions in child protection cases, the
fairness of the process, and the safety and well-being of children who
require protection. The experts assigned to provide the needed support may
be NCSC or NCJFCJ staff, practitioners from other jurisdictions, or
independent consultants.
Selection of states to receive
assistance will be based on a set of established criteria and subject to
approval by the Trusts. To request the on-line application for technical
assistance please go to www.ncsconline.org/d_consult/ChildProtection/form1.asp.
For further information, please contact Dick Van Duizend, Project Director
at rvanduizend@ncsc.dni.us or (703) 841-5632.
Contact Information
National Center for
State Courts
Court Consulting Services
707 Seventeenth Street, Suite
2900
Denver, CO 80202-3429
Questions?
To
learn more about the various services
CCS provides, please call:
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Phone:
(303) 293-3063
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Fax:
(303) 296-9007
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Free: (800) 466-3063 |
Or, e-mail Laura Klaversma at: lklaversma@ncsc.dni.us
Questions or Comments - email
webmaster@ncsc.dni.us
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