Chapter Sections

Commonly Used Acronyms

AG/AAG Attorney General/Assistant Attorney General
ASFA Adoption and Safe Families Act
ARY At-Risk Youth
CA Children’s Administration
CAPTA Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
CASA Court-Appointed Special Advocate
CHINS Child In Need of Services
CPS Child Protective Services
CPT Child Protection Team (DSHS)
CRC Crisis Residential Center
CWS Child Welfare Services
DCFS Department of Social and Health Services
FRA Family Reconciliation Act
FRS Family Reconciliation Services
FVS Family Voluntary Services GAL Guardian ad Litem
ICPC Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children
ICWA Indian Child Welfare Act
ISP/ISSP Individual Service Plan/Individual Service and Safety Plan
JJDPA Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevent Act of 1974
LICWAC Local Indian Child Welfare Advisory Committee
MDT Multi-Disciplinary Team
OPD Office of Public Defense
SCRAP Society of Counsel Representing Accused Persons
S-CRC Secure Crisis Residential Center
SS-CRC Semi-Secure Crisis Residential Center
UCCJEA Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
UPA Uniform Parentage Act
VPA Voluntary Placement Agreement
WSICWA Washington State Indian Child Welfare Act

 

Resource Directory

Washington State CASA http://www.washingtonstatecasa.org 603 Stewart St, #206
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 667-9716

National CASA http://www.nationalcasa.org/ 100 West Harrison
North Tower, Suite 500 Seattle, WA 98119
(800) 628-3233

Washington Judicial Assistance Services Program Confidential Counseling Service for Judicial Officers (206) 727-8265

Washington State Bar Association www.wsba.org
Washington State Bar Association
1325 Fourth Ave., Ste. 600
Seattle, WA 98101-2539
(206) 443-WSBA (9722)
(800) 945-WSBA (9722)

Association of Administrators on the ICPC http://aaicama.org/cms/

Washington State Commission on Judicial Conduct http://www.cjc.state.wa.us/

National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) http://www.ncjfcj.org/
P.O. Box 8970
Reno, NV 89507 (775) 784-6012

Center for Children & Youth Justice http://www.ccyj.org/
615 Second Ave., Suite 275
Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 696-7503

Partners for Our Children http://www.partnersforourchildren.org UW Mailbox 359476
Seattle, WA 98195-9476
(206) 221-3100

American Bar Association Judicial Division http://www.abanet.org/jd/
ABA Judicial Division 321 N. Clark Street Mail Stop 19.1
Chicago, Illinois 60654-7598
(800) 238-2667 x5705

Washington State Institute for Public Policy Child Welfare Division http://www.wsipp.wa.gov/topic.asp?cat=9 110 Fifth Avenue SE, Suite 214
P.O. Box 40999
Olympia, WA 98504-0999
(360) 586-2677

Bibliography & Additional Research Resources

Alicia Summers et al., Nat’l Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges, The State of Juvenile Dependency court research: implications for practice and policy (2008), available at http://www.ncjfcj.org/images/stories/dept/ppcd/pdf/  juveniledependencybriefinal.pdf.

Children’s Admin., An Education Success Strategy for Washington State’s Youth Care and Alumni (2011). Claire s. Chiamulera, ed., healthy beginnings, healthy futures: a. Judge’s guide (2009).

T. George et al., Admin. Office of the Courts, Timeliness of Dependency Case Processing in Washington State: annual report, (2011), available at http://www.courts.wa.gov/wsccr/docs/Timeliness%20of%20Dependency%20 Case%20Processing%20Annual%20Report%202010.pdf.

Mark Chaffin & Bill Friedrich, Evidence-based Treatments in Child Abuse and Neglect, Children and Youth Serv Rev. 1097 (2004).

Nancy Theonnes, What We Know Now: Findings from Dependency Mediation Research, 47 FAM. CT. REV. 21 (2009). Washington State Institute for Public Policy: http://www.wsipp.wa.gov/topic.asp?cat=9.

Partners for Our Children: http://www.partnersforourchildren.org/knowledge-center.

Time Markers & Checklists

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