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  • NCSC Family Centered Fridays Webinar

    virtual - register via link

    The National Center for State Courts has started hosting a family centered Fridays Webinar series to help courts gain tools and resources to make their courts more family centered.

  • Children’s Justice Conference

    The CJC provides core and advanced training and skill development for a child welfare and court professionals. This event will feature many speakers from Washington State and from the Family and Youth Justice Team. See the full agenda for details! The registration list is full, but if you are already registered, please look out for the names of presenters from FYJP, and say hello if you see us!

  • National Consortium on Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts 2023 Annual Conference

    NCREFC 2023 Conference Schedule SAVE THE DATE 2023 NCREFC Conference in Seattle_Final NCREFC 2023 Conference Registration Flyer  The program looks excellent! In addition to the many national presenters, local FTC experts, Meghan R Fitzgerald (FTC Training Coordinator), Gabrielle Cranor (Mason FRC Caseworker), Manisha Jackson (King FTC Family Recovery Support Specialist), & Jill Murphy (King FTC Program Supervisor) will be presenting on the 23rd, "Giving Context for Equity in the Courts: Where Lived Expertise, Trauma-Informed Care, and Belonging Intersect."  A pdf of the

  • Ethics and Boundaries in Treatment Court Roles

    virtual - register via link

    Ethics and Boundaries in Treatment Court Roles  Within a therapeutic court team, there are a range of professional roles and duties. Among those can be judicial officers, attorneys, GALs/CASAs, behavioral health and SUD providers, advocates, and coordinators just to name a few. Defining and maintaining clear boundaries within these roles is vital to an effective family therapeutic court team. In this workshop, we will discuss the legal and ethical boundaries between forensic, treatment and evaluative roles. Join us for this

  • Attorney Academy on Reasonable & Active Efforts (Summer)

    virtual - register via link

    Family & Youth Justice Programs is excited to partner with the Capacity Building Center for Courts (CBCC) to bring a Reasonable and Active Efforts Attorney Academy to Washington State on June 14th – June 15th (Summer Academy). This highly interactive, virtual training is designed to help attorneys practicing in the Washington child welfare system gain the knowledge and skills necessary to make substantive reasonable and active efforts arguments and engage in targeted out-of-court and in-court advocacy to ensure children, parents,

    Free

  • All Sites Meeting Specialty Dependency Courts

    The Family and Youth Justice Programs team at the Washington Administrative Office of the Courts is working now to create a half-day in-person event to allow Family Treatment Court, Early Childhood Court, and ICWA Court Professionals a chance to meet and discuss the needs of your courts. This will be focused on discussion with other teams and will provide some support for travel. We are planning this for the 18th of October in the afternoon, so that court partners might

  • Pathways to Progress-The Power of Economic Supports Training

    Virtual

    Pathways to Progress-The Power of Economic Supports Training Flyer 02/21/25 12pm-1:30 Learn How: Economic supports can make it easier for families to complete and benefit from traditional services Economic supports can influence the range of good decisions a parent can make Providing targeted, temporary cash support may help stabilize families and provide both the time and money they need to provide Safe and Consistent Care

  • 2025 Dependency Judicial Training Academy

    Virtual

    Join this live webinar event to learn more about recent case law decisions and legislation impacting dependency, upcoming changes required by SB 6006; trafficking of youth & children, judicial ethics in dependency cases, and much more! Audience includes Superior Court Judicial Officers; Tribal Court Judicial Officers; Court Administrators; FJCIP Coordinators. Judicial Officers, Commissioners, Law Clerks, Staff Attorneys and Externs from the Washington Court of Appeals and Washington Supreme Court are also welcome to attend. Pro tem coverage available

    Free

  • Judicial Community of Practice

    Virtual

    Topic: Judicial Ethics in Dependency Cases This JCoP session is included as part of the 2025 Dependency Judicial Training Academy. A monthly peer learning forum exclusively designed for judicial officers who preside over child dependency cases. JCoP offers a unique opportunity to hear from leading experts on legal trends, best practices, and innovative approaches to handling dependency matters, along with sharing insights and experiences with fellow judicial officers. Sessions are facilitated by Jurists-in-Residence, retired judges with extensive experience in child

    Free