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Judicial Review and Technical Assistance Projects
Permanency Project
Mission
The Permanency Project is a new initiative that provides judicial education
at a limited number of courts on expanding approaches to permanency for
dependent children and regional training to probation departments on termination
of parental rights.
- Scope of Education
The education for judicial officers will be provided starting in April 2005. Due to limited resources, the judicial education will be made available only in the 11 largest court systems. At the discretion of the presiding juvenile court judge, other system participants may be invited to attend. Workshop topics include:
- Initiating Permanency
Planning: First Opportunity to Consider Permanency
- Concurrent Planning:
Focus on Under 3, Latency Age, and Older Youth
- Engaging Youth
in Decision-Making
- Permanency and
Post-Permanency Hearings: A Re-examination of Issues
- Permanency: Challenges and New Directions
At the request of the presiding juvenile court judge, and if funding permits, additional training tailored to the unique needs of the eleven court systems will be provided. The project staff will play an instrumental role in helping court systems identify training topics based on county-specific data and feedback from those who work in the dependency system. Project staff will seek input from participants through surveys, interviews, and system meetings, and then design a flexible one to three hour training, tailored to meet the key needs identified by the court system participants.
The training for probation departments is a collaborative project with U.C. Davis. The purpose is to help departments establish the procedures that need to be in place to prevent reversal of a court order terminating parental rights. The workshops will be held during Winter and Spring of 2005-2006.
Clearinghouse for
Permanency Resources
All training materials and resources will be made available on the CFCC
website.
Click on the following link for Permanency project resources:
Please contact us:
Xiaoyu Zhang, Administrative Coordinator, Xiaoyu.Zhang@jud.ca.gov
or 415-865-7604
Jennifer Walter, Supervising Attorney, jennifer.walter@jud.ca.gov or 415-865-7687
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