JV-050
Juvenile Court Information for Parents (Dependency)
JV-055
The Dependency Court: How It Works
JV-060
Juvenile Court Information for Parents (Delinquency)
Juvenille Court
Information for Victims
This pamphlet provides basic information to help victims understand
the juvenile court process and exercise their rights to information
and assistance.
Balanced and Restorative
Justice: A Manual for California
This manual catalogs balanced and restorative justice practices and
model programs being used in California and around the country. It provides
contact information for practitioners and descriptions of practices
being followed in local communities. The manual is a resource for the
courts, and it encourages judges and community stakeholders to develop
collaborative partnerships that can improve outcomes for youth, victims,
and communities affected by crime. The manual will be distributed to
juvenile court presiding judges, court executive officers, and can be
downloaded here. NOTE: The manual is approximately 90
pages, so if you would prefer printing only a particular section, please
use the Table of Contents to find and print only the area in which you
are interested.
Community
Justice: Whats in It For You?
This
pamphlet provides a brief description of the benefits community justice
programs provide to the various criminal justice stakeholders.
Restorative
Conferencing: California Community Justice Project
This pamphlet describes Restorative Conferencing and provides examples
of practices that utilize restorative principles.
Transfer of Knowledge
Symposium: Protocols in Juvenile Court for Dual-Status Children
More than 200 people
from 27 California counties came together on June 20, 2005, in San Francisco
at the Transfer of Knowledge Symposium: Protocols in Juvenile Court
for Dual-Status Children to discuss improving the handling of cases
in which delinquency and dependency interest and to help increase access
to appropriate resources and services for children in a holistic and
timely manner. Attendees met in county teams consisting of juvenile
court presiding judge, chief probation officer, and child welfare director
(or their designees), along with other key stakeholders in juvenile
justice system.
You can order a
CD-ROM with all the materials from the conference from CFCC. Click
here to order the materials.
Caregivers
and the Courts: A Primer on Juvenile Dependency Proceedings for California
Foster Parents and Relative Caregivers
Caregivers
and the Courts: A Primer on Juvenile Dependency Proceedings for California
Foster Parents and Relative Caregivers (Spanish)
Special
Education Pamphlet
Spanish
Special Education Pamphlets
(CFCC
will be updating the Special Education Pamphlets to reflect recent legislative
changes.)
Voices From Within: Experiences of California Court Employees With the Foster Care System
This booklet highlights the experiences, both good and bad, of people working in the courts who have been there and now lead successful lives, as well as those of foster parents and others who have a connection to the foster care system. The publication is being shared with the courts and juvenile court policymakers, as well as with youth who are currently in California’s foster care system.