Public Information

Many informative pamphlets and forms are available to the public. Click on a title below to access it.

Adoption
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Child Well-being

Every Child Every Hearing
Transitioning a child into adulthood requires constant attention to all aspects of the child, including the child's physical and mental health, social and cognitive development, and education. The Every Child Every Hearing booklet will assist the court and other interested persons with our shared responsibility of meeting the needs of every child and assisting their transition into adulthood. It offers key questions that must be asked and followed up on for every child to ensure their daily well-being and long-term development.

JV-050 Juvenile Court Information for Parents (Dependency)

JV-055 The Dependency Court: How It Works

JV-060 Juvenile Court Information for Parents (Delinquency)

Juvenile 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: What’s 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)

Frequently Asked Questions About Being a Child’s Educational Representative
The brochure answers question that a person might have about his/her responsibilities as an educational representative apppointed by the juvenile court to act on the child's behalf in that capacity.

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.

What Happens After Your Dependency Case is Dismissed? Information on Custody, Visitation, Child Support

• English (8.5" x 14" Format)
  
  • 8.5" x 11" Format
    
• Spanish (8.5' x 14" Format)