CFCC offers a wide range of publications, tools, and information resources focused on unified family courts and real-world problems such as truancy, substance abuse, delinquency and other issues that bring families and children to courts.
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CFCC Information Sheets & Videos
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Unified Family Court Connection Newsletter
Subscribe to the Unified Family Court Connection.
CFCC’s Unified Family Court Connection is the only newsletter in the country devoted exclusively to unified family court issues. Read the newsletter.
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Full Court Press Newsletter
Subscribe to CFCC’s Full Court Press.
CFCC’s e-newsletter covers a wide range of issues related to unified family courts, our Truancy Court Program and juvenile justice issues and family law. Subscribing keeps you updated on CFCC news and events. Read recent issues.
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Benchbook on Substance Use Disorders for Family Courts, Second Edition
CFCC is currently updating this important benchbook. Email us to reserve your copy or to request an email alert when the 2nd edition becomes available.
Substance use disorders are major factors in family court proceedings. Yet the problem of substance use disorders remains largely unaddressed in the nation's family courts. The updated edition of our Benchbook on Substance Use Disorders for Family Courts is an important new work that should be on every family court professional's desk. It provides information regarding best practices, resources, and science and recommends ways that treatment providers, judges, magistrates, attorneys and others in the family court system can work together to address substance use disorders.
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Truancy Court Program Toolkit, Second Edition, Implementation Package & Technical Assistance
CFCC's Truancy Court Program Toolkit, Second Edition provides a step-by-step guide to show you how to start and maintain an effective truancy court program. The Toolkit includes detailed descriptions of the roles of each member of the Truancy Court Program team, including action items and recommendations; step-by-step guide to implementation, from student selection to graduation; comprehensive collection of useful forms, including the school application form, sample invitation letter to parents, consent form evaluation/assessment forms and weekly teacher reports; a guide to commonly encountered legal and social issues and solutions; and the Truancy Court Program Mentor Manual, a separate 32-page book providing specific guidance for a Truancy Court Program Mentor. Price: $149.99 plus tax and shipping.
Our Truancy Court Program Implementation Package will assist you if you are ready to begin a multi-school, comprehensive truancy reduction program. The package includes five hard copies of the Truancy Court Program Toolkit and Mentor Manual; a customizable electronic copy of program documents; personalized coaching via telephone and e-mail with our CFCC field experts; and a ready-to-use mentor slide presentation. Price: $699.99 plus tax and shipping.
Download the order form to get your copy of the Truancy Court Program Toolkit, Second Edition, or our complete Truancy Court Program Implementation Package.
CFCC provides intensive technical assistance, including complete operation of a Truancy Court Program or consultation on other juvenile and family court issues on a fee basis.
Download our technical assistance price sheet for information on our services to help you establish a Truancy Court Program in your school district and email us to learn more about our services.
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Urban Child Symposium Knowledge Base
For more than a decade, CFCC has gathered together experts from a wide array of disciplines to share their research and lessons from the field to shed light on the needs of urban children—and discuss strategies and programs that are making a difference. Explore the Urban Child Symposium archive to view reports, presentations and videos from past events—and information on the next Urban Child Symposium.
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Literature Surveys and CFCC Reports
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Families Matter: Recommendations to Improve Outcomes for Children and Families in Court (2014) identifies more than a dozen measures which, if undertaken, would help develop a family justice system with an interdisciplinary, holistic and therapeutic focus. The report also advocates a major shift in the approach of all parties to family law cases.
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Family Court Review (Volume 47, Issue 2), an interdisciplinary journal published by the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, special issue on substance abuse and its impact on families and children in the family court system (April 2009)
- Family Court Review (Volume 46, Issue 2), an interdisciplinary journal published by the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, special issue on Unified Family Courts (April 2008)
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Final Report of the Summit on Unified Family Courts: Serving Children and Families Efficiently, Effectively and Responsibly (2008)
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A Comprehensive Approach to Truancy for Baltimore City: A Roundtable Discussion (2008)
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CINA Attorney Practice Manual: A Guide for Representing Children in Child Abuse and Neglect Cases (2005)
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Literacy, Truancy and Substance Abuse: Early Identification and Intervention In Family Courts (2004)
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A Strong Presence in the Life of A Child: A Report on Unified Family Courts and Delinquency Matters (2003)
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Pro Se Assistance Project Assessment and Review (2002)
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Discussion Paper on Unified Family Courts, California Administrative Office of the Courts (2001)
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