CFCC offers a wide range of publications, tools, and information resources focused on unified family courts and real-world problems such as truancy, substance use, delinquency and other issues that bring families and children to courts.
Newly Released 2022 CFCC Community Resource Guide
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CFCC Information Sheets & Videos
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Unified Family Court Connection Newsletter
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 E-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, 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
The Benchbook for Family Courts on Substance Use Disorders, Second Edition, is an important reference work that provides every family court professional with valuable information to guide decision-making in family law cases.
Substance use disorders (SUDs) are some of the most critical and pervasive public health problems of our time. A traditional family law decision-making process issues a judgment on legal issues, but often courts do not account for the nonlegal issue of addiction, which may be a root cause of a family’s legal problems. Judges, attorneys, court staff, and other professionals working with families may not have a complete and current understanding of SUDs, their causes, the symptoms and available treatments. Without that understanding, both the families and the court system are
destined to a revolving door of repeat court appearances and unresolved family crises.
The Benchbook is an essential reading and reference book that provides valuable insights into the science of addiction, the treatment of SUDs, how SUDs affect children and families in many family law cases, and how family courts can intervene in ways that lead to better outcomes.
The good news is that with a recognized neurobiological basis for substance use disorders, there is potential for recovery. Evidence-based interventions can prevent harmful substance use and related problems, and the courts have considerable power to influence individuals suffering from these disorders.Download the order form to get your copy of the Benchbook for Family Courts on Substance Use Disorders, Second Edition.
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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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CFCC Publications
For more information or a report from a specific project, or to learn more about CFCC's consulting and technical assistance, contact CFCC's Staff Director, Rebecca Stahl, at 410.837.5613 or rstahl@ubalt.edu.
- Study and Recommendations for a Pilot Unified Court Project in Douglas County, Nebraska (2019), by Professor Barbara A. Babb, former Senior Fellow Gloria Danziger and Consultant Diane Nunn. For more information, contact CFCC's Staff Director, Rebecca Stahl, at 410.837.5613 or rstahl@ubalt.edu.
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Maryland's Family Courts are a Model for Change (2017)
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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)