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Court News Ohio
Juvenile courts given courses to enhance
‘AND’ case management
February 4, 2016
Ohio juvenile courts are being invited to assemble teams to attend a
regional abuse, neglect, and dependency (AND) caseflow management
course.
The Ohio Supreme Court and Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
will be hosting one-day courses for juvenile courts and their community
partners to examine local practices in AND cases, including processes
that may impact Child and Family Service Review (CFSR) performance
measures.
The course is open to teams of up to five people identified by the
local juvenile court judge. Typically, each team will include court
staff responsible for the dependency docket, the child welfare agency
director or designee(s), and other court or community representatives
who impact how the AND case comes to and progresses through the court.
The course covers the fundamentals of caseflow management and
differentiated case management, as well as their practical application
in AND cases. Teams will develop action plans for improving and
assessing practices while strengthening oversight of AND cases.
The goal is to enhance the judiciary’s oversight of AND cases through
the juvenile justice system in order to ensure the timeliness for
children to reach appropriate placement and permanency by:
• Providing the opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of the
juvenile court’s current caseflow management system with tools and
techniques to enhance or create a caseflow management system and
specifically, the processing of dependency cases.
• Increasing courts’ understanding of the CFSR and local court
performance and caseflow data from multiple sources.
• Providing courts the opportunity to work with their justice partners
to assess best practices and proven strategies and their application to
issues confronting their juvenile dependency dockets throughout all
stages of the process.
Sessions will be held:
April 7, 2016, Perrysburg Hilton Garden Inn
April 26, 2016, Beavercreek Hilton Garden Inn
May 12, 2016, Quest in Columbus
May 24, 2016, Akron Fairlawn Hilton
Additional information, including registration, will be sent to each
juvenile court and public children services agency.
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