Enhanced Resource Guidelines (ERG) Podcast: Leading a Permanency Focused Court

Judge Gayl Branum Carr (ret.) joins the podcast to discuss leading a permanency focused court. The key takeaways of this episode are:

1) Understanding the role of judicial leadership to ensure the purpose of the permanency planning hearing and permanency planning are met

2) Understanding why a permanency focused court is indispensable when attempting to lead change and build and foster a healthy court culture

3) Reflecting on how a permanency focused court leads to reducing the number of cases filed, the number of children removed from their homes when a case is filed, shortens the length of stay out of the home when removal occurs, and increasing reunification.