NCJFCJ in the State of Delaware
Work and Impact
Requests for technical assistance in 2024.
Trained judges, judicial officers, attorneys, and other juvenile and family court-related professionals working to protect Delaware’s children, families, and survivors in our communities in 2024.
Judicial and Associate Members in Delaware.
The Delaware Family Court Mentor Child Abuse and Neglect Implementation Site is recognized for their efforts to improve outcomes for abused and neglected children and juvenile offenders.
The NCJFCJ’s Civil Protection Order Project provided technical assistance to a court in Delaware regarding the entry of civil protection orders and firearms prohibitions into state and national databases.
A judge from Delaware attended the NCJFCJ’s National Judicial Institute on Domestic Violence (NJIDV) 25th Anniversary Enhancing Judicial Skills in Domestic Violence Cases (EJS) workshop.
The NCJFCJ provided a trauma consultation for the Family Court of the State of Delaware.
Judge Jennifer Ranji, with the support of Chief Judge Michael Newell, is a member of the NCJFCJ Judicial Response to Animal Cruelty Issues Advisory Work Group. In 2024, Judge Jennifer Ranji began working with the NCJFCJ staff to develop a state-specific bench tool, “What Delaware Judges Need to Know and Do to Address Human and Pet Wellbeing in Family Law Cases,” for use by Delaware judicial officers.
One judicial officer from Delaware attended the 2024 Institute for New Juvenile and Family Court Judges. The Institute is designed specifically for state and tribal judicial officers who are new to the bench, newly assigned to a juvenile or family rotation, or who are returning to the juvenile and family court bench after other assignments and desire a refresher course. This intensive and interactive four and a half day program, previously known as Core College, is designed so participants can leave with increased knowledge, practical tools, and an essential foundation of best practices to use in the cases coming before them.
The landscape of juvenile justice in Delaware is detailed through the Juvenile Justice Geography, Policy, Practice and Statistics website (JJGPS.org), a project of the NCJFCJ’s research division, the National Center for Juvenile Justice (NCJJ).
An attendee from Delaware attended the NCJFCJ’s and Futures without Violence’s Enhancing Judicial Skills in Abuse in Later Life Workshop.