The NCJFCJ is funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) to provide targeted support to the Dakota County Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Team, which is implementing the Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Guidelines and other key recommended practices. The NCJFCJ provides targeted support through court assessments; onsite court observation; strategic planning activities; peer-to-peer learning; and individualized training.

As part of the Tribal Model Court Project, the NCJFCJ provides targeted training and technical assistance to the White Earth Tribal Court to improve practice in the handling of child abuse and neglect cases, reduce the number of children in foster care, and improve outcomes for children in care.

The NCJFCJ provided a cross-site visit between Arizona and Minnesota courts to further develop ICWA courts.

Two multidisciplinary court teams from Dakota, Cook and Lake Counties participated in the NCJFCJ’s National Multidisciplinary Institute on Child Sex Trafficking in August 2024.

The NCJFCJ’s Field-Generated Strategies to End the Criminalization of Minor Victims of Sex Trafficking project, funded by the Office for Victims of Crime, provides direct training and technical assistance to The Link’s Safe Harbor Program in the Twin Cities West Metro Area.

One judicial officer from Minnesota attended the 2024 NCJFCJ Wellness Symposium - Centering Ourselves for Leadership. This Symposium provided participants with the opportunity to engage in honest conversations about what it means to be a judicial officer while developing practical tools necessary to avoid burnout and nurture personal resilience. The program is designed to prioritize wellness and support the process of increasing a judge’s quality of life off and on the bench.

The Children’s Justice Initiative (CJI) partnered with the NCJFCJ to deliver their flagship Child Abuse and Neglect Institute with a Minnesota focus to 50 juvenile court judicial officers. The Child Abuse and Neglect Judicial Institute (CANJI) provided exemplary instruction for new and experienced juvenile court judges on the substantive law and practice skills necessary to preside over high-quality, effective child abuse and neglect court proceedings. CANJI provided participants with emerging and promising practices to improve outcomes for children and families.

A judge from Minnesota attended the NCJFCJ’s National Judicial Institute on Domestic Violence (NJIDV) 25th Anniversary Enhancing Judicial Skills in Domestic Violence Cases (EJS) workshop.