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Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems Integration Initiative Publications

CWLA established the Juvenile Justice Division in July 2000 through the support of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Over the past six years, CWLA has developed the Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems Integration Initiative. The initiative provides consultation and technical assistance to juvenile justice, child welfare, relevant youth-serving organizations and agencies, and CWLA members regarding the connection between child maltreatment and juvenile delinquency, and the need for an integrated approach to programs and services across the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. The initiative uses a four-phase framework for strategic planning that is designed to improve outcomes for dual jurisdiction youth and families or those who populate multiple youth systems.

The effort is designed to develop improved cross-system coordination and integration through implementation of reformed statutes, policies, procedures, protocols, and practices. The focus within a state or local jurisdiction can be in areas of (1) coordination of data and data reports, (2) information sharing and management, (3) case planning and management, (4) consolidation of resources, and (4) analysis of legal mandates and policies, all designed to improve outcomes for these dual jurisdiction and/or multisystem children, youth, and families.

CWLA has developed a range of publications, tools, and resources that support the partnership with state and local jurisdictions.

Guidebook for Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare System Coordination and Integration: Framework for Improved Outcomes	Child Welfare & Juvenile Justice Systems Integration Initiative: A Promising Progress Report	Understanding Child Maltreatment and Juvenile Delinquency: From Research to Effective Program, Practice, and Systemic Solutions	A Guide to Legal and Policy Analysis for Systems Integration
THE LINK: Connecting Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare	Guidebook for Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare System Coordination and Integration: Framework for Improved Outcomes	Promoting a Coordinated and Integrated Child Welfare System and Juvenile Justice System	Increasing Collaboration and Coordination of the ChildWelfare and Juvenile Justice Systems to Better Serve Dual Jurisdiction Youth: A Literature Review
Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice: Improved Coordination and Integration--A Special Issue of CWLA's Child Welfare Journal	Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Agencies: Collaborating to Serve Dual Jurisdiction Youth Survey Report

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