Since 2007, Casey Family Programs has had the privilege to work in close partnership with the Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS). To date, our efforts with DCS have supported several key initiatives, including: internal management development father engagement permanency roundtables (internal case consultations to identify innovative strategies to promote child permanency attainment) improvements in data … [Read more...] about Casey Family Programs: 2020 Strategy
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Seventeenth Annual GAL/CASA Conference
The State Office of GAL/CASA held the Seventeenth Annual Indiana State GAL/CASA Conference, entitled “Times of Change” on September 14 at the Wyndham West Hotel in Indianapolis. Over six hundred CASA volunteers, directors and program staff participated in the conference. The keynote speaker, Charlie Appelstein, an author, spoke on the topic, “No Such Thing as a Bad Kid,” and provided tips to advocates on how to work w … [Read more...] about Seventeenth Annual GAL/CASA Conference
Juvenile Mental Health Screening, Assessment & Treatment
The Indiana Juvenile Mental Health Screening, Assessment, and Treatment Project (Project) is aimed at early assessment of mental health issues facing children who enter juvenile detention. It is already helping children access needed services. Benefits Observed by Detention Centers and Courts Some of the recognized benefits of the Project include: a better understanding of the youth on the part of detention center … [Read more...] about Juvenile Mental Health Screening, Assessment & Treatment
Veteran's Court: Restorative Justice
The first defendant called on the Initial Hearing docket is a 25-year old, well-mannered and well-groomed, male who stands at attention, but his eye contact is distant and blank. He is charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance, a Class D Felony. Service members who run afoul of the law in returning to civilian life are appearing before Indiana’s courts at a greater frequency due to the Iraq and Afghanistan w … [Read more...] about Veteran's Court: Restorative Justice
Education Abroad: Indiana Court of Appeals Judges Travel to Turkey
“The world is globalizing and law is universalizing.” So begins a letter from the Justice Academy of Turkey to selected American judges who were invited to Turkey in June to exchange knowledge with Turkish judges and prosecutors in training. Some urgency attended the message. Turkey has been reforming its judicial system for a decade, not least to advance its goal of joining the European Union. Concerns cited by the E … [Read more...] about Education Abroad: Indiana Court of Appeals Judges Travel to Turkey