Winkelman v. Parma City School District

Your child's IEP isn't enough, you lost the hearing, and you can't afford a lawyer. In 2007 the Supreme Court told parents to walk in anyway.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS BROADCAST

1. Why Winkelman v. Parma City School District changed IDEA cases
2. How parents gained independent, enforceable rights under IDEA
3. What "party aggrieved" means and why it opens federal court
4. How parents may litigate pro se, without hiring an attorney
5. Jacob Winkelman's IEP dispute and the Sixth Circuit dismissal
6. Why Justice Scalia concurred in part and dissented in part
7. How FAPE claims reach substance, not merely procedure
8. What frivolous-suit attorney fee rules mean for districts
9. How districts must tighten every IEP step and record
10. Why Arlington Central v. Murphy still limits cost recovery

Decided at 550 U.S. 516, this ruling reversed a Sixth Circuit holding that non-lawyer parents could not sue on their child's behalf. Seven Justices agreed that the parent-child relationship creates a genuine legal interest in a child's education, so families may bring civil actions themselves after exhausting administrative remedies. The fallout runs both directions: advocacy organizations gained a durable tool for low-income households, while administrators face sharper review of every meeting, notice, and signature. This broadcast walks through the holding, the partial dissent, the fee-shifting safety valve, and the questions the Court deliberately left open.

Learn more about  Winkelman v. Parma City School District by visiting 
https://kidlaw.org/2026/03/18/winkelman-v-parma-city-school-district/

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CONTACTS
[email protected] - Mary Coogan, Esq. - Host of Let's Talk Kids | CEO of ACNJ
[email protected] - Nina Peckman, Esq. - Staff Attorney
[email protected] - Viggo Jabon - Multimedia Specialist at ACNJ
[email protected] - Maxine E Carter - Producer

#Winkelman,#IDEA,#SpecialEducation,#IEP,#FAPE,#ProSe,#DisabilityRights,#SupremeCourt,#ParentalRights,#EducationLaw,#Autism,#SchoolLaw,#Kidlaw,#ACNJ,#AdvocatesForChildrenOfNewJersey,#StudentRights,#DueProcess,#PartyAggrieved,#AccessToJustice,#ParmaCitySchoolDistrict

Advocates for Children of New Jersey (ACNJ), Kidlaw, Kidlaw.org, ACNJ.org, Let's Talk Kids, and any other ACNJ affiliated websites, podcasts, video channels or similar DO NOT provide any legal advice and users of this web site should consult with their own lawyer for legal advice.

This broadcast (the "Broadcast") is a general service that provides educational information over the Internet. We are not a law firm and our employees, executives or management are not your attorney or acting as your attorney.

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USA Uninterrupted Scholars Act

Four schools in one year. That is the reality for many children in foster care — and a 2013 federal law was written to stop the churn.

On January 14, 2013, Congress passed the Uninterrupted Scholars Act, amending FERPA so a child's education records can finally travel as fast as the child does. This broadcast unpacks what changed, who it protects, and how it plays out in courtrooms, front offices, and classrooms.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS BROADCAST

1. Why the Act became Public Law 112-278 in January 2013
2. How it amends FERPA, the 1974 student privacy statute
3. When schools may release records without parental consent
4. Which agencies and tribal organizations actually qualify
5. How the clarified court order exception works in practice
6. Why parents already in a case receive no duplicative notice
7. What confidentiality and redisclosure limits agencies face
8. How faster records speed juvenile dependency proceedings
9. What administrators must document with every disclosure
10. How ESSA, IDEA guidance and FAFSA updates widened its reach

A caseworker who cannot get a transcript cannot get a child enrolled. This law removes that hurdle, letting districts hand grades, attendance, and IEPs directly to the agency legally responsible for a student's care and protection. We trace the six key provisions, the courtroom consequences, and the administrative duties that come attached — including the five-year lockout for improper redisclosure. We also examine what the statute does not do: it never strips a parent's own right to their child's records, and it does not cover children served by an agency but never placed in foster care. One goal throughout — education that does not stop when a placement does.

Learn more about USA Uninterrupted Scholars Act by visiting:
https://kidlaw.org/2026/03/13/usa-uninterrupted-scholars-actaa-lrp-type-post-template/

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CONTACTS
[email protected] - Mary Coogan, Esq. - Host of Let's Talk Kids | CEO of ACNJ
[email protected] - Nina Peckman, Esq. - Staff Attorney
[email protected] - Viggo Jabon - Multimedia Specialist at ACNJ
[email protected] - Maxine E Carter - Producer

#UninterruptedScholarsAct,#FosterCare,#FERPA,#PublicLaw112278,#EducationalStability,#ChildWelfare,#FosterYouth,#SchoolOfOrigin,#FosteringConnections,#JuvenileLaw,#DependencyCourt,#ChildAdvocacy,#EducationLaw,#StudentRecords,#SpecialEducation,#IDEA,#ESSA,#IEP,#Caseworkers,#SchoolEnrollment,#SchoolToPrisonPipeline,#JuvenileLawCenter,#ChildrensRights,#EducationPolicy,#ACNJ,#Kidlaw,#LetsTalkKids

Advocates for Children of New Jersey (ACNJ), Kidlaw, Kidlaw.org, ACNJ.org, Let's Talk Kids, and any other ACNJ affiliated websites, podcasts, video channels or similar DO NOT provide any legal advice and users of this web site should consult with their own lawyer for legal advice.

This broadcast (the "Broadcast") is a general service that provides educational information over the Internet. We are not a law firm and our employees, executives or management are not your attorney or acting as your attorney.

The information contained in the Broadcast is general information and should not be construed as legal advice to be applied to any specific factual situation. If you believe or are unsure whether your particular situation requires legal advice or legal information, you should consult a lawyer.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

You had the skills. You had the experience. Before 1964, being turned away for who you are was perfectly legal. Title VII changed that forever.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS BROADCAST
1. The five protected traits every covered U.S. employer must respect
2. Who Title VII reaches, and the 15-employee threshold that triggers it
3. Disparate treatment vs. disparate impact, explained in plain English
4. How the EEOC investigates, conciliates, and sues to enforce the law
5. Why Bostock (2020) extended coverage to LGBTQ+ workers nationwide
6. What schools, parents, and children gain from fair hiring practices

Passed at the height of the civil rights movement, this single statute rewired American working life, reaching hiring, firing, training, promotion, pay, and benefits across private companies, government agencies, unions, and schools. It outlawed harassment and retaliation, gave victims back pay, reinstatement, attorney's fees, and damages, and became the template for the ADEA, the ADA, and GINA. Its reach keeps growing through amendments, EEOC guidance, and Supreme Court rulings. We break down how the law works, who it shields, why administrators treat it as a daily duty, and how its protections quietly follow a paycheck home to the family.

Learn more about Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by visiting
https://kidlaw.org/2026/03/13/title-vii-of-the-civil-rights-act-of-1964/

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CONTACTS
[email protected] - Mary Coogan, Esq. - Host of Let's Talk Kids | CEO of ACNJ
[email protected] - Nina Peckman, Esq. - Staff Attorney
[email protected] - Viggo Jabon - Multimedia Specialist at ACNJ
[email protected] - Maxine E Carter - Producer

#TitleVII,#CivilRightsAct1964,#EmploymentLaw,#EEOC,#WorkplaceDiscrimination,#EqualOpportunity,#Bostock,#DisparateImpact,#Retaliation,#PregnancyDiscriminationAct,#SchoolAdministration,#ChildAdvocacy,#Kidlaw,#ACNJ,#LetsTalkKids,#KnowYourRights,#HRCompliance,#WorkplaceHarassment,#EquityPlans,#LaborRights

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This broadcast (the "Broadcast") is a general service that provides educational information over the Internet. We are not a law firm and our employees, executives or management are not your attorney or acting as your attorney.

The information contained in the Broadcast is general information and should not be construed as legal advice to be applied to any specific factual situation. If you believe or are unsure whether your particular situation requires legal advice or legal information, you should consult a lawyer.

SOSA Securing Our Schools Act

How do we keep the children inside a school building safe? SOSA answers with steel doors, badges, and counselors — the answer is still being written.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS BROADCAST

1. Why the Securing Our Schools Act keeps returning to Congress
2. Five pillars: hardware, SROs, funding, counseling, and training
3. How each SRO hired may add 2.5 in-school arrests per year
4. The school-to-prison pipeline critique and civil rights risks
5. New duties for principals: grants, compliance, parent alerts
6. The bills steering federal school security law through 2033

SOSA is less a single statute than a recurring idea, revived across sessions with sponsors including Senator Ted Cruz and a 2023 vehicle numbered S.1082. We trace the money — reauthorized Nonprofit Security Grant dollars, redirected COVID-19 relief, unused State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds — into hallways, where single-point entry, surveillance, anonymous tip apps, and threat assessment teams reshape daily life. Then we weigh the divide: law enforcement unions and hardening advocates on one side, Sandy Hook Promise and restorative-justice groups on the other, with the PLAN for School Safety Act attempting a bridge between them.

Learn more about SOSA Securing Our Schools Act by visiting:
https://kidlaw.org/2026/03/12/sosa-securing-our-schools-act/


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CONTACTS
[email protected] - Mary Coogan, Esq. - Host of Let's Talk Kids | CEO of ACNJ
[email protected] - Nina Peckman, Esq. - Staff Attorney
[email protected] - Viggo Jabon - Multimedia Specialist at ACNJ
[email protected] - Maxine E Carter - Producer

#SOSA,#SecuringOurSchoolsAct,#SchoolSafety,#SchoolResourceOfficer,#SchoolSecurity,#SchoolToPrisonPipeline,#StudentMentalHealth,#ThreatAssessment,#K12,#EducationLaw,#ChildAdvocacy,#JuvenileJustice,#SchoolAdministration,#RestorativeJustice,#SchoolDiscipline,#FederalGrants,#SaferSchoolsAct,#PLANforSchoolSafety,#Kidlaw,#ACNJ

Advocates for Children of New Jersey (ACNJ), Kidlaw, Kidlaw.org, ACNJ.org, Let's Talk Kids, and any other ACNJ affiliated websites, podcasts, video channels or similar DO NOT provide any legal advice and users of this web site should consult with their own lawyer for legal advice.

This broadcast (the "Broadcast") is a general service that provides educational information over the Internet. We are not a law firm and our employees, executives or management are not your attorney or acting as your attorney.

The information contained in the Broadcast is general information and should not be construed as legal advice to be applied to any specific factual situation. If you believe or are unsure whether your particular situation requires legal advice or legal information, you should consult a lawyer.

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

One federal law reshaped every classroom, courtroom, and clinic taking federal money — and in 2024 it changed again. Here's what Section 504 means now.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS BROADCAST
1. Who qualifies: impairments that limit major life activities
2. How a 504 Plan differs from IDEA and special education
3. FAPE, accommodations, and access to every school program
4. Why courts and child welfare agencies must adapt too
5. The 2024 HHS rule: web, app, and exam room accessibility
6. Key deadlines through 2027 and what recent rulings changed

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 bars disability discrimination by any recipient of federal funding. For students, that means individualized accommodations — extended time, seating changes, assistive technology, behavior plans — plus protection for hidden conditions like ADHD, diabetes, epilepsy, and mental health disorders. For administrators, it means annual child find, staff training, documentation, Manifestation Determination Reviews, and accessible buildings. For advocates, it means fighting for specific, enforced plans. The July 2024 HHS rule adds WCAG 2.1 AA digital standards, accessible medical equipment, and stronger child welfare safeguards, with deadlines into 2027.

Learn more about Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 by visiting:
https://kidlaw.org/2026/02/23/section-504-of-the-rehabilitation-act-of-1973/

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CONTACTS
[email protected] - Mary Coogan, Esq. - Host of Let's Talk Kids | CEO of ACNJ
[email protected] - Nina Peckman, Esq. - Staff Attorney
[email protected] - Viggo Jabon - Multimedia Specialist at ACNJ
[email protected] - Maxine E Carter - Producer

#Section504,#RehabilitationAct,#504Plan,#DisabilityRights,#SpecialEducation,#FAPE,#IDEA,#ADA,#StudentRights,#ParentAdvocacy,#EducationLaw,#Accessibility,#WCAG,#ChildWelfare,#HiddenDisabilities,#ADHD,#SchoolAccommodations,#Kidlaw,#ACNJ,#LetsTalkKids

Advocates for Children of New Jersey (ACNJ), Kidlaw, Kidlaw.org, ACNJ.org, Let's Talk Kids, and any other ACNJ affiliated websites, podcasts, video channels or similar DO NOT provide any legal advice and users of this web site should consult with their own lawyer for legal advice.

This broadcast (the "Broadcast") is a general service that provides educational information over the Internet. We are not a law firm and our employees, executives or management are not your attorney or acting as your attorney.

The information contained in the Broadcast is general information and should not be construed as legal advice to be applied to any specific factual situation. If you believe or are unsure whether your particular situation requires legal advice or legal information, you should consult a lawyer.

Private Schools vs Charter Schools

One family wins a lottery for a free seat. Another signs a $13,000 tuition contract. Same dream, two different doors. Here's what truly divides them.

 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS BROADCAST

1. Why a charter school is public and a private school never is
2. How charters trade autonomy for accountability under a contract
3. Where the money comes from: taxpayers, tuition, endowments, gifts
4. Admissions decoded: random lotteries versus SSAT and ISEE exams
5. Testing rules, disability law, closures, and the secular mandate
6. How vouchers and ESAs are blurring the line heading into 2027

Roughly 8,100 charter schools now teach nearly 4 million students across 46 states, while 29,700 private schools enroll about 4.7 million, 77% of them in religiously affiliated classrooms. Stanford's CREDO study clocked charter gains of sixteen extra days of reading learning each year. University of Arkansas researchers found charters operating on up to a third less per pupil. Tuition, meanwhile, runs from $5,000 at parish schools to more than $70,000 at elite boarding campuses. In May 2025 a deadlocked Supreme Court halted Oklahoma's bid for the first religious charter. In 2024 over a million students used school choice programs, and a federal scholarship arrives January 1, 2027.

Learn more about Private Schools vs Charter Schools by visiting:
https://kidlaw.org/2026/03/10/private-schools-vs-charter-schools-the-difference/

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CONTACTS
[email protected] - Mary Coogan, Esq. - Host of Let's Talk Kids | CEO of ACNJ
[email protected] - Nina Peckman, Esq. - Staff Attorney
[email protected] - Viggo Jabon - Multimedia Specialist at ACNJ
[email protected] - Maxine E Carter - Producer

#CharterSchools,#PrivateSchools,#SchoolChoice,#Education,#SchoolLottery,#Tuition,#PublicSchools,#EducationSavingsAccounts,#Vouchers,#KIPP,#CREDOStudy,#WaitingForSuperman,#ParentsGuide,#K12,#EducationPolicy,#Kidlaw,#ACNJ,#LetsTalkKids,#NewJersey,#StudentRights

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This broadcast (the "Broadcast") is a general service that provides educational information over the Internet. We are not a law firm and our employees, executives or management are not your attorney or acting as your attorney.

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Plyler v. Doe

In 1982, one vote decided whether a child could be locked out of school over a piece of paper. Plyler v. Doe said no — and that door is still open.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS BROADCAST
1. Why the Equal Protection Clause covers every child in a state
2. How a 5-4 vote blocked a permanent, uneducated underclass
3. What schools may never ask for at the registration desk
4. Why tuition and fees are illegal for undocumented students
5. How FERPA shields student files from status inquiries
6. What 2025-2026 challenges mean for districts and advocates

More than 4.8 million children have taken a seat in a classroom because of this ruling. This broadcast walks through what the Court actually decided, the argument Texas could not win, and the daily duties the decision places on administrators — from enrollment forms to record rooms to safe zone policies. You'll hear how advocacy groups defend campuses, track state legislation, and push codification like Illinois HB 3247. And you'll see the stakes if the precedent falls: costly litigation, educators pressed into immigration duties, empty desks. One question runs underneath all of it. What do we lose when a child is locked out?

Learn more about Plyler v. Doe by visiting:
https://kidlaw.org/2026/02/23/plyler-v-doe-1982/

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CONTACTS
[email protected] - Mary Coogan, Esq. - Host of Let's Talk Kids | CEO of ACNJ
[email protected] - Nina Peckman, Esq. - Staff Attorney
[email protected] - Viggo Jabon - Multimedia Specialist at ACNJ
[email protected] - Maxine E Carter - Producer

#PlylerVDoe,#EqualProtection,#FourteenthAmendment,#PublicEducation,#ImmigrantChildren,#SchoolLaw,#FERPA,#StudentRights,#EducationPolicy,#ChildAdvocacy,#SupremeCourt,#ConstitutionalLaw,#SafeHavenSchools,#Kidlaw,#ACNJ

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This broadcast (the "Broadcast") is a general service that provides educational information over the Internet. We are not a law firm and our employees, executives or management are not your attorney or acting as your attorney.

The information contained in the Broadcast is general information and should not be construed as legal advice to be applied to any specific factual situation. If you believe or are unsure whether your particular situation requires legal advice or legal information, you should consult a lawyer.

NJECCE New Jersey’s Early Childhood Care and Education System

A four-year-old walks into a classroom for the very first time. What happens next shouldn't depend on which door she walked through — and in New Jersey, it doesn't.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS BROADCAST
1. How the mixed delivery system unites three kinds of providers
2. Class size caps, adult-child ratios, and teacher salary parity
3. The Abbott v. Burke ruling that made full-day preschool law
4. How Grow NJ Kids rates programs from one to five stars
5. Comprehensive care: health, nutrition, social-emotional support
6. NJ-EASEL, e-Child Care, and paid apprenticeships for educators

New Jersey's Early Childhood Care and Education system serves children from birth through third grade, built on two commitments held together rather than traded off: high standards and equity. Public school districts, Head Start centers, and licensed private community providers all answer to the same rigorous state rules, with oversight from the New Jersey Council for Young Children and the Department of Education's Division of Early Childhood Services. Curricula must be research-based and aligned to state learning standards, while integrated data systems track child development, workforce qualifications, and program impact. The result is a structure assembled court decision by court decision, classroom by classroom — and it is still being built.

Learn more about NJ ECCE New Jersey’s Early Childhood Care and Education by visiting:
https://kidlaw.org/2026/03/18/njecce-new-jerseys-early-childhood-care-and-education/

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CONTACTS
[email protected] - Mary Coogan, Esq. - Host of Let's Talk Kids | CEO of ACNJ
[email protected] - Nina Peckman, Esq. - Staff Attorney
[email protected] - Viggo Jabon - Multimedia Specialist at ACNJ
[email protected] - Maxine E Carter - Producer

#NJECCE,#EarlyChildhoodEducation,#NewJerseyPreschool,#GrowNJKids,#AbbottDistricts,#AbbottVBurke,#MixedDeliverySystem,#HeadStart,#PreKForAll,#EducationalEquity,#EarlyLearning,#ChildCare,#NJEASEL,#eChildCare,#TeacherApprenticeship,#EarlyChildhoodWorkforce,#QualityRating,#SchoolReadiness,#ACNJ,#Kidlaw,#LetsTalkKids,#ChildAdvocacy,#NewJerseyEducation,#BirthToThree

Advocates for Children of New Jersey (ACNJ), Kidlaw, Kidlaw.org, ACNJ.org, Let's Talk Kids, and any other ACNJ affiliated websites, podcasts, video channels or similar DO NOT provide any legal advice and users of this web site should consult with their own lawyer for legal advice.

This broadcast (the "Broadcast") is a general service that provides educational information over the Internet. We are not a law firm and our employees, executives or management are not your attorney or acting as your attorney.

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Momnibus Innovative Maternity Care Act

In America, mothers still die from preventable causes, and the burden isn't shared equally. The Momnibus Innovative Maternity Care Act answers that crisis.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS BROADCAST

1. Why Black and Indigenous mothers face the sharpest maternal risk
2. How telehealth and remote monitoring reach rural, underserved areas
3. New Medicaid and CHIP payment models that fund doulas and midwives
4. Shackling bans and diversion programs for incarcerated pregnant people
5. How WIC, TMaH, and pediatric links protect newborn health
6. Where state Momnibus laws and evolving federal policy head next

The Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act, introduced in 2021 and reintroduced in 2023, bundles twelve bills into one response to a measurable emergency, with over $200 million already enacted through federal appropriations. This broadcast walks through the Innovative Maternity Care Act at its center: digital tools, remote patient monitoring for gestational diabetes and hypertension, behavioral health folded into prenatal and postpartum visits, expanded birth centers, and mandated data that finally exposes root causes. We also trace the ripple effects on correctional procedure, health profession schools, HBCU research funding, school based health centers, and the advocates driving what comes next.

Learn more about Momnibus Innovative Maternity Care Act by visiting:
https://kidlaw.org/2026/03/27/momnibus-innovative-maternity-care-act/

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CONTACTS
[email protected] - Mary Coogan, Esq. - Host of Let's Talk Kids | CEO of ACNJ
[email protected] - Nina Peckman, Esq. - Staff Attorney
[email protected] - Viggo Jabon - Multimedia Specialist at ACNJ
[email protected] - Maxine E Carter - Producer

#Momnibus,#BlackMaternalHealth,#MaternalMortality,#InnovativeMaternityCareAct,#MaternalHealthEquity,#Doulas,#Midwifery,#Medicaid,#CHIP,#Telehealth,#JusticeForIncarceratedMoms,#WIC,#PostpartumCare,#HealthEquity,#PrenatalCare,#BirthCenters,#PublicHealthPolicy,#ACNJ,#Kidlaw,#LetsTalkKids,#ChildAdvocacy

Advocates for Children of New Jersey (ACNJ), Kidlaw, Kidlaw.org, ACNJ.org, Let's Talk Kids, and any other ACNJ affiliated websites, podcasts, video channels or similar DO NOT provide any legal advice and users of this web site should consult with their own lawyer for legal advice.

This broadcast (the "Broadcast") is a general service that provides educational information over the Internet. We are not a law firm and our employees, executives or management are not your attorney or acting as your attorney.

The information contained in the Broadcast is general information and should not be construed as legal advice to be applied to any specific factual situation. If you believe or are unsure whether your particular situation requires legal advice or legal information, you should consult a lawyer.

NCJFCJ National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges

Every day, in an American courtroom, a judge decides where a child sleeps tonight. Since 1937, one organization has helped answer that question.

 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS BROADCAST

1. Why the NCJFCJ is the oldest judicial membership organization
2. The four focus areas behind every child and family case
3. How Enhanced Resource Guidelines and bench cards shape rulings
4. What the School-Justice Partnership does to keep kids in class
5. Where advocacy is aimed for 2024 through 2026, on five fronts
6. How model codes and judicial wellness are changing the law

Roughly thirty thousand judicial professionals rely on the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges for education, research, and technical assistance across behavioral health, child welfare, juvenile justice, and family violence. More than eighty-five hundred are trained each year in adolescent development, trauma, and implicit bias. Model Courts cut delay and time in foster care. Trauma audits turn courtrooms into places of healing. Project ONE follows crossover youth through one door instead of two. The National Center for Juvenile Justice supplies the numbers. This is how the bench moves, and why it matters to every family standing before it.

Learn more about NCJFCJ National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges by visiting:
https://kidlaw.org/2026/02/20/ncjfcj-national-council-of-juvenile-and-family-court-judges/

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CONTACTS
[email protected] - Mary Coogan, Esq. - Host of Let's Talk Kids | CEO of ACNJ
[email protected] - Nina Peckman, Esq. - Staff Attorney
[email protected] - Viggo Jabon - Multimedia Specialist at ACNJ
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