National Curriculum for Caseflow Management in Juvenile Dependency Cases

This document describes a caseflow management curriculum developed by JMI for Fostering Results at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Social Work with funding by the Pew Charitable Trusts. It is designed for use with multi-disciplinary, inter-agency teams of practitioners dealing with juvenile dependency cases involving children in foster care. The initial curriculum, exercises, and evaluation instruments were critiqued by a committee of national experts from the field representing many of the organizations active in the improvement of the juvenile dependency justice system. Following the critique, the curriculum was pilot tested in Flagstaff, Arizona, with teams from three Arizona counties. The experts who contributed to the design, and the organizations they represent, are acknowledged in the curriculum document.