Safe & Healthy Families Court: Nebraska’s Framework for DV-Informed Practice
About this session
Nebraska child welfare stakeholders come together to showcase the development of the “Safe and Healthy Families Court” team (SHFC) in Lancaster County, Nebraska. SHFC and this multi-disciplinary team are creating and experiencing a paradigm shift in how child welfare cases involving domestic violence are approached in their county. The presentation will analyze the history of the project, justify the application of a Problem-Solving Court framework to domestic violence child welfare cases, propose strategies for engaging key stakeholders in order to create a team of court professionals sharing the vision and mission for change, and finally, share evaluation data demonstrating positive changes for families that are part of SHFC.
Intended Audience: Child Welfare professionals , Courts, Therapists working with Domestic Violence Survivors and Families
Learning objectives
- Develop an understanding of how the Safe and Healthy Families Court Team aimed to change how child welfare cases involving domestic violence are managed in Lancaster County, Nebraska, through an analysis of the project's history and current data.
- Through our collected data, justify the application of a Problem-Solving Court framework to domestic violence child welfare cases.
- Propose strategies for engaging and training key stakeholders so the whole team of court professionals can then create a shared vision and mission for change.