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Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice for Children

The Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice for Children was established in 1988 to address the problems of children whose lives and life chances are shaped by New York State's courts. The Commission is chaired by Chief Judge Judith Kaye and its members include judges, lawyers, advocates, physicians, legislators and state and local officials.

Child The Commission has spearheaded reforms to enhance the lives of New York's children. It was instrumental in the passage of New York State's Early Intervention Laws of 1992 and 1993 and created the nation's first statewide system of Children's Centers in the courts. Our centers in New York State's courts last year serve over 45,000 children. In 1994, the New York State Court of Appeals designated the Commission to implement the New York State Court Improvement Project ("the CIP"), a federally funded project to assess and improve foster care, termination of parental rights and adoption proceedings.

Child The Commission has launched pilot projects and several statewide initiatives to support the overarching goals of the CIP. Statewide activities include developing tools to focus on the individual needs of children in foster care, identifying new resources to assist the court in decision making and increasing resource capacity to improve outcomes for children. The Healthy Development of Foster Children Initiative is the cornerstone of the Commission's strategy to address the individual needs of children in foster care and their caregivers. This initiative is a multi-pronged strategy that includes a booklet, Ensuring the Healthy Development of Foster Children: A Guide for Judges, Advocates and Child Welfare Professionals, training curriculum to assist all those involved in permanency decision making in identifying a foster child's health needs and numerous publications highlighting practice and policy issues to insure that the all children in foster care access needed services.


Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice for Children
150 State Street, Second Floor
Albany, NY 12207-1626
Phone 518-285-8780
Fax 518-462-2973

pjcjc@courts.state.ny.us


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