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** Anson Buncombe Burke Caldwell Catawba Cumberland Durham Greene Halifax Lenoir Mecklenburg Montgomery Moore New Hanover Pender Pitt Randolph Richmond Stanly Union Wake Wayne Family Court Counties In February 2009, Pitt County Depart-ment of Social Services, Family Court and other community partners formed a committee to work on foster parents re-cruitment and retention especially as it related to teenage foster children. The committee met every other month over the period of the next year. Several ini-tiatives surrounding foster care and the child welfare system in Pitt County were implemented by the committee: “Under Our Wings” is a community plan for recruiting, retaining, and developing foster and adoptive families who can meet the needs of children in the care of DSS. It is a community-based recruiting approach (recruitment takes place in neighborhoods and places of worship where potential families live) and pro-vides support services to families. An advertising firm was retained to market the recruitment of foster parents. In another initiative, Pitt County DSS together with community partners devel-oped a “One Church—One Child” pro-gram. This is a partnership designed to make a difference in the lives of children and families in Pitt County by (1) identi-fying and supporting families in congre-gations who may be interested in be-coming adoptive or foster parents, (2) helping to meet the needs of children in foster care, (3) supporting parents and families who provide foster care and (4) enlightening churches about the needs of foster children. A training event by Reverend Jon Hunter from Rowan County on this initiative was held Febru-ary 26, 2010. Several local churches and community partners attended the event. Pitt County is also working with the Casey Family Programs to develop a “Parents as Partners” program. A trained parent partner, who has ex-perienced the system and been re-united with their children, can help a parent complete the case plan re-quirements quicker. The parent’s at-torney can then advocate for reunifica-tion more effectively. Parent Partners may accompany parents to court hearings and agency meetings, help them access services and encourage them to advocate for themselves. When parent partners are involved, the parents get the support and knowl-edge to navigate the system and im-prove the chances of reunification. The parent partners can relate to the parents in a way that no other can by sharing their experiences and suc-cesses. For attorneys representing the parents, a parent partner is a valuable asset to the case. Pitt County is also working with the Casey Family Programs and Mecklen-burg and Guilford Counties to hold a “NC Child Welfare Convening” on September 22, 2010 in Raleigh. The purpose of the convening is to provide an overview of the child welfare and judicial reform efforts in NC with a specific focus on the prevalence of disproportionality in the child welfare system and to discuss examples of promising work efforts underway in NC and opportunities for greater coor-dination and collaboration of these work efforts, as well as to illustrate the catalytic role philanthropic institutions can play to support these efforts. Mona.N.Williams@nccourts.org OUR MISSION http://www.nccourts.org/ncfamilycourt Unified Family Courts of North Carolina P U B L I S H E D B Y T H E F AM I L Y C O U R T A D V I S O R Y C O M M I T T E E September 2010 UNDER OUR WINGS U N I T ING T O RA I S E P I T T COUNTY F O S T E R F A M I L I E S DI S T R I C T 3A—PI TT COUNTY To help resolve cases involving children and families through combined efforts of the family, the Court and community services. To approach each case in a way that is not overly adversarial or intrusive but always in a just, timely and efficient manner. To be courteous, safe and accessible and to provide quality service to those in need. ** Anson/Richmond/Stanly-Judicial District 20A: Through the Access and Visitation workshop development fund, Coordina-tor Carolyn Green, planned a “Free Friday Night Fun for Fa-thers and their Children” event for August 27, 2010 at the Family Life Center in Stanly County. It will feature Pastor Merv Massey, a motivational speaker from Waxhaw, NC who is a strong advocate of families and fatherhood. Tennelle.W.Hann@nccourts.org Buncombe-Judicial District 28: Buncombe County is very pleased to be a pilot district for the “Child Safety Guide” pro-ject which seeks to better ensure child safety in the child wel-fare system. Family Court is working closely with DSS, DJJDP and the GAL program, as well as the judges, to implement this practical approach to safety decision making for children in our Juvenile Court system. Toward the same goal, Family Court is also collaborating with other community agencies on an “Interagency Management Team” to work to improve safety and timeliness of permanence for children. Ellen.G.Rose@nccourts.org Cumberland-Judicial District 12: Family Court conducted a Community Education Session on Monday, July 13, 2010 at the Cumberland County Main Library. This community educa-tion session was a direct result of a roundtable discussion con-ducted by the Family Court staff in March 2010. Many of the participants were unaware of the services that are provided by the court system. The Community Education Session was developed to explain the resources available through Family Court and to explain the court process. Approximately fifty people attended the first session and we plan to host these education classes quarterly. Mia.M.LaMotte@nccourts.org Greene/Lenoir/Wayne-Judicial District 8: The Judges and Family Court Staff of District 8 participated in several educa-tional opportunities during the month of June. A training on prescription drugs was attended by Judge Heath and Judge Brantley, along with Family Drug Treatment Court team mem-bers from Lenoir and Wayne Counties. Later in the month, all Family Court Staff and Judges attended trainings with other districts. During the last few months, domestic and juvenile committees have met to continue the process of revising the local rules. Laura.H.Smith@nccourts.org Halifax-Judicial District 6A: Chief District Court and Family Court Judge Brenda G. Branch was recognized with the Citi-zen Lawyer Award by the North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA) in conjunction with the Citizen Lawyer Task Force at the NCBA Annual Meeting in Wilmington in June. The Citizen Lawyer Award was established in 2007 and recognizes law-yers who provide exemplary public service to their communi-ties. Judge Branch serves as an advisor to young girls at her church, leads the Attendance Initiative and Motivation “AIM” Program (formerly the Truancy Diversion Project) at two middle schools, and is working to establish a Teen Court in District 6A. Judge Branch also sits on the board of Action for Children and is a fellow of the Robert Wood Johnson Founda-tion National Leadership Class (Ladder to Leadership). She serves as a mentor to many young children in underserved communities and volunteers her services to the NCBA as a member of the Lawyer Effectiveness and Quality of Life Com-mittee. The Judge also serves on Chief Justice Sarah Parker's Commission on Professionalism. Judge Branch often states, "Juvenile courts and domestic court involving custody cases are the most important courts in our county because they in-volve the lives of children." Susan.W.Horrell@nccourts.org Montgomery/Moore/Randolph-Judicial District 19B: The revised Domestic Rules went into effect July 6, 2010. The new rules provide for sanctions for failure to attend mediation ap-pointments and require all North Carolina residents to attend orientation in their home county before a request to waive cus-tody mediation based on distance will be considered. There is a new Motion and Order for Continuance form which is now required for all continuance requests. The revisions were de-veloped during the past two years while working under the original local rules. Nancy.M.Butler@nccourts.org New Hanover/Pender-Judicial District 5: In May, A “Brunch and Learn” workshop entitled “Business Valuation Reports” was presented by Family Court and Dixon Hughes, PLLC, of Charlotte. The presenters provided a program to assist attor-neys in understanding the basic components and require-ments of business reports and an understanding of the differ-ent types of valuation approaches. In August, Family Court presented a “Lunch and Learn” entitled “Procedures for Do-mestic Cases” for attorneys and their staff who practice in Pender County. Suann.N.Bechtel@nccourts.org Union-Judicial District 20B: Union County hosted three third year law students, one paralegal and one undergraduate stu-dent as interns during the summer. This group of volunteers worked diligently to review old cases. Their work resulted in the closure of nearly fifty cases. The interns also developed a “form bank” for district court judges and forms and procedures for self-represented clients. Martha.S.Hall@nccourts.org Wake-Judicial District 10: Family Court is pleased to an-nounce the recent creation of their website at www.nccourts.org/County/Wake/Courts/Family. This site was designed to provide stakeholders with easy access to local rules, forms, file it yourself packets and resource information. Additionally, through funding received from a GCC grant, Fam-ily Court is in the process of hiring their first ever Domestic Violence Case Coordinator. This individual will be responsible for managing domestic violence cases and assisting stake-holders, especially those with crossover cases in family, civil and criminal courts. Melissa.C.Levine@nccourts.org Unified Family Courts of North Carolina September 2010 Page 2 FAMILY COURT NEWS Western Region 919-890-1204 Lori.C.Cole@nccourts.org Central Region 919-890-1203 Alisa.D.Huffman@nccourts.org Eastern Region 919-890-1211 DeShield.Smith@nccourts.org Copies of this public document were not printed. It is available online: http://www.nccourts.org/Citizens/CPrograms/Family/Default.asp NCAOC Family Court Management Specialists
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Full Text | ** Anson Buncombe Burke Caldwell Catawba Cumberland Durham Greene Halifax Lenoir Mecklenburg Montgomery Moore New Hanover Pender Pitt Randolph Richmond Stanly Union Wake Wayne Family Court Counties In February 2009, Pitt County Depart-ment of Social Services, Family Court and other community partners formed a committee to work on foster parents re-cruitment and retention especially as it related to teenage foster children. The committee met every other month over the period of the next year. Several ini-tiatives surrounding foster care and the child welfare system in Pitt County were implemented by the committee: “Under Our Wings” is a community plan for recruiting, retaining, and developing foster and adoptive families who can meet the needs of children in the care of DSS. It is a community-based recruiting approach (recruitment takes place in neighborhoods and places of worship where potential families live) and pro-vides support services to families. An advertising firm was retained to market the recruitment of foster parents. In another initiative, Pitt County DSS together with community partners devel-oped a “One Church—One Child” pro-gram. This is a partnership designed to make a difference in the lives of children and families in Pitt County by (1) identi-fying and supporting families in congre-gations who may be interested in be-coming adoptive or foster parents, (2) helping to meet the needs of children in foster care, (3) supporting parents and families who provide foster care and (4) enlightening churches about the needs of foster children. A training event by Reverend Jon Hunter from Rowan County on this initiative was held Febru-ary 26, 2010. Several local churches and community partners attended the event. Pitt County is also working with the Casey Family Programs to develop a “Parents as Partners” program. A trained parent partner, who has ex-perienced the system and been re-united with their children, can help a parent complete the case plan re-quirements quicker. The parent’s at-torney can then advocate for reunifica-tion more effectively. Parent Partners may accompany parents to court hearings and agency meetings, help them access services and encourage them to advocate for themselves. When parent partners are involved, the parents get the support and knowl-edge to navigate the system and im-prove the chances of reunification. The parent partners can relate to the parents in a way that no other can by sharing their experiences and suc-cesses. For attorneys representing the parents, a parent partner is a valuable asset to the case. Pitt County is also working with the Casey Family Programs and Mecklen-burg and Guilford Counties to hold a “NC Child Welfare Convening” on September 22, 2010 in Raleigh. The purpose of the convening is to provide an overview of the child welfare and judicial reform efforts in NC with a specific focus on the prevalence of disproportionality in the child welfare system and to discuss examples of promising work efforts underway in NC and opportunities for greater coor-dination and collaboration of these work efforts, as well as to illustrate the catalytic role philanthropic institutions can play to support these efforts. Mona.N.Williams@nccourts.org OUR MISSION http://www.nccourts.org/ncfamilycourt Unified Family Courts of North Carolina P U B L I S H E D B Y T H E F AM I L Y C O U R T A D V I S O R Y C O M M I T T E E September 2010 UNDER OUR WINGS U N I T ING T O RA I S E P I T T COUNTY F O S T E R F A M I L I E S DI S T R I C T 3A—PI TT COUNTY To help resolve cases involving children and families through combined efforts of the family, the Court and community services. To approach each case in a way that is not overly adversarial or intrusive but always in a just, timely and efficient manner. To be courteous, safe and accessible and to provide quality service to those in need. ** Anson/Richmond/Stanly-Judicial District 20A: Through the Access and Visitation workshop development fund, Coordina-tor Carolyn Green, planned a “Free Friday Night Fun for Fa-thers and their Children” event for August 27, 2010 at the Family Life Center in Stanly County. It will feature Pastor Merv Massey, a motivational speaker from Waxhaw, NC who is a strong advocate of families and fatherhood. Tennelle.W.Hann@nccourts.org Buncombe-Judicial District 28: Buncombe County is very pleased to be a pilot district for the “Child Safety Guide” pro-ject which seeks to better ensure child safety in the child wel-fare system. Family Court is working closely with DSS, DJJDP and the GAL program, as well as the judges, to implement this practical approach to safety decision making for children in our Juvenile Court system. Toward the same goal, Family Court is also collaborating with other community agencies on an “Interagency Management Team” to work to improve safety and timeliness of permanence for children. Ellen.G.Rose@nccourts.org Cumberland-Judicial District 12: Family Court conducted a Community Education Session on Monday, July 13, 2010 at the Cumberland County Main Library. This community educa-tion session was a direct result of a roundtable discussion con-ducted by the Family Court staff in March 2010. Many of the participants were unaware of the services that are provided by the court system. The Community Education Session was developed to explain the resources available through Family Court and to explain the court process. Approximately fifty people attended the first session and we plan to host these education classes quarterly. Mia.M.LaMotte@nccourts.org Greene/Lenoir/Wayne-Judicial District 8: The Judges and Family Court Staff of District 8 participated in several educa-tional opportunities during the month of June. A training on prescription drugs was attended by Judge Heath and Judge Brantley, along with Family Drug Treatment Court team mem-bers from Lenoir and Wayne Counties. Later in the month, all Family Court Staff and Judges attended trainings with other districts. During the last few months, domestic and juvenile committees have met to continue the process of revising the local rules. Laura.H.Smith@nccourts.org Halifax-Judicial District 6A: Chief District Court and Family Court Judge Brenda G. Branch was recognized with the Citi-zen Lawyer Award by the North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA) in conjunction with the Citizen Lawyer Task Force at the NCBA Annual Meeting in Wilmington in June. The Citizen Lawyer Award was established in 2007 and recognizes law-yers who provide exemplary public service to their communi-ties. Judge Branch serves as an advisor to young girls at her church, leads the Attendance Initiative and Motivation “AIM” Program (formerly the Truancy Diversion Project) at two middle schools, and is working to establish a Teen Court in District 6A. Judge Branch also sits on the board of Action for Children and is a fellow of the Robert Wood Johnson Founda-tion National Leadership Class (Ladder to Leadership). She serves as a mentor to many young children in underserved communities and volunteers her services to the NCBA as a member of the Lawyer Effectiveness and Quality of Life Com-mittee. The Judge also serves on Chief Justice Sarah Parker's Commission on Professionalism. Judge Branch often states, "Juvenile courts and domestic court involving custody cases are the most important courts in our county because they in-volve the lives of children." Susan.W.Horrell@nccourts.org Montgomery/Moore/Randolph-Judicial District 19B: The revised Domestic Rules went into effect July 6, 2010. The new rules provide for sanctions for failure to attend mediation ap-pointments and require all North Carolina residents to attend orientation in their home county before a request to waive cus-tody mediation based on distance will be considered. There is a new Motion and Order for Continuance form which is now required for all continuance requests. The revisions were de-veloped during the past two years while working under the original local rules. Nancy.M.Butler@nccourts.org New Hanover/Pender-Judicial District 5: In May, A “Brunch and Learn” workshop entitled “Business Valuation Reports” was presented by Family Court and Dixon Hughes, PLLC, of Charlotte. The presenters provided a program to assist attor-neys in understanding the basic components and require-ments of business reports and an understanding of the differ-ent types of valuation approaches. In August, Family Court presented a “Lunch and Learn” entitled “Procedures for Do-mestic Cases” for attorneys and their staff who practice in Pender County. Suann.N.Bechtel@nccourts.org Union-Judicial District 20B: Union County hosted three third year law students, one paralegal and one undergraduate stu-dent as interns during the summer. This group of volunteers worked diligently to review old cases. Their work resulted in the closure of nearly fifty cases. The interns also developed a “form bank” for district court judges and forms and procedures for self-represented clients. Martha.S.Hall@nccourts.org Wake-Judicial District 10: Family Court is pleased to an-nounce the recent creation of their website at www.nccourts.org/County/Wake/Courts/Family. This site was designed to provide stakeholders with easy access to local rules, forms, file it yourself packets and resource information. Additionally, through funding received from a GCC grant, Fam-ily Court is in the process of hiring their first ever Domestic Violence Case Coordinator. This individual will be responsible for managing domestic violence cases and assisting stake-holders, especially those with crossover cases in family, civil and criminal courts. Melissa.C.Levine@nccourts.org Unified Family Courts of North Carolina September 2010 Page 2 FAMILY COURT NEWS Western Region 919-890-1204 Lori.C.Cole@nccourts.org Central Region 919-890-1203 Alisa.D.Huffman@nccourts.org Eastern Region 919-890-1211 DeShield.Smith@nccourts.org Copies of this public document were not printed. It is available online: http://www.nccourts.org/Citizens/CPrograms/Family/Default.asp NCAOC Family Court Management Specialists |
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