The Children’s Commission, in partnership with the Texas Center for the Judiciary, will host the 12 th Annual Child Welfare Judges Conference at the Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Capitol in Austin, Texas, in October 2019. The program will start on Monday morning, October 21, and end mid-day on October 23, 2019.



As in years past, the conference will offer continuing education credits. Please look for an additional announcement regarding the conference agenda and registration details in June 2019.

The Children’s Commission through its conference partner, Texas Center for the Judiciary, is offering scholarships for qualifying judges to attend the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges’ (NCJFCJ) 82 nd Annual Conference, to be held on July 28-31, 2019 in Orlando, Florida. All scholarship recipients will also receive a one-year NCJFCJ membership. Please visit the NCJFCJ Annual Conference web page for more information.

To be eligible for a scholarship, participants must hear civil child welfare cases. Additionally, all applicants must agree to attend the Children’s Commission annual Child Welfare Judges Conference, to be held October 21-23, 2019, in Austin, Texas. Preference is given to judges who hear a high percentage of child welfare cases. More information about scholarship criteria and logistics is available on the judicial scholarships page of the Children’s Commission website.

 

Please link to the NCJFCJ Conference scholarship application to complete the application. The deadline to apply for the scholarship is midnight on this Friday, April 12, 2019 .

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