Resource Letter:
For Judges Handling Child Protective Services Cases
March 29, 2019
Judicial Scholarship Opportunity to NCJFCJ 82 nd Annual Conference
The Children’s Commission through its conference partner, Texas Center for the Judiciary, will offer 25 scholarships for qualifying judges to attend the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges’(NCJFCJ) 82nd Annual Conference, to be held on July 28-31, 2019 in Orlando, Florida. This year’s conference will feature plenary sessions on family law, juvenile justice, child welfare, and family violence, as well as break-out sessions featuring practical and innovative solutions on these same topics. More information is available at NCJFCJ 82 nd Annual Conference .

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. The deadline to apply for the scholarship is midnight on April 12, 2019.

Awardees must complete a post-conference survey to receive reimbursement, which is limited to registration fees and conference-related expenses such as travel, lodging, and meals, up to $2,000. Any additional expenses must be covered by the scholarship recipient. All scholarship recipients will also receive a one-year NCJFCJ membership. The NCJFCJ is an 82-year old judicial organization which is recognized nationally for providing cutting edge and multidisciplinary training, technical assistance, research, and resources to assist juvenile and family court system professionals. To learn more about the NCJFCJ and the benefits of becoming a member, please link to the Membership Benefits page.

Please link to the NCJFCJ Conference scholarship application to complete the application.

If you are selected to receive a scholarship, Texas Center for the Judiciary will notify you and assist with registration and hotel logistics. Please do not call the conference hotel or make reservations for the conference prior to receiving a scholarship acceptance email from Texas Center for the Judiciary. For questions regarding the NCJFCJ judicial scholarships logistics, please contact Heidi Penix of TCJ at heidip@yourhonor.com .

For information regarding eligible travel expenses, please review the Texas Center for the Judiciary’s Travel Reimbursement Guidelines .

More information about this scholarship and other scholarship opportunities is available by linking to the judicial scholarships page of the Children’s Commission website.
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For a complete list of  Jurist in Residence Letters , please visit the Children's Commission website. Information provided by the Children’s Commission should not be read as a commentary by the Supreme Court of Texas or any other court. For more information about the Children’s Commission, please visit our  website .
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