(Click for districts and teams as well as lead CIP project specialist.) 

Over 25 multidisciplinary local teams across Nebraska meet regularly to address systemic issues in their juvenile court system. Team membership typically consists of a lead judge, a team coordinator, county attorneys, parents’ attorneys, guardians ad litem, DHHS administrators, supervisors, and caseworkers, facilitators/mediators, CASA employees and volunteers, Foster Care Review Office members, therapists, clerk magistrates, probation chiefs and officers, law enforcement professionals, school employees, youth and foster parents. The teams create their own action plans, which include projects and goals to improve the juvenile court system, and then meet regularly to ensure those goals are being accomplished.

Each year, it is estimated that team members donate over 750 hours of their time working on issues as part of their local teams. Not only do teams meet regularly, but many also host special events, such as the National Reunification Day, National Adoption Day or host lectures and tranings, and participate in other systemic improvement activities. The teams also collaborate with state staff and other local teams through conferences, trainings, data assessments and other activities.