Children's Justice Initiative (CJI)

Training

Upcoming Trainings

ICWA/MIFPA Foundation Trainings with TTCP

This training is brought to you by the University of Minnesota Duluth Tribal Training and Certification Partnership (TTCP), in collaboration with the Children’s Justice Initiative (CJI). This is an introductory course to the basics of the history of ICWA and application of ICWA and MIFPA. We have an education team comprised of several community trainers that come from University of Minnesota Duluth's MSW faculty and instructors, the Center for Regional and Tribal Child Welfare Studies instructors and researchers, tribal child welfare workers, county child welfare ICWA specialists, urban ICWA workers, individuals with lived experience, the MN GAL program, CJI Faculty, and elders. Your education team will include a mixture of individuals representing these varied backgrounds.

Upcoming Dates:

• April 10 & 17 - at Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
• July 13 & 20 – at Roseville Child Welfare Training Center
• August 3 & 10 – at Lower Sioux Indian Community 
• September 14 & 21 – at White Earth Nation 
• October 5 & 12 – at Roseville Child Welfare Training Center
• November 2 & 9 – at Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
• December 7 & 14 – at Prairie Island Indian Community

Register for this training.

CLE/CJE Credit Information:

Judicial officers, court administration staff, guardians ad litem, social workers, and attorneys can report this course for continuing education credit. Please reach out to the Children's Justice Initiative for additional information for reporting requirements.

Recorded Trainings

FFPSA Foundational Training

Course Description: Minnesota fully implemented the court review requirements of FFPSA on September 30, 2021. Since that date, Minnesota district courts have been required to review and approve or not approve decisions to place children in Qualified Residential Treatment Programs (QRTPs) within 60 days of placement. In addition to the initial review of QRTP placements, courts also need to complete long-term, ongoing review of the QRTP placement to ensure it continues to meet a child's well-being.

FFPSA Advanced Training

Course Description: To ensure child well-being for children and youth placed in a children’s residential facility and/or foster residence setting, Minnesota fully implemented the court review requirements of the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) on September 30, 2021. Minnesota district courts are required to review and approve or not approve decisions to place children in Qualified Residential Treatment Programs (QRTPs) within 60 days of placement and complete long-term, ongoing reviews of those QRTP placements to ensure they continue to meet a child’s well-being. Since implementing these changes, a lot has been learned about integrating QRTP placement reviews into child welfare case work.