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Children's Justice Act

The Children’s Justice Act grant funds strengthen the investigation and prosecution of child abuse cases, reduce trauma to child abuse victims, and promote interagency collaboration. The Children’s Justice Act program focuses particularly on improving the handling of child maltreatment cases.

Representatives from child protection, law enforcement, the courts, mental health professions, and other fields review laws, policies and procedures affecting abused children and make recommendations for needed changes.

In Minnesota, Children’s Justice Act funds are used to:

• Support and promote basic and advanced specialized forensic interview training for law enforcement and child protection workers

• Support and promote mandated reporter training

• Co-sponsor the Child Protection Conference

• Sponsor specialized training for county attorneys

• Support and promote specialized training for medical professionals

• Support and promote system collaboration

Children's Justice Initiative, Minnesota Supreme Court
Minnesota Judges Juvenile Protection Bench book
Catch the Vision Tool Kit: 20 Recommended Practices to Help Families in the Child Protection System with Alcohol and Other Drug Issues
U.S. Department of Justice funding opportunities
Click here for Minnesota Children's Justice Act Task Force Three Year Report (PDF)

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