Early Childhood Courts

Background

Using the National 0到3 该组织的安全婴儿法庭小组方法和迈阿密儿童福利模型, 佛罗里达州的幼儿法庭于2014年出现，是抚养法庭改进计划的主要举措. 幼儿法庭处理涉及三岁以下儿童的儿童福利案件. 这是一个 problem-solving court where legal, societal, 和 individual problems intersect.

Healthy attachment 和 early brain development, from birth to age three, is crucial to a child's future social-emotional health, 入学准备, 和 life-long well-being. 儿童福利系统中的婴幼儿发育迟缓的风险非常高, non-optimal attachment relationships, 创伤, 有毒的压力会影响他们在未来几年的适应和健康, 可悲的是, 一生一世. 幼儿法院允许法院采取目前已知的关于早期大脑发育的适当服务和做法，并将其提供给最脆弱的儿童. For additional information view the Safe Babies Court Teams video.

多学科抚养法庭改进小组制定了最佳实践标准，这些标准主要基于在其他州的安全婴儿法庭小组地点进行的研究和分析，以及对具体的幼儿循证干预措施的研究和分析. The Florida Supreme Court adopted the Early Childhood Court Best Practice St和ards 和评论 2019年11月. 解决问题法院指导委员会正在为所有具有最佳实践标准的解决问题法院制定一项认证计划. Core components of early childhood court include judicial leadership, a community coordinator, monthly court reviews, evidence-based child-parent therapy, frequent parent-child contact, 和 the use of multidisciplinary family team meetings.

The goal of Florida's early childhood court is to:

improve child safety 和 well-being
heal 创伤和 repair the parent/child relationship
promote timely permanency
stop the intergenerational cycle of maltreatment

当前的状态

佛罗里达州的幼儿法庭已经从2014年的几个地点发展到2023年的32个地点. The partnership between the Office of the State Courts Administrator, Florida State University, 0到3, 其他有价值的合作伙伴使这一倡议得以扩大.

Below is a map of early childhood court sites throughout the state.

Measuring Success

0到3's Safe Babies Court Teams boast timely permanency 和 a substantial reduction of re-maltreatment. 永久性也可以被称为案件结束，孩子被安置在一个永久的家. 佛罗里达州的数据继续显示出积极的结果，特别是在永久天数方面. 最佳实践标准的实施将增加数据的一致性，并促进全州范围内方法的保真度.

total number of children served between 2015 和 2021

During the 2018 session, 佛罗里达州立法机构为佛罗里达州儿童福利研究所(FICW)拨款，对佛罗里达州的幼儿法庭进行为期一年的全州评估. 评价的目的是更好地了解执行情况, characteristics of participating sites, outcomes of participating children 和 families, 和 cost effectiveness. An 执行概要 from the FICW completed mixed method evaluation in June 2019.

阅读由拉菲2平台用户登录进行的儿童早期法庭(ECC)结果分析摘要 2020.

阅读由佛罗里达儿童福利研究所(FICW)进行的儿童早期法庭(ECC)数据分析报告 2022.

关于数据

Timely permanency is assessed by measuring the time to closure, which is the time from the removal to the time the child's case is closed. Case closure is defined as the termination of supervision. In 2020, 拉菲2平台用户登录对从1月1日起获得永久监护权的儿童进行了比较分析, 2015 to December 31, 2019年在佛罗里达州的17个幼儿法院(ECC)地点和6个从未有过ECC的司法巡回法院. 这样做是为了更清楚地了解ECC对永久性结果的影响. 分析强调了结案案件，其永久性结果如下:与父母团聚, 采用, 和 permanent guardianship with a relative or non-relative.

Analysis Results-Permanency

统一:

儿童庇护中心由迁离至关闭团聚的平均日数为483天.

非ecc儿童从搬迁到关闭团聚的平均天数为620天.

This is a difference of 137 days, which means ECC children attained permanency through reunification 4.5 months sooner than non-ECC children.

采用:

儿童保育中心儿童从搬迁到关闭领养的平均天数为700天.

非ecc儿童的收养手续从搬迁到关闭的平均天数为779天.

This is a difference of 79 days, 这意味着ECC儿童比非ECC儿童几乎早3个月被收养.

Permanent Guardianship:

从搬迁到永久监护的平均天数为454天.

非ecc儿童永久监护从搬迁到关闭的平均天数为606天.

This is a difference of 152 days, 这意味着ECC儿童通过永久监护获得永久监护权的时间比非ECC儿童大约早5个月.

整体永久性(包括团聚、收养和永久监护):

The average number of days from removal to closure for ECC children was 559.

非ecc儿童从搬迁到关闭的平均天数为664天.

这是105天的差异，这意味着ECC儿童获得了永久性.5 months sooner than non-ECC children.

下表显示了从拆除到关闭的平均天数(ECC与非ECC):

Types of closures for ecc 和 non ecc children in 2021; Plot; Diagram; Text

下图显示了主要类型的闭包结果(ECC与非ECC)的子数目:

Mean days to permanency by outcome ecc vs non ecc; Text; Number; Bow

*does not include number of children closed in other/unknown outcomes

安全

In the analysis, children in ECC experienced a lower rate of re-removals (7.8%) compared to non-ECC children (8.8%).

幸福

ECC的儿童接受亲子治疗，采用循证干预，旨在治愈创伤，修复儿童与父母或照顾者的关系. ECC的其他特点包括孩子和父母之间的接触更频繁, fewer termination of parental rights trials, 和 a continuum of infant mental health 和 early intervention services.