Utah's Court Improvement Program
About Utah's Court Improvement Program
The Court Improvement Program (CIP) was created as part of the Omnibus and Reconciliation Act of 1993, Public Law 103-55. CIP is administered by the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children, Youth and Families. CIP provides funding and guidance to state court systems to develop and implement plans for improvement in the management of child welfare cases.
The Administrative Office of the Utah State Courts administers three CIP grants in accordance with federal guidelines and requirements. The basic CIP grant program was expanded in 2006, adding components for training and data collection and analysis. Utah's CIP is governed by the Court Improvement Program Committee and its executive committee, the Statewide Table of Six. From its inception, CIP has made measurable improvements in Utah's child welfare system, including:
- Model child welfare court programs
- CARE/SAFE Interface
- Statewide and regional cross-discipline trainings
- Expedited child welfare appeals
- Dually-Involved Youth
- Education of Children in State's Care
- Indian Child Welfare
- Kinship
Return to TopTraining Resources
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| American Indian Strengthening Families Program |  |
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| Anyone You Want Me to Be | |
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| Children in the Courtroom | |
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| Communication Tools to Help You Tap into Their Story | |
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| Courtroom Etiquette |  |
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| Drug Testing 101 (Gwen McMillin Ph.D) | |
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| Dual-Adjudication Youth |  |
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| Father Involvement | |
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| Educating Youth in State Care (ht.utah.gov) |  |
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| Health Implications for Drug Endangered Children | |
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| Impact of Opiods on Children | |
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| Pharmaceutical Awareness | |
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| State of Utah's Children in Care | |
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| The Good and Bad Adoptions | |
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| The Health of Children in Utah's Child Welfare System | |
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| Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act | |
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2012 Court Improvement Summit
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| Practice Elevated (Misty Butler) | |
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| Elevate, but how? (Margaret Burt) | |
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| Dually-Involved Youth Toolkit (Raechel Lizon) | |
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| Foster Parent Hearing Notifications (Brody Arishita & Navina Forsythe) | |
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| Indian Child Welfare (Sheldon Spotted Elk) | |
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| Educating Youth in State Care (Laurieann Thorpe) | |
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| Structured Decision Making (Lori Giovannoni) | |
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| Permanency Elevated (Judge Decker) | |
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| Permanency Elevated (Jeff Harrop) | |
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| Permanency Elevated (Laura Thompson) | |
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| If You Believe, They Will Believe and Achieve (Derek Clark) | |
Key for Document Types
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² Other -
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Related Links
- National Center for State Courts (ncsc.org)
- National Council for Juvenile and Family Court Judges (ncjfcj.org)
- ABA Center for Children and the Law (americanbar.org)
- Utah Division of Child and Family Services (hsdcfs.utah.gov)
- Utah Division of Juvenile Justice Services (hsdyc.utah.gov)
- CIP Community of Practice (inotes.icfconsulting.com)
- National Children's Advocacy Center (nationalcac.org)
- Parental Defense Alliance of Utah (parentaldefense.org)
- Office of Guardian ad Litem
- Office of Attorney General- Child Protection (attorneygeneral.utah.gov)
- Children's Justice Centers (attorneygeneral.utah.gov)
- Utah Bar Association (utahbar.org)
Contact Information
Katie GregoryCIP Program Director |
Misty ButlerCIP Program Coordinator |