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Crafting the Greenbook Framers Reflect on the Vision, Process, and Lessons Learned

NCJ Number
237230
Journal
Journal of Interpersonal Violence Volume: 23 Issue: 7 Dated: July 2008 Pages: 981-1006
Author(s)
Colleen Janczewski; Nicole Dutch; Kathleen Wang
Date Published
July 2008
Length
26 pages
Annotation
This article describes the development of the Greenbook and the challenges and successes anticipated for communities and systems that chose to implement the recommendations.
Abstract
Guided by research and the experiences of judges nationwide, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges made a commitment in 1998 to improve community response to families experiencing domestic violence and child maltreatment. A year later, the council's work culminated in a set of recommendations commonly called the Greenbook, which summoned child welfare agencies, domestic violence service providers, and dependency courts to implement internal changes and collaborate to address co-occurring domestic violence and child maltreatment. In 2000, the federal government funded six community-based demonstration programs to implement the Greenbook recommendations. As part of the evaluation of the Greenbook initiative, the evaluation team asked the national experts who helped frame the Greenbook to reflect on the processes used and the decisions that shaped the document. In addition, the experts were asked to describe their expectations for the systems and communities that implemented the recommendations, including anticipated challenges. (Published Abstract)