Training: When You Decide: A Judges Guide to Pregnancy Prevention Among Foster Youth Toolkit

Developed by The National Campaign and The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ), this Toolkit is designed to guide judges and child welfare stakeholders in ensuring youth are able to make healthy choices. It focuses on youth getting from appropriate system stakeholders the support, knowledge, and tools needed to make healthy long-term decisions regarding sex and reproduction. The Toolkit includes judicial practice designed by judges, including bench tools, and foundational information for a court-based collaborative initiative on reducing pregnancy among foster youth. Easily incorporated with existing bench books and bench tools, the Toolkit will help judges empower foster youth to make choices which delay pregnancy by giving judges and child welfare stakeholders tools and strategies to support foster youth empowerment.