Court case management refers to the schedule of proceedings including calendar management, case preparation, case plan management, and time management. Case management is critical at each stage of child abuse and neglect cases and it is critical for courts and other system professionals to establish processes to ensure cases are always moving toward the permanency goal. Effective case management practices allows judges to have a comprehensive understanding and overview of the details of each case therefore promoting due process, their ability to assess safety, and make goal focused decisions, and effectively use scarce court resources.

This section will provide an overview of the Case Management strategies that can help to efficiently advance child abuse and neglect cases to achieve safe and timely permanency in accordance with federal and state mandated timeframes.