Bio

Moriah joined the NCJFCJ/NCJJ  in 2017 and has held various roles within the organization. Starting as a research assistant with NCJJ, Moriah became a site manager   with the NCJFCJs Child Welfare and Juvenile Law Department in 2020 and re-joined    the NCJJ team as a Research Associate in 2023.  Before joining  the NCJFCJ/NCJJ,    her  work focused on community-based research of policy and practice to promote the   inclusion of community perspectives in local and institutional decision-making. She has    been able to continue  that work with the council by providing training and technical  assistance to courts to inform practice change. Her work  has focused on providing  technical assistance in data  collection and analysis of local, state, and national data    across several projects, assisting with the development of fundamental measures for    the juvenile justice system, helping process data for the National Juvenile Court Data Archive (NJCDA), helping courts implement the Enhanced Resource Guidelines (ERGs)    to improve practice in child abuse and neglect cases, and updating the Desktop Guide   to Good Juvenile Probation Practice.