CIP Stories: Recent Episodes
National Center for State Courts
CIP Stories is a podcast focused on teaching and learning through sharing stories of dependency court system improvement and reform by illuminating the collaboration among Court Improvement Program coordinators, directors, judges, justices, lawyers, children, families, child welfare professionals and other community partners at the national, state and local levels.
For more than 25 years, the CIP has been a catalyst for changing the nation’s dependency courts and improving the safety, permanency, and well-being outcomes for the families and children involved with juvenile courts and child welfare agencies. William “Bill” DeLisio is the host and Mike Jacob is the sound engineer, together they partner with the National Center for State Courts to produce the CIP Stories Podcast. To hear the history and origin of the CIP, listen to the CIP Stories interview with Mark Hardin (https://audioboom.com/posts/7433785-bill-delisio-and-mark-hardin) from the 2019 National Leadership Summit IV on Child Welfare (https://www.ncsc.org/childrenssummit) .
Podcast Host
William “Bill” DeLisio, MSLS, BSAS, Family Law Programs Manager at Colorado’s State Court Administrator’s Office has twenty years of experience as a judicial administrator and court program manager at the local and state level. Bill is responsible for leading child and family initiatives, building teams, catalyzing new way of thinking, and improving the administration of justice through collaboration. Prior to joining the State Court Administrator’s Office, Bill worked in Colorado’s Seventeenth Judicial District from December 1999 – August 2005 as Domestic Relation Case Manager, Juvenile Family Court Facilitator, and Juvenile Court Programs Manager. Bill has been producing an internal podcast for the Colorado Judicial Branch since 2018 and has released 30 episodes as of March 2020.
Justice David Nahmias joins CIP Stories to discuss the efforts underway in Georgia to use data to better support courts and serve families. Justice Nahmias also shares his commitment to honoring the professionals working on the front lines and the importance of honoring essential workers in the child welfare and juvenile court systems.
Jerry Bruce joins CIP Stories to discuss his journey from attorney to judge to CIP coordinator. We also discuss how Jerry is taking best practices to the next level in Georgia.
In 1995, Michelle Barclay was named the Court Improvement Coordinator in Georgia. Michelle joins the podcast to discuss the work of the CIP over the past twenty years.
Joan Ohl, West Virginia's CIP leader, chats with moderator Bill DeLisio, to talk about the Children’s Bureau.
Kamilah Joseph, Virgin Islands' CIP, sits down with Bill DeLisio to talk about the implementation of the territory's CIP's program in 2017.
Christine Kiesel, of New York's CIP, discusses the practice and implementation of the program in the Empire State.
Judge Bryan Murray and Debra Alsaker-Burke, Idaho's CIP, discusses 20+ years of leading change.
In this episode, host Bill DeLisio , of the Colorado State Court Administrator's Office, and Mark Hardin discuss the origins of the Court Improvement Programs from the 80s to today.
Deb Van Dyke Reis, Nebraska's Director of Nebraska Court Improvement Project, shares how she is fulfilling her dream job.
Alicia Davis, principal court management consultant for the National Center for State Courts, and Colorado's CIP and Bill DeLisio, family law program manager for Colorado's state court administrator's office, share how they have witnessed the evolution of the CIP.
Mark Hardin, Jane Ohl, David Kelly and moderator Bill DeLisio sit down to discuss the "Impact of the 25 Years of the Court Improvement Program: A Fireside Chat."