The mission of CIP:
To assist the courts to improve the safety, permanency, and well-being outcomes for children and families involved in the child welfare court system.
Court Improvement Program Staff
Administrative Office of the Courts | Supreme Court of Oklahoma
2100 North Lincoln Boulevard, Suite 3 | Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Felice Hamilton
Director of Judicial Education and Children’s CIP Program 405-556-9825
felice.hamilton@oscn.net
Strategic Plan
The goals of Oklahoma’s Court Improvement Program (CIP) are:
Assist Child Welfare Systems
CIP helps child welfare systems address the CFSR outcomes of Safety, Permanency, and Wellbeing
Better outcomes for families
To produce better outcomes for children and families that are tangible, measurable, and time specific
Assist Oklahoma’s courts
To allow courts to address fundamental problems by improving legal and judicial training and developing and improving court data systems
History
What does the CIP Grant support?
CIP provides multidisciplinary training opportunities across the state.
Training is offered by judicial invite to DHS, tribes, legal community, OJA, and other entities with child serving responsibilities.
CIP holds yearly conferences to provide CLE credits to judges and attorneys at no charge.
The CIP Grant provides funds to promote data sharing between courts, child welfare agencies, and tribes.
The grant has been used to fund data analysis for successful programs such as Parent Partner Program and High Quality Legal Representation.
CIP maintains a multidisciplinary taskforce of stakeholders to collaborate on future and ongoing projects.
Mediation can be useful when a case appears to be “legally stuck” or there is a lack of parental engagement.
Mediation allows a neutral third party to facilitate productive communication to determine the best interest of the child.
Mediation can be used at any point in the life of a case, and is available to all courts across Oklahoma.
2025 Juvenile Justice Oversight and Advisory Committee (JJOAC)
The governing body for CIP is the Juvenile Justice Oversight and Advisory Committee (JJOAC). JJOAC is a committee comprised of nine judges appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma who are known as the juvenile court “experts” across the state. The JJOAC provides guidance in the planning and use of CIP funds which may include provision for court assessments, judicial education and multidisciplinary training, data collection/analysis, and technology enhancements for judges with juvenile docket responsibilities.
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Honorable W. Mike Warren |
Associate District Judge |
Harmon County |
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Honorable Michael Flanagan |
Associate District Judge |
Cotton County |
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Honorable Brooke S. Gatlin |
Associate District Judge |
Washita County |
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Honorable Jason Seigars |
Special Judge |
Garfield County |
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Honorable Kaitlyn G. Allen |
District Judge |
Oklahoma County |
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Honorable Laura Farris |
Special Judge |
Creek County |
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Honorable Rebecca Gore |
Associate District Judge |
Mayes County |
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Honorable Liz Brown |
Associate District Judge |
Adair County |
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Honorable Marion Fry |
Associate District Judge |
LeFlore County |
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Address
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105