We envision other court committees and subcommittees to focus on specific aspects of the assessment and the CINA committees ' policy directives. A clerks ' committee might work to make filing procedures consistent. Another subcommittee should recommend changes in the court ' s case management system to effectively track CINA cases. Subcommittees to oversee judicial and magistrate training also would be necessary. These recommendations will not be easy to implement.
Resources are scarce, both for the involved agencies and for the state as a whole.
Judges are to a substantial degree uncomfortable with the increased role envisioned in this report and in federal and state law. In addition to the impact on children and families, failure to address problems in the system will impact society as a whole. It cannot be surprising that some abused and neglected children later become delinquent children, and grow into adults who often abuse society through crime, as well as their own children. The cost and effort of improving Alaska ' s foster care system may be high, but it is not nearly so high as ignoring the problems.