**Este grupo se reúne cada martes hasta el año 2021. Por favor visite el sitio web para más información.

The Children’s Bureau funded the YARH multi-phase grant program to build the evidence base on what works to prevent homelessness among youth and young adults who have been involved in the child welfare system.

The second webinar in the series will highlight the lessons learned and share resources and tools from the Colorado Department of Human Services/Division of Child Welfare’s project, Colorado’s Pathways to Success: Engaging Youth in a Coach-Like Way. Pathways is a voluntary, intensive, youth-driven, and strengths-based case management approach with the long-term goal of preventing homelessness among youth with foster care experience. For more details about the project and intervention, see the Project Summary https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/YARH2projectsummary_Colorado.pdf

Families Growing Together Through Adoption

Keynote Presentation: Knowing the Unknowable: Insight from Adoptees Working in Adoption

Steve Kalb, LMSW, Director of Post Adoption Services
Holt International
Joli Hanlon, BA, Director of Holt Adoptee Camp
Holt International
Caitlin Howe, MA, Post Adoption Programs Lead
Holt International

Friday, March 12
Saturday, March 13
9:00 am – 1:30 pm

This is not just for Passaic County! We love company!

Looking Beyond the Checklist of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE’s): Recognition of the impact of trauma and the long-term health and societal impacts on children and families is just the beginning of changing how we see and interact with children and families in distress. This presentation will focus on increasing knowledge about ACE’s and how applying this theoretical understanding in a practical way – how we interact, the environments we create, and the ways we connect to children and families – is the key to building resiliency for the most marginalized and misunderstood in our communities.

Professional Development Certificates will be offered at the end of the conference.

Each year, NICWA hosts the largest national gathering on American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) child advocacy issues. With over 1,400 attendees—and growing every year—this four-day conference has become the premiere national event addressing tribal child welfare and well-being. Keynote speakers range from federal officials at the highest level of government to youth with lived experience in child welfare systems.

The Families Learning Conference is for passionate people looking for innovative family learning strategies and practices to build stronger communities. Attending will provide exposure to a network of peers and funders, industry knowledge, and new teaching methods to take a more holistic approach to family engagement. Attendees are educators spanning preschool to adult learning, staff of community-based organizations and coalitions, librarians, parent leaders, funders, and researchers.

This 2-day conference features noted national and Michigan experts who will address a range of topics in the field of child abuse prevention, assessment, and treatment. In addition to the keynote presentations and plenary session, attendees will have a choice of over 30 workshops focusing on recent advances and best practices in the areas of prevention, medical issues, child advocacy, and law enforcement.

This unforgettable and inspiring conference features today’s most pressing issues in the anti-trafficking field. Presentations and workshops focus on skill-building, survivor experiences, cross-discipline collaboration, task force development, case studies and lessons learned. The JuST Conference continues to stand by the motto that each person has a role to play in preventing and ending commercial sexual exploitation, and that a collaborative community response is critical.