FREE!

The virtual group will be held the 3rd Monday of the month from April 21, 2025 – March 16, 2026.

Meeting Dates: 5/19/2025, 6/16/2025, 7/21/2025, 8/18/2025, 9/15/2025, 10/20/2025, 11/17/2025, 12/15/2025, 1/19/2026, 2/16/2026, 3/16/2026

The Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.) is excited to launch the Lunch Break – Parent Support Group for adoptive, foster, and kinship parents and caregivers!*

Topics covered include relationship building, grief and loss, birth family relationships, coping skills and self-care, and so much more.

In this monthly group we will engage in thought provoking, honest conversations, receive support and guidance, and leave better equipped with expanded knowledge, skills, and confidence – knowing you are not alone. We look forward to seeing you there!

This is a drop-in group and participation at every session is not required. *

The Collaborative Mentoring Webinar Series is a free monthly webinar series for the mentoring field hosted and facilitated by MENTOR National, as well as a planning team of MENTOR Affiliates. Through ongoing evaluation of the latest developments in the field, this team delivers webinars focused on strengthening mentoring practices, sharing new resources, and helping the field put research into practice.

Current webinars are held monthly on the 3rd Thursday at:

• 10:00 – 11:30 AM Pacific
• 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Mountain
• 12:00 – 1:30 PM Central
• 1:00 – 2:30 PM Eastern

Webinars are free and online. Links to register for the upcoming webinar, with full descriptions and panelist information, are posted in the month leading up to the webinar. Check back periodically as plans for each month are finalized!

Need help with career advice, navigating resources, or just want to connect? This space is here for you!

When?

Starting December, join us every 2^nd Thursday of the month from 6 PM-7PM (EST}

Where?

Virtually on zoom! Zoom link will be shared

Who Should Attend?

• Experienced foster care or are currently in foster care
• Been adopted
• Been impacted by the criminal justice system
• Experienced human trafficking
• Had an incarcerated parent during their childhood

Why attend?

• Get answers to your questions
• Receive guidance and support
• Connect with someone who understands your journey

This is voluntary and unpaid. It is designed to support and empower eligible youth in achieving their goals

FREE!

In the last year, the Trump administration has relentlessly targeted immigrants, aiming to eliminate their access to essential safety net services and create fear in immigrant communities.

Older immigrants already face many barriers in accessing the health, economic, and legal services they need to age with dignity. The pursuit of arbitrary eligibility requirements, limiting language supports, and creating additional administrative burdens not only erodes older immigrants’ access to necessary supports, but may threaten access and quality of these supports for all older adults and people with disabilities.

This webinar, Bird’s Eye View: Issues Impacting Older Immigrants in 2025 Part 2, will provide a high-level overview of major issues facing older immigrants in 2025. This webinar will also provide advocates with information regarding the impacts of H.R. 1, rulemaking under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), and recent attempts to designate English as the official language of the United States.

Presenters will discuss:

• Who older immigrants are.
• Developments in immigration policies impacting older adults; and
• General guidance for advocates who work with older immigrants with resources from Justice in Aging and the National Immigration Law Center.

Who Should Participate: Advocates for and professionals working with older immigrants and other aging and disability stakeholders.

Join us for a free live virtual event!

Discover the value of visiting your ancestral home on a heritage trip, and learn how to effectively plan an itinerary. Join Kyle Betit, Travel Program Manager from Ancestry ProGenealogists, to explore why these ancestral visits are so meaningful and connecting. Discover practical tips about what kind of locations, experiences, and other elements you can include in your journey. We’ll also discuss when professional help can be beneficial and describe the journeys Ancestry ProGenealogists offers.

Staying in a skilled nursing facility, or SNF, can be a vulnerable time. While you are in a SNF, you may be newly released from the hospital and still recovering. But SNF stays come with their own unique challenges related to your Medicare coverage, which can be difficult to navigate while focused on your healing. Empower yourself now with the knowledge of how your SNF benefit works, so that if you or your loved one is in a SNF in the future, you can be ready.

FREE!

FREE!

How to Choose the Right Career in IT (with Case Studies)

The IT industry offers endless opportunities — from Project Managment, Business analyst Cloud, Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, DevOps, AI, and beyond.

Join SysIIT’s Full-Day Workshop on How to Choose the Right Career in IT. Through real-world case studies, success stories, and hands-on activities, you’ll gain clarity on where to start and how to grow in tech.

What You Will Learn:

Overview of IT career domains (Cloud, Security, Data, Development, AI, etc.)
Career paths, required skills, and certifications
Hands-on case studies showing fundamental transitions into IT
How to align your strengths with the right career path
Roadmap for breaking into IT with or without prior experience

Join us to learn about employment supports and services for adults with disabilities in NJ

FREE!

The monthly forum is a regularly scheduled virtual meeting to brief advocates and guide policy outreach. The meetings are open to all FASD advocates. You can help ensure action on critical FASD legislation by joining the monthly FASD policy virtual forum and preparing to engage with your senators and representatives.

FREE!

This is a free event open to adults of color who were adopted or are former foster youth. Space will be provided for participants to explore and share experiences around international adoption, foster care, transracial/interracial adoption, search and reunion, birth/first family and other topics of interest to the group.

Join Pact’s Executive Director and fellow adoptive parent, Beth Hall, to find community and talk about transracial adoption, race and identity issues that may be coming up for you or members of your family. The focus for these calls is transracial adoption.

These free calls are open only to current members of Pact. If you have not purchased a Pact membership (or your membership is not current) you can join at pactadopt.org.

Start the year by focusing on wellbeing that lasts. Join HR expert Lucinda Carney for this live webinar that will explore how individuals, teams, and organizations can prevent burnout, boost resilience, and embed sustainable wellbeing practices for 2026 and beyond.

By the end of this webinar, participants will:

• Understand the latest CIPD wellbeing insights and what they mean for your people strategy in 2026
• Create a wellbeing culture that goes beyond quick fixes and drives engagement and retention
• Empower line managers to spot early signs of burnout and support wellbeing in their teams
• Set realistic goals and boundaries that maintain motivation without causing overload
• Design a personal or organizational wellbeing plan for a balanced and resilient 2026

Free, monthly virtual support calls provide a safe space for BIPOC adoptive, foster and kinship parents of BIPOC teens and young adults.

Join Raquel Vivanco, Director of the Adoptive Parents of Color Collaborative (APCC) and fellow adoptive parent, to find community and talk about parenting adopted and foster teens and young adults of color, including challenges, and helpful strategies. We will discuss how relationships shift as our young ones grow in their journey and how we can support ourselves and our loved ones.

This call is for people of color who are parenting adopted/foster teens and young adults of color.  Please be respectful of their space.

In the whirlwind of medical appointments, diagnoses, and decisions, who holds the power? You do—and it’s time to reclaim it.

Discover practical, confidence-boosting strategies to navigate healthcare systems with clarity and control, whether you’re speaking up for yourself or championing a loved one.

Topics Include:

• Senior Housing Options, Senior Scams
• Declutter, Downsize, Moving, Senior Life Coach, Dating Over 60
• Long Term Care Insurance
• Senior Care Management
• Advance Care Directives
• Getting Top Dollar for Your Home and more…

MC: Steve Gurney of the Positive Aging Community

RSVP – To Receive Your Link

• becky.donahue@wintergrowthinc.org

These free support groups provide safe space where LGBTQ+ adoptive and foster parents of children of color can find community and talk about their parenting joys and challenges, intersections with our own queer identities and helpful strategies.

Registration closes at 4 pm PT on the day of the event