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

Helping Children Heal from Sexual Abuse is a Free, virtual Parent Support Group for adoptive, foster, or kinship families raising children who have previously suffered sexual abuses.

WHEN: Scheduled to meet monthly on the third Tuesday at 7 PM

WHERE: Exclusively in the in the AFFCNY.Network

$22.00 – Base Price

Residents with dementia lose the ability to communicate like the rest of us. If you want to better understand your resident, you must learn to become dementia fluent. This program will increase your understanding of what your resident is trying to tell you. It will also help you adjust your communication strategies, so your resident better understands you.

Content Level: Beginner

FREE Sleep-Away Camping for Children 7 – 11 years

14-Day Sessions

June 26 – July 9

July 14 – July 27

August 1 – August 14

APPLY ONLINE

Application found on camper / staff page

Open to Middlesex County residents only.

Over the past 15 months, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has experienced a turbulent period marked by far-reaching organizational changes: the deepest staffing reductions in its history, office restructuring, inconsistent and shifting policies on accessing walk-in service at field offices, and increased reliance on automated and online systems.

These changes have had a significant impact on the ability of advocates who serve claimants and beneficiaries to interact with the agency. This webinar will outline the current state of customer service at SSA and equip advocates with practical strategies for getting things done within the agency. Join us for a conversation among panelists that will provide useful information for advocates who are currently representing claimants and beneficiaries at SSA.

Fee: $60.00

As individuals continue to live longer lives, they many need increased supports from family members and the community. This webinar will describe and discuss the multiple dimensions of family responses to caregiving for an aging relative. This will include an exploration of the challenges of potential sibling conflict, the role of marital partners, grandchildren and others in providing care for an elderly relative. Using case examples, this webinar will teach professionals how to identify family patterns and identify interventions that can help  provide strategies for families so they can develop a productive working relationship and a course of action for care of their older adult family member. [Elective for Gerontology Certificate Program]

Audience

Social Workers and Allied Health Professionals

$22.00 – Base Price

Progressive Supranuclear Palsy is a rare but complex neurological condition that typically impacts persons over sixty. Join us for this introductory program to discover how and when it presents, who experiences it, and how it’s different from other neurogenerative terminal diagnoses. This interactive discussion will also explore how to best treat the condition, as well as support patients and their family caregivers.

Content Level: Beginner

Fee: $30.00

Join us for an informative session learning about adoption & foster care options in Pennsylvania.

The information session can help you decide whether you are comfortable taking the next steps to become a licensed Diakon foster family. Sessions are offered without obligation; participants are not required to proceed following the presentation.

Pre-registration is required so that the ZOOM link can be shared.

Integrating Research, Policy, and Practice Around the World

Despite thousands of published articles on FASD, limited research focuses specifically on adolescents and adults with FASD. As individuals diagnosed with FASD age, the “need to know” across a broad spectrum of areas continues to be critically important for identifying clinically relevant research questions and directions that will impact their day-to-day function and health outcomes. Please join us at this interactive conference Learning

Objectives: Connect the identified needs of community workers, healthcare providers, professionals in the FASD field, families, and individuals with FASD with the research community Gain insight into emerging research findings and how they might better assist ethical policy and decision making and the development of integrated and collaborative approaches across systems Examine practice-based evidence, projects, and programs to understand the potential connections to research and potential longitudinal studies Engage in knowledge exchange and dialogue through multidisciplinary sessions Listen to individuals with FASD and their families share their direct and be at the forefront of addressing these relevant global issues.

$22.00 – Base Price

All professionals have encountered patients’ families and caregivers that have been difficult to please despite our best efforts.  Join us for this frank discussion on why some caregivers are more difficult to work with than others and how to identify them early on.  Learn about the different types of difficult and challenging clients, families and caregivers.  This seminar will also focus on how to maintain your sanity while achieving the best possible therapeutic outcomes in these cases.

This content is appropriate for beginner and intermediate levels.

Longevity is a universal right, and growing older is shaped by multiple social cultural and structural factors. For too many, these forces create barriers that limit connection, opportunity, and the support needed to thrive. On Aging 2026 will explore how the power of belonging can help remove these barriers and foster communities where every older adult is valued and supported.

On Aging 2026 will bring together leaders, advocates and changemakers who are committed to ensuring that all of us have an opportunity to age and thrive in ways that reflect who we are and what we need.

Join us for an informative session learning about adoption & foster care options in Pennsylvania.

The information session can help you decide whether you are comfortable taking the next steps to become a licensed Diakon foster family. Sessions are offered without obligation; participants are not required to proceed following the presentation.

Pre-registration is required so that the ZOOM link can be shared.

A one-day gathering of aging services professionals, partners, and leaders to share ideas, explore solutions, and strengthen support for older adults.

At a glance

• •Strategic Insights: Connect with local leaders and national experts to develop creative solutions to today’s pressing challenges.
• •Member-Driven Innovation: Learn how District members use innovative approaches and partnerships to grow, expand their impact and tell their stories.
• •Peer Networking & Solutions: Strengthen relationships with your local network of mission-driven aging services providers and discover products and services that meet the needs of your community.

$40 (Live webinar + recording)

Medicare enrollment and coverage rules are different for people who have End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), which is kidney failure that requires transplant or dialysis. Find out the various ESRD Medicare coverage rules and how people with ESRD can avoid coverage problems. 

Experts from the Medicare Rights Center will discuss the following topics: 

• ESRD Medicare eligibility and enrollment   
• Medicare coverage options for people with ESRD  
• Medicare coverage of immunosuppressant drugs after a kidney transplant  
• How ESRD Medicare works with employer insurance