This two-day hybrid event will be the first federally sponsored national conference solely devoted to creating an inclusive human services delivery system and will serve as the nation’s leading educational event for practitioners, advocates, and researchers within the field. Approximately 2,000 in person and remote attendees are expected to participate.

Registration is free but will be required for virtual and in-person attendees.

Because space is limited, we request that only those with a reasonable chance of attending the Convening in-person register as an in-person attendee. Virtual attendees will have the same access to the Convening website as in-person attendees and will be able to view the live-streamed sessions on the date/time they are offered through the event website.

Attendees comprise a cross-section of experts including child welfare, mental health, and juvenile justice service providers; legal professionals; advocates for children; and tribal and federal leaders, convening to continue our work towards building the capacity of tribal nations and ensuring that all Indian children have safe, permanent homes.

The 23rd National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect (NCCAN), sponsored by the Children’s Bureau, will be held virtually over the course of two weeks in April 2023. The 23rd NCCAN will offer a unique opportunity for thought leadership and action-oriented dialogue around Doing Things Differently: Moving from the Challenge to the Change, the theme of this year’s conference. At the 23rd NCCAN, participants will explore strategies for making this vision a reality.

Our virtual conference venue will offer both live and recorded sessions, posters, and a variety of special features, making the 23rd NCCAN not only an event but a destination for learning, engaging, and accessing diverse resources. Join us to learn more about moving from the challenge to the change.

Free!

Join us for a deeper conversation into a world without the Family Regulation System from those with lived experience, experts, legal scholars, and more…

Show Hope’s Hope for the Journey Conference (formerly the Empowered to Connect Conference) is designed to encourage and equip parents and caregivers meeting the everyday needs of children impacted by adoption and/or foster care. The conference is also a much-needed resource for churches, agencies, and organizations in their care and support of the families and communities they serve.

Premiering Friday, April 14, 2023, With a NEW On-Demand Viewing Period Through June 30, 2023

The 23rd NCCAN offers a unique opportunity for thought leadership and action-oriented dialogue around the conference theme, Doing Things Differently: Moving from the Challenge to the Change.

Our virtual conference venue will offer both live and recorded sessions, posters, and a variety of special features, making the 23rd NCCAN not only an event but a destination for learning, engaging, and accessing diverse resources. Join us to learn more about moving from the challenge to the change.

Professional participants represent diverse professional fields such as child welfare, early childhood, marriage and family therapists, social work, criminal justice, psychologists, educators, counselors, family service workers, fatherhood practitioners, public policy, foundations, etc.

Stronger Together: Uniting to Advance Change

This conference will highlight successful strategies for bridging the divide between public and private sectors of child welfare and related systems and the families and communities they serve. For 3 days, child-and family serving professionals, families, and community representatives will gather to explore effective ways of deepening their relationships and engaging in more effective collaboration.

This webinar will help participants understand affirming practices for supporting autistic LGBTQ+ individuals, including up to date and inclusive terminology, primary experiences/accounts of what it means to be autistic and LGBTQ+, as well as ways that your organization can be inclusive and accessible.

The Children’s Home Society of New Jersey Fun-Raising Event of the Year!

Are You Wild at Heart?

Bring your friends and families for a fun night at the zoo. Meet other adoptive and kinship families and learn about different animals from all over the world.

Discounted tickets if purchased by March 31st!

Private Event with: Train Rides, Face Painting, Zoo Tours, Dinner & more!

Members of the National Human Services Training Evaluation Symposium are pleased to announce that the symposium will be now known as the Human Services Workforce Development Evaluation Symposium. The new name acknowledges that building a competent and committed workforce requires an array of interventions and strategies.

The Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare is pleased to announce our 23rd Annual Spring Child Welfare Conference. This year we will host a one-day conference to discuss interdisciplinary collaboration in child welfare. The conference will be in-person, with an opportunity for groups to stream live. Along with our keynote speaker, this applied approach conference will feature several panels composed of people with lived experience and those in a variety of professions that intersect with child welfare including housing, behavioral health, law, and more.

Free of cost to attend. Lunch provided. Free MN BOSW-approved CEUs available.

Free!

The AARP HomeFit Workshop provides information to participants on how to decide what type of home modifications are needed to stay in their home as they age. It also provides ideas and inspiration on making those modifications. The goal of the presentation is to educate participants on home updates that can make it easier for them to go about their daily activities while staying comfortable, independent, and injury-free in their home.

APSAC’s 30th Colloquium will bring high-quality interdisciplinary learning opportunities to child maltreatment researchers and practitioners across experience levels and professions.

For the first time since 2019, the FFTA Public Policy Institute will return to an in-person gathering of child welfare leaders in Washington, D.C. Join FFTA as we advocate and share information and resources at the FFTA Annual Public Policy and Advocacy Institute.

Key Institute Topics:

• Mental & Behavioral Health Challenges
• Poverty and Child Welfare
• Trauma Informed Treatment
• Prevention Services
• Kinship and Relative Care

The conference brings together over 800 attendees from across the country representing different sectors, roles, and lived experiences.

The homelessness and affordable housing crises are affecting communities across the country. The CSH Supportive Housing Summit 2023 theme, “Building the Field,” addresses the urgent need for resources — including funding, training, networks, and guidance — that will equip the supportive housing field to invest in quality housing, coordinated services, and a sustainable, equitable workforce.

Free!

Con artists don’t care how hard you worked. They steal billions from Americans like you every year. We’re fighting back with the AARP Fraud Watch Network. In this session, we will share an inside look at how scammers think, how to safeguard against identity theft and fraud, first-hand accounts from victims, and what to do if you or someone you know has been a victim.

Registration will open in mid-March.

Free!