New Jersey Parents’ Caucus (NJPC) is offering a FREE Professional Advocacy Training program for parents, grandparent, and other caregivers raising children with emotional and behavioral challenges who are involved in the mental health, juvenile justice and/or child welfare system. Parents and caregivers attending the training are given the opportunity to strengthen their knowledge of the systems, and the advocacy, professional, and collaborative skills needed to successfully negotiate those systems. Parents and family members will become better able to advocate for themselves and their communities, resulting in increased access to appropriate care and treatment for all children. The Professional Parent Advocacy training is approved for foster, adoptive and kinship training credit through NJDCF.

Lunch will be served or gift cards will be provided. Early registration is recommended. The training classes will be offered Virtually OR at Mr. G’s Kids community learning center in Paterson.

Dates: Sept. 16th, Sept. 30th, Oct. 14th, Oct. 28th, Nov. 11th.

Time: 10:00 a.m.  – 2:00 p.m.

FREE!

The Parents of Teens Support Group is for adoptive and foster parents of teenagers looking to make connections and build a network of support with other parents in a similar stage of life. This six-week virtual support group begins on Wednesday, September 20, 2023 and will meet each Wednesday through October 25, 2023 from 6:00-7:30 PM(EST). This is a drop-in group and participation at every session is not required. Please note, certificates of attendance will not be provided.

This 6-session virtual support group will be held on the following Wednesdays (drop-in):
Sept. 20th, Sept. 27th, Oct. 4th, Oct. 11th, Oct. 18th, Oct. 25th

Fee: $25

They are the most racially diverse in history and the first generation to grow up from birth to adolescence with digital media at their fingertips. The way teens today live, socialize, and define themselves is vastly different than any other generation before them. Join the discussion with a panel of teens as they talk openly about their thoughts after more than three years of unprecedented worldwide change. Hear how they view the world, their struggles, what’s meaningful to them and what parents and adults need to know to best support and connect with them.

This conference is part of a growing global movement to bring radical and lasting change to the way child welfare systems work. It unites practitioners, policy and law makers, academics, children and young people, families and communities in an agenda for real change.

This free, 5-episode virtual conversation series offers a safe and welcoming space to hold conversations for and by Latinx families. Explore what it means to be a parent as part of the Latinx community, raising Latinx children while navigating U.S. mainstream cultures, and connecting Latinx cultural identities to physical and mental well-being. Join us as we create a Latinx parent community of mutual learning and support.

All are welcome to join and engage in these powerful conversations!

The series begins on Monday, October 2, 2023, and will be held every other Monday, from 3 to 4:30 PM ET / 12 to 1:30 PM PT, through November 27, 2023. All webinars are 1 hour followed by a 30-minute Q&A session with our panelists. You are invited to attend any and all episodes that interest you!

This series is part of the Brazelton Touchpoints Center’s Family-to-Family Real Talk conversation series.

Among child welfare service and program goals is the achievement of children and youth’s educational progress to match their potential and needs. Educational success of children and youth in the child welfare system depends, in part, on the collective efforts and collaboration of caregivers (foster, adoptive, and kinship), social workers, and agency management to address challenges and strategies for success.

 CWLA is pleased to invite you to join us for this engaging skill-building opportunity that will share how to improve school experiences and long-term outcomes for children who have experienced trauma.

Join Us For A Live & Interactive Discussion with Michelle Thomas, MPA Arlington County VICAP’s Program Coordinator

• Concerned that prescription costs will increase as your health needs change?
• During Open Enrollment you can make changes to your health or prescription drug plan
• Join us to know your options, eligibility, and Medicare coverage costs

Produced in partnership with VHC Health and Arlington County

Free!

Cost: $FREE

Learning to Listen: Conversations for Change returns with three new conversations featuring inspiring leaders working on the frontlines of current and emerging issues for children and families. The conversations are for everyone who cares for and about babies and children, and the families, professionals, and communities that protect, nurture, and enjoy them.

All Learning to Listen conversations are one-hour long and feature live Spanish translation, closed-captioning, and an interactive Q and A. Certificates of attendance are available.

Don’t miss the 3rd annual plan-building and connection-making guided experience for those raising kids with reactive attachment disorder.

There’s something for everyone along the journey. Something for you. Find your people. Leave with a roadmap designed just for your family.

NavRAD23 registration opens this summer. Our support members get first dibs on registration and early-bird tickets, followed by our e-mail subscribers and then the general public. 

SPARK 2023 will unite practice excellence, innovation, and federal policy advocacy to advance our sector’s impact and help all families and communities thrive. This in-person event will elevate important conversations around our most vexing challenges and showcase insight and expertise from the field.

The NSDTA Education Conference is an ideal setting to share our collective work on building capacity for training and organizational development in human services through a national network of membership. APHSA and its members are also committed to advancing race equity. Content addressing structural inequities in our systems and root causes of racial disparities through policy and practice are strongly encouraged.

“The Power of Choice: Changing the Future for Children”

We are so proud to offer this premiere conference in Illinois every single year.

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Join us for a live and interactive discussion with a best-selling author on family caregiving and the just-released
4th edition of THE COMPLETE ELDERCARE PLANNER.

Joy Loverde
author of Who Will Take Care Of Me When I’m Old? and
The Complete Eldercare Planner

The Way We Are Now: Families and Communities at the Center of the Syndemic.

The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) is the premier professional association for understanding and strengthening families through interdisciplinary research, theory, and practice.

Event is FREE!

Registration is necessary.

Fellowship will host an adoption and foster care seminar for the community. This free event is for those already involved with adoption/foster care or anyone who wants to learn more about these options or how to better support children and families. Representatives from various state and local agencies will be on hand to share their services and answer questions. Adoptive/foster families will also be present. Light refreshments will be served.

$70 (Includes Lunch)

10th Annual

Alcohol, Tobacco, & Other Drugs (ATOD) Conference

Free!

You can’t take it with you! Having too much stuff can impede people from relocating or getting health care into their homes. This fun interactive presentation explores why stuff is so important for some people and teaches practical, easy-to-follow tips on downsizing and decluttering. Cleaning out your house while you can is a gift and inheritance you can leave your children. Learn how to get started.

The purpose of the San Diego Child and Maltreatment Conference is to create an opportunity for collaboration and multidisciplinary interactions across the workforce to develop and enhance their professional skills and knowledge in the prevention, recognition, assessment, investigation, and treatment of all forms of child and family maltreatment using best practices.

CWLA’s conference will bring together solutions from all sectors of child welfare and its related systems, furthering the shift toward an integrated, accessible, culturally responsive services continuum that advances family and community well-being.