FREE!

As the price of many foods remains high, many grandfamilies and kinship families may face challenges in putting food on the table. Federal nutrition programs can help kin caregivers stretch limited budgets and ensure their families have the food they need to thrive. Join experts from the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) for a four-part series of “office hours” style webinars where you can learn about federal nutrition programs, ask questions, and share experiences from your community.

Join this session to learn about ways to improve nutrition with early childhood nutrition programs. Clarissa Hayes, Deputy Director, Child Nutrition Programs & Policy will cover the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), which can be used to provide meals and snacks at child care centers and family childcare homes. Susan Beaudoin, Senior Program Manager, WIC, will discuss the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), which caregivers can use to provide healthy foods and other services for the infants and children under age five in their care.

Cost: $25 ($20 for couples and pairs of friends who register together)

Join Arlington-based death doula Kristen P. Patterson of Sacred Journey Death Doula for a 90-minute online workshop. Do you want to write your own Legacy Letter? Join this virtual workshop to craft one! Through reflective questions, you will distill your memories, values, favorite rituals, and lessons learned into a letter that you can pass on to your loved ones. It’s a gift for you and the people you care about, which you can do at any age. Discount available for couples or pairs of friends who enroll together

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), published a new rule regarding public charge determinations, which will negatively impact certain older immigrants and their families. Public charge determinations are relevant for people seeking admissibility into the United States and people seeking to adjust their immigration status to Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR), also known as “green card” holders. The new rule enables immigration officers to consider a wide variety of factors when determining if someone may depend on the government as their main source of support in the future. The new rule takes effect September 18, 2026.

In this webinar, presenters will provide an overview of the new public charge rule, including what has changed from the previous rule, and provide advocates with resources to stay up to date on public charge changes. This webinar will be most important for legal and aging services providers who work with older immigrants and immigrants with disabilities on public benefits issues or immigration-related matters.

Summer isn’t over yet, but now is the perfect time to start preparing for the school year ahead.

Join Epilepsy Services of New Jersey for a one-hour webinar featuring Dr. Rachel Penn, a board-certified pediatric neurologist specializing in epilepsy, as she shares practical guidance to help children living with epilepsy stay safe, supported, and ready for the school year.

Topics will include: – Why does my child need a Seizure Action Plan? – How can I make sure teachers, nurses, and school staff know how to best support my child? – My child has rescue medication for prolonged seizures. How will the school handle and administer it? – Live Q&A with Dr. Penn.

Whether your child is starting a new school, entering a new grade, or returning to familiar routines, you’ll leave with practical information and greater confidence as you prepare for the year ahead.

$40 (Live webinar + recording)

When enrolling in Medicare, beneficiaries have the option of choosing Original Medicare with a Medigap or enrolling in a private Medicare Advantage Plan. Choosing which is best often requires understanding the benefits of each option and your client’s unique needs.  

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

• Medicare Advantage coverage, rules, and enrollment 
• Medigap coverage rules, and enrollment 
• Comparison of coverage options 
• Options for making coverage changes

Join us for a conversation featuring volunteers from I AM ALS as we discuss caring for a loved one living with ALS, navigating the caregiving journey, and the resources, support, and community available to help families along the way.

This is the first webinar in our Conversations in Caregiving series leading up to the National Caregivers Conference. The series explores the caregiving journey across a range of diagnoses and caregiving topics. This session is designed for family caregivers and anyone supporting a loved one living with ALS.

FREE!

Join us online to uncover why good kids dodge homework and how to turn that around with ease!

Why Good Kids Fight Homework
And what you can do about it.

Does homework time feel like a nightly battle in your house?

The tears. The arguments. The endless reminders. The sudden need for a snack, drink, toilet break… and somehow the homework still isn’t done.

The good news? Your child isn’t trying to make life difficult.

In this practical parent workshop, you’ll discover the real reasons children resist homework and learn how to identify your child’s unique “homework personality”.

Cost: $5.00

Join NAMI NJ for a fun-filled day under the sun in the park. We are going to have raffles, games, surprise activities, a great lunch, and wonderful company. Please join us to celebrate together.

Complementary tickets are available for those in need. Please email btyus@naminj.org

Module 1 From the National Resource Center for Foster Care and Permanency Planning Hunter College School of Social Work:

Sibling Practice Curriculum Module 1 focuses on enhancing understanding of sibling-related issues in out-of-home care. The importance of siblings in your life and the lives of others will be discussed.  Myths and truths about sibling separation and the negative impact of sibling separation will be discussed.

This class will be held online and a link to the class will be sent out ahead of time. 

This Forum is Free & Open to the Public

If you wish to attend in-person or to submit comments to be read at the Forum, please contact:
Colleen, croche@njsilc.org  or
Mary, meneary@njsilc.org
by 8/25.

Learn about NJ SILC and Centers for Independent Living.

Hear about their current systems advocacy activities.

Discuss Independent Living issues affecting people with disabilities.

Suggest concerns for SILC to address in NJ’s 2027 IL State Plan.

Join in-person:

Hilton Garden Inn 800 Rt. 130 South Hamilton, NJ 08690

Join remotely:

Zoom Link Meeting ID: 810 2491 0755 Passcode: 21361

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.

Free!

Hospital readmissions are costly, disruptive, and often preventable—especially for older adults transitioning home after a hospital stay. The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) evaluates readmission rates for six high-impact conditions and procedures: Heart Failure, Heart Attack, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery, Elective Total Hip or Knee Replacement, and Pneumonia.

Professionals play a critical role in ensuring safe, smooth transitions that reduce the risk of readmissions. This webinar will highlight the most common challenges older adults face after discharge—such as medication management, mobility limitations, and follow-up adherence—and provide practical strategies to address them. Participants will learn how incorporating home-based support can improve recovery, promote independence, and lessen the burden on family caregivers.

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.

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.

FREE!

The Meet the Model series from the Post-Adoption Center introduces the core components of the Post-Permanency Model, designed to guide states, tribal nations and territories in delivering coordinated services to adoptive and guardianship families. The model is outlined in detail in the Post-Adoption Center’s Program Manual, which services as the blueprint for building comprehensive, community centered and accessible post-permanency services. We break down the 253-page manual into smaller pieces. This session focuses on the Respite Care Component.