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.

Under federal law, residents of long-term care facilities have broad rights to make decisions regarding their lives. This webinar will include information on law and advocacy strategies that enable residents to participate in care planning, control the health care and medication that they receive, accept visitors at any hour of the day or night, and vote in the upcoming elections. In general, the assisted living discussion will apply to facilities that accept Medicaid payment for services.

Who Should Attend:

This training will provide strategies for professionals assisting nursing facility and assisted living facility residents, including:

• Long-term care ombudsman representatives.

• Legal services attorneys and paralegals.

• Other aging network professionals.

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.

Are you, your loved ones, or your clients approaching age 65—whether still working or retired? Join us for a discussion designed to help you navigate the complexities of Medicare and retiree planning.

Coordination of Benefits: Understand what coordination of benefits means and learn the difference between primary and secondary insurance.

Employee Insurance & Medicare: Find out when your current employee insurance pays primary or secondary to Medicare.

COBRA, Retiree, and FEHB Coordination: Get clarity on how COBRA insurance, retiree insurance, and Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) work with Medicare.

Timing Medicare Enrollment: Receive expert advice on when you may or may not want to delay Medicare enrollment.

Cost: $15

“Calm down, sit down, and be quiet” may be words we heard when we were acting out as children, and sometimes they may come out of our mouths when we are really frustrated by our children’s behaviors. We will explore what brain science teaches us about what is going on in a child’s brain and body during a crisis and how trauma responsive approaches guide us to direct their energy and behavior and help them regulate.

Cost: Free

Children who have experienced trauma need more than behavior management; they need felt safety, connection, and consistent support to build resilience. This webinar, Building Resilience and Security in Your Child, introduces parents to practical, research-informed strategies grounded in the neuroscience and the Circle of Security. Participants will learn how trauma impacts the brain and nervous system, how to respond to underlying needs rather than surface behaviors, and how to strengthen secure attachment through everyday interactions. Walk away with tools to help your child feel safer, more regulated, and better able to grow, connect, and thrive.

FREE!

Educational Advocacy is a key component of a post permanency program yet is not always offered or is fragmented from program design. Without the right support, school can quickly become a major source of stress for both the child and the family. Come listen to states providing high-quality programming in this area to consider how to expand your programming with this powerful service.

As parents, we want to create the best possible lives for our children so that they may become their best selves. We want to instill our values, surround them with people who are a good influence, and maximize their development in all areas. So how does valuing their connections with birth family fit in? We will explore common concerns around contact, a continuum of options to help you find the right form of openness for your family, and the many benefits of honoring your child’s connections…including strengthening their connection with YOU.

R.A.C.E. training session 1 will focus on the history of racism within the United States. This training session will focus on helping participants identify historical events that contributed to the development and maintenance of systemic racism in the United Stated. Attendees will be able to identify how the historical events discussed acted to undermine attempts at Black advancement, and how the historical events discussed specifically advantaged White people. This session will also address events that demonstrate how People of Color, who are not Black, have been impact by racism in the United States.

Continuing Education Credits will be offered for this event.

Join Pact’s Executive Director and fellow adoptive parent, Beth Hall, to find community and talk about parenting adopted and foster teens and young adults of color, including challenges, helpful strategies and how to support yourself and your loved ones.

This call is free and open to current Pact members only. If you have not purchased a Pact membership (or your membership is not current) you can join at pactadopt.org.

Cost: $20.00

Effectively support youth who arrive in the United States without caregivers and strengthen practice at the individual and system levels.

This workshop provides practitioners with a foundational understanding of the federal child welfare system that serves unaccompanied immigrant youth and clarifies how their circumstances differ from those of immigrant children in state-run systems. Participants will explore culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and legally informed approaches to practice, along with key policy considerations that shape care and decision-making.

Attendees will leave with concrete tools and resources to more effectively support youth who arrive in the United States without caregivers and to strengthen practice at both the individual and system levels.

This training provides an overview of suicidal ideation (SI), self-injurious behaviors (SIB), and practical intervention strategies grounded in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Participants will explore the differences between active and passive suicidal ideation, review current statistics and trends, and examine the functions and underlying science of self-injurious behaviors, as well as common warning signs and protective factors. The training will also introduce core DBT concepts, including mindfulness, distress tolerance, and harm reduction approaches, while teaching practical skills to help manage safety concerns. In addition, participants will learn strategies for attending to safety in therapy, differentiating between active and passive safety concerns during assessment, and collaboratively creating effective safety plans. The session will also highlight clinical tools including Behavior Chain Analysis and Skills Implementation Plans through examples and practical application, with additional resources provided to support ongoing clinical work.

Building Resilient Communities for Children is a conference for all adults who care for, work with and love children and seek strategies for building resilience in children and in the many communities that serve children.

This 5-track conference will be virtual and held live, with the option to access session recordings until November 2, 2026.

Fall Open Enrollment is the time of year when you can change your Medicare coverage but knowing where to start can be tough. During this Medicare Minute, you’ll learn strategies to choose the coverage that best fits your needs for 2027.

About P2E

Our Passport to Education (P2E) Conference is your free one-stop shop for academic and employment resources for adolescents with a history in care and their supportive adults

P2E Workshops

Workshops include information and materials on the federal and state financial aid process for postsecondary education, employment skill building, and specific resources available to help youth in the next phases of their lives. Workshops specific to program staff and supportive adults will also be provided.

About KinCon

Our Annual Kinship Conference is for us to come together to celebrate our NJ Kinship Caregivers during National Kinship Care Month.

KinCon Workshops

Workshops for caregivers include education and materials on the realities, successes, and challenges of being a kinship caregiver as well as gaining tools and techniques to aid during challenges when they arise. Caregivers will have multiple opportunities to connect with direct resource providers for kinship care and network with other caregivers throughout the state.