The APSAC Colloquium offers learning and professional development opportunities for professionals who serve children and families affected by child maltreatment and violence. The institutes and workshops offered throughout the Colloquium address all aspects of child maltreatment including … [Read more...]

National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth (NAEHCY) 2016 Conference The only national event of its kind, NAEHCY’s annual conference provides professional development and networking opportunities for over 1,000 attendees. … [Read more...]

Join us in Monterey, California for our 79th Annual Conference that features amazing presentations on current and cutting edge topics that will inspire, provoke, and precipitate discussions about issues facing the juvenile and family court system. Plenary sessions highlighted by topic specific … [Read more...]

Sponsored by the Children’s Bureau’s Office on Child Abuse and Neglect, the 20th NCCAN will bring together professionals, researchers, policy makers, parents, and volunteers from a wide variety of disciplines who share a commitment to ensuring the well-being of children and families. The NCCANs are … [Read more...]

Adoptive, kinship, and foster parents, child welfare professionals, adoptees, foster care alumni, and other child adovcates - if you have been touched by adoption or foster care, this is the conference to attend!  The sessions inspire, inform, and encourage all members of the adoption and foster … [Read more...]

Changing Landscape, the 2016 New York State Foster Care and Adoption Conference presented by the Coalition will focus on emerging trends and recent legislation that will transform the practice of foster care and adoption in the coming decade. Eighteen years since the passage and implementation of … [Read more...]

The annual NFPA convention is a gathering of foster, adoptive, and kinship parents, along with child welfare professionals from across the country.  It includes three days of educational workshops and keynote sessions.  Parents can earn up to 20 training hours. … [Read more...]

The day will feature useful and exciting perspectives shared by practitioners, researchers, those who have been adopted, those who have experienced foster care, their family members, and policy makers. … [Read more...]

Register by phone: (973) 642-8100 ext. 123 or email start@spannj.org This conference will help families develop their skills advocating for their children and impacting the systems that affect their children birth to age 8 and beyond.  Parents will have the opportunity to gain skills for … [Read more...]

The NJ Department of Children and Families and the Institute for Families at Rutgers University School of Social Work invite youth and those that work with youth who have experience in the New Jersey child welfare system to join in a day of collaborative learning and networking with fellow child … [Read more...]