A ONE-DAY CONFERENCE Designed with the practitioner in mind, this conference will provide social workers and allied professionals with a dynamic learning opportunity on the topic of racial disparities. Through expert presentations and meaningful discussions, attendees will leave with new … [Read more...]

The intersection of family, identity and culture is central to adoption, foster care and kinship care.  These issues are transformative.  Generally acknowledged is the significant impact on children.   This cannot be minimized, but there is an evolving understanding of how adoption, foster care and … [Read more...]

The CWLA National Blueprint vision is that all children will grow up safely, in loving families and supportive communities, with everything they need to flourish and with connections to their culture, ethnicity, race, and language.  To achieve this vision, we are called to move from theory to … [Read more...]

35th Annual Concerned Persons for Adoption “Let’s Talk Adoption”sm Conference Saturday, April 1st, 2017 8:30 am – 4:00 pm Coordinated by Concerned Persons for Adoption (CPFA) Co-Sponsored by the NJ Interagency Council and Rutgers University School of Social Work: Institute for … [Read more...]

The NACAC conference - the most comprehensive adoption conference in North America - will feature more than 80 workshops by expert professionals and parents addressing a wide variety of foster care and adoption topics, including:  older child adoption; parenting children with challenges; preparing … [Read more...]

This November, 2016 conference has an emphasis on advocacy and law, and also includes the rich theraputic programming we are known for, and that is so relevant to the foster care / adoption community. … [Read more...]

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New Jersey’s 35th Annual “Let’s Talk Adoption”sm Conference Saturday, April 1, 2017 at Rutgers University Busch Campus Center Coordinated by Concerned Persons for Adoption Co-sponsored by the New Jersey Interagency Adoption Council and Rutgers University School of Social Work, Institute for … [Read more...]

This conference is for fathers, grandfathers, stepfathers and male caregivers. This Event is FREE! Come join us!  Conference includes:  Keynote, breakout session (workshops), networking lunch and a Fathers' panel session.  This year we will have one Spanish workshop. For help with Registration, … [Read more...]

The 2016 Conference will enhance professional knowledge and collaborative partnerships to improve the effectiveness of our NJ DCF Children’s System of Care.  The conference encompasses our desire to nurture working relationships among families, professionals, and systems in order to support … [Read more...]