They're not perfect, but we love them anyway. Parenting a teenager or young adult can sometimes feel like a constant battle. As a parent, it can be frustrating. It's important to remember that your teen is becoming independent while experiencing warp-speed changes, social angst and a million … [Read more...]

Struggling with recruitment? Join us Monday to learn about FREE child welfare professional recruitment materials that can be customized for your tribe or jurisdiction. During this webinar, we will provide a demonstration of diverse advertisement strategies and share valuable insights from our … [Read more...]

The audience will include attorneys who represent parents in the child welfare system, managers of parent attorney offices, parents, social workers, parent partners, judges, CIP directors, court administrators, law professors, policy makers, administrators of state-wide/county/tribal systems, law … [Read more...]

The ABA Access to Justice Conference will convene multidisciplinary advocates committed to improving child welfare legal practice. The audience will include attorneys who represent children, parents, agencies, tribes, and kin, as well as judges, social workers, peer and parent advocates, lived … [Read more...]

The ZERO TO THREE LEARN Institute is a 2-day advanced, in-person experience in which professionals will work together to tackle the most pressing issues facing our work in Early Childhood Education & Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health. … [Read more...]

Join us for this webinar in which presenters will share key principles and practice & policy frameworks for designing expanded options for helping children, adult survivors of domestic violence, and the people who cause them harm. This webinar will also include a tour of the new Bridges to … [Read more...]

In most child welfare systems, the majority of cases include parental substance use as a factor in the case. How do practitioners 1) ensure that current efforts are meeting the needs of families and 2) determine whether programmatic and systemic improvements are needed? Practitioners can use … [Read more...]

The 2016 Amendments to the Child Abuse and Prevention Treatment Act (CAPTA) clarified that for infants affected by prenatal substance exposure, a Plan of Safe Care is developed that addresses “the health and substance use disorder treatment needs of the infants and their affected family or … [Read more...]

Economic abuse is a form of coercion in an intimate relationship that involves maintaining control over financial resources, withholding access to money, or attempting to prevent a partner or family member from working or attending school. Over 90% of family members who have experienced Intimate … [Read more...]

Discover the growing trend among adults 55+ that addresses affordability and social connectedness! Lesia R. Bullock & Michele Higgs from Housing Initiative Partnership (HIP), a nonprofit housing developer and counseling agency operating a Home Sharing Program in Montgomery County, MD. … [Read more...]