The Injury and Violence Prevention Center is partnering with the Kempe Center to connect prevention workers with the latest science on protecting children. This program provides free monthly webinars designed for those working in public health organizations, social services, child welfare, and the … [Read more...]

Brief 3: Lessons from Implementation of Plans of Safe Care provides an overview of the progress, knowledge, and experience states have gained since the passage of the CARA amendments to CAPTA. The three highlighted lessons include promoting systems collaboration, reducing stigma, and using data to … [Read more...]

Free! This webinar will cover the challenges and opportunities of integrating sectors and focus on how technology can play a critical role in increasingly bringing together funding streams to sustainably fund the services needed to improve community health and well-being. … [Read more...]

BTC's National Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Summit is the first of its kind in the nation to focus on whole families and communities in recovery, bringing communities and programs from across the United States together to share and learn from their innovative partnerships with families in recovery. … [Read more...]

CWLA has partnered with the SAMHSA-funded Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) to provide this webinar centered on the intersection of child welfare and suicide prevention. Literature suggests the youth in foster care have higher rates of suicidal ideation and attempts than youth who have never … [Read more...]

You're invited to join Lutheran Child and Family Services of Illinois for our hybrid community meeting as we explore engagement with families of color in order to champion reunification. Learn how LCFS created a culture focused on supporting families and increased successful reunifications for … [Read more...]

The 3 financial resilience workshops Brookdale Community College [Diversity and Inclusion/Community College Opportunity Grant] hosted in November. [Saving money, credit, investing]. If you know of groups meeting, I'd be happy to visit and discuss financial aid available and assistance to attend … [Read more...]

The training—featuring a clinical expert, parents who can suggest successful strategies, and individuals who live with FASD—will highlight solutions for parents and professionals related to these disorders that are 10 times more common in foster care than they are in the general population. Even … [Read more...]

Drug tests inform important decisions in dependency courts from removal to termination of rights, but for drug test results to be truly useful, they must be understood, admitted into evidence, and weighed appropriately. This webinar will educate participants in the science of drug testing, … [Read more...]

Free! Anyone who is related by birth to a child placed in adoption or foster care is invited to attend. Group members will be able to connect, listen and share their experiences of adoption, both private and through the child welfare system. Space will also be provided for participants to … [Read more...]