Judges play a critical role in efforts to keep families safely together and can quickly derail prevention approaches. Learn techniques to both engage and challenge judges toward family preservation approaches. … [Read more...]

Leading any kind of change effort is hard, and there are unique challenges present when you are a female leader, or a leader of color. Learn how race and gender play a role in the change you are trying to make, and how to best protect yourself while advancing that change. … [Read more...]

If things are ever going to be different, removals must slow down. There are ways to keep families safely at home, so they never enter the system to begin with; it’s ideal for kids to be safe among their own, natural systems of support. Learn how child safety conferences and concrete supports to … [Read more...]

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...]