Friday, April 29, 2022 1:45 5:45 pm and Saturday, April 30, 2022 8:30 am 12:30 pm. We invite you to join us for our Annual Conference in Seattle during our 40th anniversary year. Interested in promoting your products and services in the conference program? 2023 Child Life Conference Mark your calendars now for June 15-18 and join us at the 2023 Child Life Conference! It will take only 2 minutes to fill in. Presenters: Lisa Pion-Berlin, Parents Anonymous Inc, Claremont, CA; Antonia Rios, National Parent Leadership Team, Claremont, CA, E3 Caseworker Intensity Measures: What Our Caseworkers Told Us and How We Can Leverage New Understanding of Caseworkers Experiences Investigating Allegations of Maltreatment to Prevent Caseworkers from Leaving the Field. You can reserve by phone at 1-800-233-1234 (reference group code: G-CW22) or online at Hyatt Reservations. Friends of CWLA are acknowledged with our conference sponsors. The impact of trauma on the developing brain will be discussed to provide a context for understanding the increased need that youth who have experienced state care have for access to medical services, and the vital role practitioners play in understanding and advocating for their Medicaid. For the first time since 2019, CWLA utilized our connections with and access to Congress, the Administration, and other national coalitions and organizations to provide attendees with opportunities to dialogue with these important stakeholders. Action Lab Sessions B Information on how to develop a local youth council will also be provided. Presenters will focus on how Centene has collaborated with states to improve quality of life for the child welfare population. This action lab examines the feasibility and effectiveness of a novel stress reduction project with child welfare workers (n = 32) in Kentucky. We will look at trauma-informed care initiatives, the Foster Care Centers of Excellence in Texas, and targeted training and behavioral health in-lieu of services with child welfare providers and professionals to impact the number of Behavioral Health in-patient admissions and readmissions in high-utilizing market regions in Florida. Apr 13-14, 2022 @ 8:00am - 4:00pm. This presentation will discuss how systemic partnerships between housing and child and family serving systems can effectively improve outcomes for children and families across the prevention continuum. This presentation is designed for peer interaction, shared learning, and strategy development. Armed with the knowledge that family members are the experts, specialists waste no time in engaging with all family members, identifying family caregivers, backup placement options, and mapping out a robust natural support system. Conference. When they work together, they make ideal partnersphilanthropy contributing nimbleness and a spirit of experimentation, while government commands the resources to sustain what works. Washington, DC is filled withexciting and memorable places tovisit. The purpose is to create a resource that can assist separating families, training specialists, community providers, court mediation staff, and others in learning how to work together with the common goal of putting the needs of the children first. Exhibitors can also donate prizes to be raffled. This discussion will be led by the American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law on the cross-section between education and child welfare. Approximately 95% of New York States kinship caregivers provide care outside the formal foster care system and, as a result, lack access to many formal foster care benefits and services. Furthermore, technological advances (e.g., online, biometric data) remain largely omitted. We use some essential cookies to make this website work. Please note: This is a two-part training on Friday and Saturday. The exhibit hall is the hub of the conference, featuring meal functions, receptions and more. CWLAs 2022 Conference also featured an advocacy panel plenary, several legislative-focused action labs, and an afternoon of Advocacy Day activities. Many of these core principles can be applied to all familiesincluding birth, kin, foster, and adoptive. School mobility causes disruptions with friends, teachers, classes, as well as academic credits, and takes an emotional and academic tollon youth in care who have already experienced trauma. Healthy families, organizations, and teams share common features. Sixto is the Founder and CEO of Think of Us. You may often find me at local conferences hosted by Minnesota Social Service Association, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Stand Against Child Abuse and National Organization for Women. Feel . This analytic framework was developed using a multi-disciplinary roundtable of experts from academia with federal, state, and local agencies. With over 1,400 attendeesand growing every yearthis three-day conference has become the premiere national event addressing tribal child welfare and well-being. Mar 29-30, 2023. This action lab will describe the states family preservation services, including flexible funding. The purpose of the Blind Removal Process is to promote racial equity within the child welfare system in order to achieve better outcomes for children and families. It is also known as Children's Day and the officially recognized date varies from country to country. Removed 'Working Together to Safeguard Children 2015' and 'Working Together: transitional guidance'. For all confirmed 2022 SSWR Conference In-Person and Virtual registrants, your login credentials have been sent to you from web@sswrvirtual.com with the subject line of "SSWR Login Information" by Tuesday, January 11, 2022, 6:57 pm, ET. The Vice President of Communications oversees the organization's communications, editorial, media, design and advertising sales functions to produce a wide range of high-quality, accessible and compelling communication products and content for a diverse set of member and external audiences. Participants will walk away with a better understanding of the tool and how it can be used in the context of Family First implementation. Meet face-to-face with CEOs, administrators, workers, researchers, advocates, and caregivers who are eager to explore new thinking and new products. Registeringmeans you agree with the. We welcomed back our friends, colleagues, and partners old and new and connected, reconnected, recharged, and made decisions about how we collectively and as individuals, agencies, the child welfare system, and society as a whole can and must take action to achieve a better world for all children and families. But child welfare cannot do this alone. This session will provide an overview of the implementation of the evidence-based Safe & Connected model, engagement of innovative partnerships to support child and family well-being, steps to strengthen practice and community partnerships, development process of a comprehensive child welfare training program, and use of Title IV-E training funds. Michael V. Johnson, Detective (retired) is an internationally recognized expert on all aspects of child abuse and exploitation, and specializes in abuse investigation, detection, and prevention efforts for organizations serving youth.Johnson was the Youth Protection Advisor/Director for the National Office of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) from July 2010 to December 2020, where he advised on . JWB ensures kids are ready to learn, ready to succeed, and ready to thrive in homes, schools, and neighborhoods that are healthy and safe. Become a Conference Sponsor or sponsor a special event, foodfunction, or conference item. Presenters: Alan Vietze, CWLA Senior Fellow and Chair, Mental Health Advisory Board (MHAB), CA; and MHAB members: Pat Hunt, FREDLA, ME; Susan Montague, St. Francis Ministries, KS; Julie Collins, CWLA/MHAB Staff Support, DC. This exclusive session, for Commissioners/Directors and Executive Directors/CEOs only, will provide an opportunity for public and private leaders to discuss and share best practices in working with media to reshape the narrative about child welfare. This framework will challenge participants to reflect and evaluate how individuality is considered with agency staff and the children and families they serve and support. The theme for the FRSA National Conference 2022 . Presenters: Michael Becketts, Fairfax Department of Family Services, Fairfax, VA; Adan Hernandez, Accenture, Austin, TX, G5 Family First: Recruiting & Utilizing Relevant Assets for Lasting change. This conference is unique in addressing all aspects of child maltreatment, including but not limited to physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, exposure to violence, poly-victimization, exploitation, intervention, trafficking, and prevention. 5 areas of focus have been identified that individuals, agencies, and community providers can utilize to maximize the assets men in child welfare bring to the table. Participants will preview some of the interactive activities, learn about the global aspect of SFP 10-14 as it has been implemented in over 25 countries, and, finally, understand how to become certified facilitators and implement the program locally. Special activities, raffles, and prize giveaways featured in the exhibit hall will increase exhibitor exposure and attendee engagement. Conference on Child Welfare and the Courts The Wisconsin Department of Children and Families and Children's Court Improvement Program sponsor this biennial conference for judicial officers, county and tribal agency management, and attorneys involved in child welfare and juvenile justice. Well discuss the impact and fundamentals of CASAs work and the answers they offer to our child welfare community as we work to meet the demands of FFPSA implementation and respond to the call for bold change in our system. Tonier is an advocate and educator, speaking all over the world on trauma, addiction, incarceration, homelessness, substance abuse and mental health. Nurturing families and permanent connections are critical to a child's well-being. Sustainable development is an organizing principle that aims to meet human development goals while also enabling natural systems to provide necessary natural resources and ecosystem services to humans. National Child Welfare Law Conference | Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Home Events National Child Welfare Law Conference Event Dates August 22, 2022 - August 24, 2022 Location Baltimore, MD Save to calendar OJJDP Administrator Liz Ryan is scheduled to speak at the 45th annual conference in August. Heartland Social Work Month Virtual Conference 2023. Oregons Child Welfare is embracing this approach through their Vision for Transformation with CQI as a Guiding Principle in the roadmap to achieve a child and family well-being system. The pre-conference session has a separate fee ($150 per person). Action Lab Sessions F Presenters: Jeff Lukich, DLH Corporation, Atlanta, GA; Paul DiLorenzo, CWLA Senior Fellow, Bala Cynwyd, PA, Thursday, April 28 Presenters: Demarco Mott & Marcel C. Rivas & Dominique Rosario, Citrus Family Care Network Youth Advisory Council, Miami, FL, F4 Functional Family Therapy in Foster Care: A Family-Based Model for Improving Stability and Permanency in Foster Care. There is a need for systematic, specific, evidence-based treatment programs that focus on supporting foster parents, identifying and serving the current needs of children and youth while at the same time working toward permanency as a primary outcome. Dual/Onsite Conference. For children in foster care, education can be an important link to stability and community, but children in foster care face significant barriers to their educational progress. The CWLA 2022 Conference will be an opportunity to acknowledge transformation: awareness, acknowledgment, action, and . Wed like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services. This action lab will provide an overview of the National START Model, including discussion on implementation pathways, available funding sources, program evaluation design, and a detailed review of current scientific evidence including comparative outcomes for Black children served by START. In Los Angeles County, such collaboration was catalyzed by the murder of an 8-year-old boy in 2013. We understand that families become separated for a variety of reasons and this training provides an opportunity to: recognize reasons why some relationships end; learn how these actions can impact childrens identity and self-esteem; and offer strength-based, solution-focused, strategies and techniques to create consistency and support for all involved parties. This skills-building workshop offers a brief history and overview of effective behavioral-based interventions, highlights the science behind these interventions, and identifies barriers that have limited the expansion of these models. The presentation will provide historical data that points to the disproportionality of services delivery in communities of color and the resulting outcomes. Contact us atCWLA2022@cwla.orgfor more information or to discuss which sponsor opportunities work best for your organization! The Pascale Sykes Foundation, in partnership with The Senator Walter Rand Institute for Public Affairs at Rutgers University-Camden (WRI) and Family Strengthening Network, will present evaluative findings from a study on the Whole Family Approach. Registering means you agree to the. We will explore national data on turnover in child welfare and comparable industries, discuss recruitment and retention issues, address the impact on staff and the families they serve, and highlight promising practices. Places tovisit recognized date varies from country to country color and the officially recognized date varies from country to.! 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