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| The Youth/Adult Partnership Academy | |
| Sponsoring Organization: University of Oklahoma OUTREACH and National Resource Center for Youth Services | |
| Topic(s): Child welfare | |
| Dates of Conference: 08/16/2007 - 08/19/2007 | |
| Contact Information: | |
| U.S. 70 | |
| Ridgecrest, NC 00000 | |
| 800-588-7222 | |
| Conference Website: http://www.nrcys.ou.edu/conferences/yap07/about.html | |
| Description: The Youth/Adult Partnership Academy is an intensive training opportunity to promote youth/adult partnerships that enhance leadership programs for youth in out-of-home care. This event is geared toward helping young people and the adults they work with to improve programs, policy and practices for young people. Attending this academy will allow participants to build skills and knowledge that will help them support youth advisory groups and other activities that involve young people on a local, state and national level. | |
| Scaling the Summitt Institute | |
| Sponsoring Organization: Butler Institute for Families, University of DenverHealth & Human Services, Administration for Children, Youth, & Families, Children's Bureau | |
| Topic(s): Child abuse and neglect, Child welfare | |
| Dates of Conference: 08/05/2008 - 08/06/2008 | |
| Contact Information: | |
| Butler Institute for Families, University of Denver | |
| 2148 S. High Street | |
| Denver, CO null | |
| Conference Website: http://www.thebutlerinstitute.org/projects_wrrrp_scalingthesummit.cfm | |
| Description: The Scaling the Summit Institute will explore the varied terrain of strategies, approaches, and projects to address recruitment, selection, and retention issues within child welfare agencies. Participants will learn practical ways that have some evidence of success for addressing these critical issues in order to maximize their agencies own peak performance. The Institute will encourage and facilitate action planning by the team participants so that information learned at the Institute translates into results for the agency. | |
| The 11th National Child Welfare Data and Technology Conference | |
| Sponsoring Organization: The National Resource Center for Information Technology in Child Welfare (NRC-ITCW) | |
| Topic(s): Child welfare, Data | |
| Dates of Conference: 07/21/2008 - 07/23/2008 | |
| Contact Information: | |
| 2345 Crystal Drive, Suite 250 | |
| Arlington, VA 22202 | |
| Conference Website: http://www.nrccwdt.org/nrc_conf/pres_2008_outline.html | |
| Description: This conference will focus on "Making IT Work: Achieving Safety, Permanency and Well-being for Youth." This year we want to examine the collection and use of data that influence youth in foster care. This is a unique subgroup of our child welfare population that is in critical need of improved outcomes. | |
| Training Institutes 2008 "Developing Local Systems of Care for Children and Adolescents with Mental Health Needs and Their Families" | |
| Sponsoring Organization: National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health/Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development | |
| Topic(s): Child welfare | |
| Dates of Conference: 07/16/2008 - 07/20/2008 | |
| Contact Information: | |
| National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health | |
| 3300 Whitehaven Street, NW, Suite 3300 | |
| Washington , DC 20007 | |
| (202) 687-5000 | |
| Conference Website: http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/ | |
| Many Voices, One Vision: Colorado Summit on Children, Youth and Families | |
| Sponsoring Organization: Colorado Department of Human Services/The National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement | |
| Topic(s): Child welfare | |
| Dates of Conference: 05/27/2008 - 05/30/2008 | |
| Contact Information: | |
| Ridgewood Associates Public Relations, Inc. | |
| 220 E. Speedway Boulevard | |
| Tuscon, AZ 85705 | |
| Conference Website: http://www.cosummit.com/ | |
| Description: To serve children and families effectively, it’s vital to understand the perspectives and experience of all of our partners. Join us at this conference for an opportunity to listen to the voices of others and to let your voice be heard. When it comes to protecting Colorado’s children and families, every voice counts. | |
| Pathways to Adulthood 2008 - National Independent Living/Transitional Living Conference | |
| Sponsoring Organization: The National Resource Center for Youth Services, University of Oklahoma | |
| Topic(s): Child welfare | |
| Dates of Conference: 05/14/2008 - 05/16/2008 | |
| Contact Information: | |
| The National Resource Center for Youth Services | |
| 4502 East 41st Street Building 4 West | |
| Tulsa, OK 74135-2512 | |
| (918) 660-3700 | |
| Conference Website: http://www.nrcys.ou.edu/conferences.shtml | |
| Description: Destination Future provides an opportunity for youth and adults from across the United States, to come together to discuss and address issues on how to engage youth in systemic change. We will discuss youth involvement in Child and Family Service Reviews and case plans, workforce preparation and collaboration with state agencies. Youth will learn and practice leadership skills, and become advocates for themselves and others. Youth who attend this conference not only make the system better for themselves -- they also pave the way for those to follow. | |
