April 2014Vol. 15, No. 4Conferences
Upcoming national conferences on child welfare and adoption through July 2014 include:
May 2014
- 17th Annual Welfare Research and Evaluation Conference
The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families
May 28–30, Washington, DC
http://www.wrconference.net - 21st Annual Foster Care Conference
Footsteps to the Future
Daniel Memorial
May 28–30, Daytona Beach, FL
http://www.danielkids.org/page.aspx?pid=443 - 8th Biennial St. John's University Adoption Conference
Sleeping Giants in Adoption: Power, Privilege, Politics and Class
St. John's University in collaboration with Montclair State University
May 29–31, Queens , NY
http://adoptioninitiative.org
June 2014
- 2014 NFPA/FSFAPA National Education Conference
National Foster Parent Association/Florida State Foster Adoptive Parent Association
June 5–8, Orlando, FL
http://nfpaonline.org/conference2014 - 2014 Summer Research Institute
National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect
June 9–13, Ithaca, NY
http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu/summer-institute/sri-announcement.cfm - Supporting Children Affected by Parental Co-Occurring Disorders: Substance Abuse, Mental Illness, HIV
National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center/University of California, Berkeley
June 30–July 2, Seattle, WA
http://aia.berkeley.edu/training/events/conference/supporting-children/
July 2014
- West Coast Child Welfare Trainers Conference
Academy for Professional Excellence/Public Child Welfare Training Academy
July 16–18, Coeur d' Alene, ID
http://wccwtc.pbworks.com/w/page/7837313/FrontPage - 2014 Georgetown University Training Institutes on Systems of Care
The Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development
July 16–20, Washington, DC
http://gucchdtacenter.georgetown.edu/TrainingInstitutes.html - FFTA 28th Annual Conference on Treatment Foster Care
Happily Ever After? Overcoming Barriers to Permanency & Well-Being
Foster Family-Based Treatment Association
July 20–23, Lake Buena Vista, FL
http://www.ffta.org/conference/index.html - 2014 NASW National Conference
National Association of Social Workers
July 23–26, Washington DC
http://www.naswconference.org
Further details about national and regional child welfare and adoption conferences can be found through the Conference Calendar Search feature on the Child Welfare Information Gateway website: