March 2014Vol. 15, No. 3Conferences
Upcoming national conferences on child welfare and adoption through June 2014 include:
April 2014
- New World of Adoption Conference 2014
University of Massachusetts Amherst/Rudd Adoption Research Program
April 11, Amherst, MA
http://psych.umass.edu/ruddchair/annualconference/ - 32nd Annual Protecting Our Children National American Indian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect
National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA)
April 13–16, Fort Lauderdale, FL
http://www.nicwa.org/conference - 19th National Conference on Child Abuse & Neglect
Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families
April 29–May 2, New Orleans, LA
http://www.pal-tech.com/web/NCCAN19/
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/
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: