September/October 2015Vol. 16, No. 7Conferences
Upcoming national conferences on child welfare and adoption through December 2015 include:
October 2015
- 2015 National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children Conference
National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children (National DEC), West Virginia DEC & partners; West Virginia Center for Children's Justice; West Virginia Children's Justice Task Force; West Virginia State Police Crimes Against Children Unit; U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of West Virginia; West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Children and Families; West Virginia Prosecuting Attorney's Institute
October 6–8, Charleston, WV
http://www.nationaldec-conference.org/ - Together We Can Conference
Louisiana Supreme Court; Louisiana Department of Children and Families, Children's Justice Act; Pelican Center for Children and Families; LouisianaChildren.org; Louisiana CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates); Children's Advocacy Centers of Louisiana; National Association of Social Workers-Louisiana Chapter; Louisiana Children's Trust Fund
October 13–15, Lafayette, LA
http://www.latwc.com - Investigation and Prosecution of Child Abuse
Gundersen National Child Protection Training
October 15–16, Burnsville, MN
http://www.gundersenhealth.org/ncptc/trainings-2015/investigation-prosecution - 17th Annual Shoulder to Shoulder Conference
Albertina Kerr; CASA for Children (Multnomah and Washington Counties); Children's Justice Act Task Force; Children's Trust Fund of Oregon Foundation; Citizen Review Board; Foster Club; Juvenile Court Improvement Program; Morrison Child and Family Services; Native American Youth and Family Center; Northwest Resource Associates/Oregon Post Adoption Resource Center; Portland State University Child Welfare Partnership; Providence Child Center Swindells Resource Center
October 25–26, Portland, OR
http://www.stsconference.com - ChildFirst® EX: Expanded Forensic Interview Process
Gundersen National Child Protection Training Center
October 27–29, Bentonville, AR
http://www.gundersenhealth.org/ncptc/trainings-2015/childfirst-ex - International Conference on Innovations in Family Engagement
Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect
October 27–30, Minneapolis, MN
http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/medicalschool/departments/pediatrics/subs/can/FGDM/Events/Pages/The-2015-International-Conference-on-Innovations-in-Family-Engagement.aspx
November 2015
- New Jersey's 34th Annual "Let's Talk Adoption" Conference
Concerned Persons for Adoption; Rutgers University School of Social Work, Institute for Families; and New Jersey Interagency Adoption Council
November 15, Piscataway, NJ
http://www.cpfanj.org/conference_post.aspx - ChildFirst® National Conferences
Gundersen National Child Protection Training Center
November 16–20, Bentonville, AR
http://www.gundersenhealth.org/ncptc/trainings-2015/child-first
December 2015
- 2015 Adoption & Foster Care Expo
Adoptions Together
December 5, Washington, DC
https://adopttgr.ejoinme.org/MyEvents/AdoptionFosterCareExpo/tabid/580893/Default.aspx
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 at http://www.childwelfare.gov/calendar/index.cfm.
