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Transforming How We Deliver Prevention Services - The 2023/2024 Prevention Resource Guide was created with input from a broad representation of national experts, including national child abuse prevention partners and colleagues on the Federal Inter-Agency Work Group on Child Abuse and Neglect as well as parents with … Read More
Child Abuse Prevention Month Outreach Toolkit 2024 - National Child Abuse Prevention Month: April 2024 Whether by proclamation, through social media, with graphics, or through other means, spreading the word about child abuse prevention lets your community know they can take action to strengthen families and help them … Read More
Child Welfare Law Specialist Certification - Child Welfare Law Specialist (CWLS) certification is a professional achievement that signifies an attorney’s specialized knowledge, skill, and verified expertise in the field of child welfare law. The specialization area is defined as “the practice of law representing children, parents … Read More
Upcoming Events
Register today to join us virtually for this free 13-part webinar series. Click on title below to register online. Professionals will share their knowledge and evidence-based strategies to further support children and encourage positive behavior function.
Transforming Child Welfare:
The Aims and Gains of Social Movements and the Vision and Voice of Everyday Lives
The National IV-E Roundtable for Child Welfare Training and Education is an annual gathering of representatives from public and tribal child welfare agencies and their university partners. Our goal is to share our resources to build a strong child welfare workforce through training and education. The Vermont Child Welfare Training Partnership is pleased to host this year’s National IV-E Roundtable for Child Welfare Training and Education in Burlington Vermont, May 21st through May 23rd, 2024
Register today to join us virtually for this free 13-part webinar series. Click on title below to register online. Professionals will share their knowledge and evidence-based strategies to further support children and encourage positive behavior function.
Join the Children’s Bureau and the Capacity Building Center for States for the 2024 Child Welfare Virtual Expo (CWVE), Leading From Where You Are.
Transformational leadership happens at every level within child welfare systems. Everyone can inspire positive change and lead partners and colleagues to meaningfully engage and serve children, young people, and families. Join us at the 2024 CWVE to build awareness of key components of transformational leadership and system change in child welfare and learn directly from jurisdictions as diverse speakers share their inspirational leadership journeys.
At the CWVE 2024, you and your colleagues will be able to:
- Discover how ensuring diversity at all levels of child welfare leadership contributes to workforce resilience, improved community relations, and better outcomes for children, young people, and families in child welfare
- Learn how to create psychologically safe cultures and climates at child welfare agencies that prioritize the well-being of all child welfare professionals
- Access resources and practical tools you can use to improve effective leadership practices and activities related to inspirational leadership
- Connect with peers and subject matter experts in child welfare leadership and workforce resilience
Join individually or as a group to support shared learning! Take advantage of this unique opportunity to learn strategies to strengthen your child welfare workforce, network with peers and experts, and gain tools to improve recruitment and retention practices.
Space at CWVE 2024 is limited. Register now and reserve your virtual seat to participate as an individual or a team and learn together.
Finding a job may just be the toughest job you’ll ever have in life. This training will teach you about the current state of employment for people with disabilities in Louisiana. The information shared will not only give you the knowledge of what supports and resources are available, but, more importantly, how to think about employment through the successes of others. There will be a lively discussion, thought provoking ideas, and you will leave with a greater understanding about the possibilities for meaningful employment.
Presented by Jeannie B. Doiron, Program Manager for the Client Assistance Program with Disability Rights Louisiana.
Each year, the Coalition for Juvenile Justice (CJJ) hosts a national conference focused on improving juvenile justice and delinquency prevention systems, services, practices, and policies. Last year, more than 500 juvenile justice practitioners and advocates from across the U.S. and its territories joined together for this unique event. The theme of this year’s conference is “CJJ’s 40th Anniversary: Engaging Youth to Turn Passion into Policy.” This conference will focus on the latest research, developments, and challenges facing our field today. Specifically:
- How, as partners, do we reshape and ensure passage of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act?
- How do we authentically engage youth and families with lived experiences and elevate their voices (i.e. in system transformation and SAG engagement)?
- How can we restructure current policies and practices to ensure young people receive appropriate services and supports?
- How can systems collaborate with one another to more holistically address young people’s needs?
- How can we provide trauma-responsive care for children and youth?
To reserve your space at the conference, click here. To book your hotel room, click here.
This webinar will provide attendees with information about FASDs in child welfare systems. Attendees will learn how neurobehavioral functioning is impacted by prenatal substance exposure and traumatic experiences. The webinar will also highlight the prevalence of FASDs in foster care, the developmental challenges among these children, how adverse and traumatic experiences impact their development and behaviors and challenge identification, and how resilience and protective factors can help children and families thrive. Attendees will hear from a mother of an individual with an FASD who will share her healing experience and the importance of reducing stigma and bias and communicating with compassion.
This webinar will focus on models of FASD assessment and intervention that are effective and well-suited for child welfare systems’ array of services. The attendees will learn about a brief consultation behavioral health clinic model for utilizing FASD-informed care to provide assessment, consultation, and links to supportive services. This model has potential to provide a quick and efficient pathway to diagnosis and services for children and families served in child welfare. Next attendees will learn about an evidence-based child and parent intervention that facilitates development of social-emotional functioning, self-control, positive behavior, and long-term mental health among children six to 12 years of age in foster or adoptive care who meet criteria for an FASD diagnosis. An adoptive parent of a child with an FASD will share insights about the experience and benefits of FASD-informed diagnosis and family-focused interventions and supports.
In this webinar, presenters will discuss the critical multidisciplinary needs of children who have been prenatally exposed to a substance and their families and articulate ways in which current policies, initiatives, and workforce development can be leveraged through multi-system collaboration to enhance care and outcomes. Drawing from state approaches to implement the plans of safe care requirement of CAPTA legislation, the presenters will discuss the need for additional implementation support and federal technical assistance, multi-system collaboration, and equitable supports to improve outcomes.
The 24th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect (NCCAN), sponsored by the Children’s Bureau, will be held April 1–3, 2025, at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in Rockville, Maryland. Innovative sessions will focus on developing ideas-to-action strategies that provide opportunities to exchange ideas and learn what works from community members and peers. The conference will also offer plenaries, workshops, posters, and exhibits, that highlight Children’s Bureau priority areas. So, mark your calendars now—additional information is coming soon. We look forward to seeing you there.