The 23rd National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect - Doing Things Differently: Moving from Challenge to Change (Virtual Conference)

Workshop Date(s): 
04/11/2023 - 8:30am to 4:30pm
04/12/2023 - 8:30am to 4:30pm
04/13/2023 - 8:30am to 4:30pm
04/18/2023 - 8:30am to 4:30pm
04/19/2023 - 8:30am to 4:30pm
04/20/2023 - 8:30am to 4:30pm
Location: 
Virtual Conference
CEU Hours Qualifies for: 
0 hours (CEU hours qualifies for annual CE requirements)
IFECMH Total: 
0 hours
No seat limit.
Course Description: 

23RD National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect

The 23rd National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect (NCCAN), sponsored by the Children’s Bureau, will be held virtually over the course of two weeks in April 2023. The 23rd NCCAN will offer a unique opportunity for thought leadership and action-oriented dialogue around Doing Things Differently: Moving from the Challenge to the Change, the theme of this year’s conference. At the 23rd NCCAN, participants will explore strategies for making this vision a reality.

Advance Equity

Focus on strategies to address long-standing inequities within child welfare, including deepening our understanding of how race and equity issues feed into the over-identification of neglect; addressing inherent biases in the system; addressing the intersection between poverty and neglect; and building workforce capacity to recognize and address race equity issues, including internal bias.

Prevent Children from Coming Into Foster Care

Explore new strategies for preventing children from coming into formal care, including new partnerships on the ground and new approaches to working in and with communities; efforts to address poverty; re-examining the front end of the system, especially around neglect; legal supports for families; and support for LGBTQIA+ youth.

Support for Kinship Caregivers

Explore how to better support kinship care providers, including addressing barriers to licensing; building a support system that goes beyond navigation; supporting informal care providers; managing complex family relationships within the context of kinship care; and looking at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on kinship care.

Ensure Youth Leave Care with Strengthened Relationships, Holistic Supports, and Opportunities

Explore new strategies to ensure youth leave care with the relationships, supports, and opportunities necessary to succeed in life. This will include the importance of youth voice in decision-making; mental health and well-being; strategies for relational permanence; and supports during transition. There will be a special focus on LGBTQIA+ youth and parenting youth in care.

Invest in the Child Welfare Workforce

Explore strategies focused on the well-being of the child welfare workforce, including workplace and organizational culture; recruitment and retention; understanding trends in the workforce; building capacity and focus on race equity in the workforce; and the impact of COVID and “the great resignation” on the workforce. There will also be a special focus on non-traditional workforce members, including peer workers and those with lived experience.

Our virtual conference venue will offer both live and recorded sessions, posters, and a variety of special features, making the 23rd NCCAN not only an event but a destination for learning, engaging, and accessing diverse resources. Join us to learn more about moving from the challenge to the change.

Additional Information: 

To register, please click here: https://nccan.acf.hhs.gov/register.html

All individuals who plan to participate live in the virtual event April 11-13 and April 18-20, 2023, are required to register.   Following the conclusion of the virtual event, videos of all sessions will be posted to the NCCAN website for on-demand viewing and will be publicly available. To help us best plan for the number of anticipated participants during the virtual 23rd NCCAN, we ask that you only register for the event if you plan to participate live on either April 11-13 and/or April 18-20, 2023.

Organizer:  https://nccan.acf.hhs.gov/about.html?utm_campaign=ncapm23&utm_medium=ema...

Sponsored by: Children’s Bureau — An Office of the Administration for Children and Families U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

 

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