Title: Developing and Implementing a Tribal In-Home Services System of Care Model
Date: Thursday, March 21, 2013
Time: 2:00 - 3:30 PM EDT
The vast majority of tribes have populations of fewer than 2,000 people and child welfare programs in which staff are not specialized but provide every aspect of child welfare services. In-home services are not usually a separate service but rather a philosophy or part of a community-based culturally-specific practice which is likely to provide services to at-risk families as well as to those with substantiated maltreatment. In contrast to states which provide a “differential response” as a formalized service approach, tribes routinely deliver such services without formally identifying or compartmentalizing the service.
The National Resource Center for In-Home Services, with its partner the National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA), helps tribes build capacity to help families heal while their children remain safely at home. For the past several years, in collaboration with the Western and Pacific Child Welfare Implementation Center (WPIC), we have provided training and technical assistance to Alaska Native communities to assist with the development of in-home services models that fit the unique circumstances of their communities and make best use of all of the community’s resources to keep children safe and well at home.
The webinar will describe the use of a Tribal In-Home Service Practice Model Planning Template to:
• Develop a tribal safety and in-home services practice model,
• Describe key implementation issues such as enhancing tribal child welfare and
state child welfare collaborations, and
• Provide training and technical assistance to tribes to enhance systems
collaboration and service delivery.
Examples of Tribal In-Home Services model development and implementation will be provided by tribal child welfare systems of Central Council Tlingit Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska and the Nome Eskimo Community.
Title: Trauma-Informed Practice with Children and Youth in the Child Welfare System
Date: Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM EST; 2:00 - 3:00 PM CST; 1:00 - 2:00 PM MST; 12:00 - 1:00 PM PST
In this National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections (NRCPFC) webcast, presenters will discuss a growing area of focus in child welfare – trauma-informed practice and intervention. During this webcast, Glenn Saxe and Erika Tullberg from the NYU Child Study Center will provide information about how trauma impacts children, families, and staff involved in the child welfare system, and offer concrete ways that foster parents, staff, agency leaders, and other stakeholders can help mitigate trauma’s impact on children, families, and the child welfare system overall. During this presentation Dr. Saxe will provide an overview of Trauma Systems Therapy, an evidence-informed, comprehensive, multi-pronged approach used by a growing number of child welfare providers that goes beyond a doctor and a child in an office and takes into account a child’s support system and home environment in addressing his or her trauma-related symptoms. The presenters will also share information about resources that can support trauma-informed practice and intervention, and plans for evaluation of the impact of these tools.
National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections
Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College
A Service of the US HHS/ACF Children's Bureau
2180 Third Avenue, Suite 702
New York, New York 10035
www.nrcpfc.org
Title: Engaging Fathers in Child Welfare In-Home Services: The Why and How
Date: Thursday, November 29, 2012
Time: 1:30 - 3:00 PM EST
The federal Child and Family Services Reviews indicate there is very little meaningful interaction between fathers and the child welfare system. Research supports that fathers are vital to the overall success and well-being of their children. A father’s presence in a child’s life makes a positive difference in social and emotional development, academic success, and overall child well-being. Involving non-resident fathers in the lives of their children becomes a greater challenge when these children are involved in the public child welfare system. The National Resource Center for In-Home Services is committed to working with States and Tribes to strengthen father involvement in families where the children are served in their homes. The goals of this NRC In-Home sponsored webinar will be to:
• To promote and support a research-based and outcome-focused approach to
inform best practices related to engaging non-resident fathers and paternal
family in the public child welfare in-home services system
• To facilitate a research- based information-sharing presentation on building
father involvement programs
• To discuss some of the strengths and challenges of involving fathers
• To share a successful father involvement component of a Parents As Teachers
home visiting program
click here for the webinar
click here for the powerpoint presentation
Title: Effective Ways of Supporting Families that are Immigrants and/or Refugees
Date: Thursday, September 27, 2012
The continued numbers of individuals and families coming to the United States as immigrants or refugees, along with their in-migration within this country, have challenged states and communities to provide culturally responsive services and supports to meet the specific needs of the children and families. States and communities that are refugee resettlement communities have been particularly challenged by the diversity of the ethnic, cultural and language needs they bring.
FRIENDS National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention and the National Resource Center for In-Home Services will join together to sponsor a webinar Effective Ways of Supporting Families that are Immigrants and/or Refugees. Presenters will provide information on the needs of these families and highlight culturally adapted research-based, family-focused interventions that facilitate improved outcomes for the children and their families.
Presenters Will Include:
-Adrienne Young, US Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Migration and Refugee Services – Children’s Services Specialist, Refugee Resettlement Program
-Isabella Stackl-Suero, US Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Migration and Refugee Services – Family Reunification Specialist, Office of Special Programs
-Lyn Morland, US Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Migration and Refugee Services – Assistant Director, Office of Special Programs
Title: PSSF Peer Web Teleconference on Addressing the Use of Caseworker Visit Funds
Date: Thursday, July 26, 2012
Time: 3:00 - 4:15 PM EST
The Children’s Bureau, the National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections, and the National Resource Center for In-Home Services are hosting Addressing the Use of Caseworker Visit Funds, Thursday, July 26, 2012, 3:00-4:15 PM EST. This webinar will address the use of caseworker visit funds (in keeping with the Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act). This webinar will be for State Foster Care Managers and Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program Managers.
Gail Collins, Director, Division of Program Implementation, Children’s Bureau, will provide a policy overview and a brief overview of the caseworker data that States submitted from FY 2007-2011, and will also respond to questions previously submitted by Foster Care and PSSF Managers. Representatives from New York and Georgia will provide State examples, presenting on their use of Caseworker Visit Funds. Following the presentations, all participant phone lines will be opened to allow for questions for the presenters, as well as peer-to-peer discussion.
Click here for the powerpoint presentation on Addressing the Use of Caseworker Visit Funds
Click here for the agenda for the Addressing the Use of Caseworker Visit Funds Webinar
Click here for the Use of Visit Funds Handout
Title: PSSF Peer Web Teleconference on Post Adoption Services as Family Preservation
Date: Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Time: 2:30 - 3:30 PM EDT; 1:30 PM CDT; 12:30 PM MDT; 11:30 AM PDT
As part of PSSF, Adoption Promotion and Support Services is designed to encourage more adoptions out of the foster care system, when adoptions promote the best interests of children, including such activities as pre and post adoptive services and activities designed to expedite the adoption process and support adoptive families. In other words provide support services as necessary to “preserve the family.”
Be a part of this peer discussion as state and tribal agencies describe how they are providing Post Adoption Services as a way to "preserve the family."
Click here for the powerpoint presentation on Post Adoption Services as Family Preservation
Click here for the Bibliography on Post Adoption Services
Click here for the Presenters Brief Bio
Click here for the webcast presentation on Post Adoption Services as Family Preservation
Title: Building Support to Serve Families of LGBTQ Youth
Date: Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Time: 2:00 - 3:30 PM EDT
For the past two decades, research has consistently shown that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth are often poorly served and in urgent need of sensitive, appropriate, and culturally competent support and services. Additionally, programs serving LGBTQ youth have typically focused on youth as individuals rather than serving them within their family context.
This webinar will provide information to assist service delivery systems in shifting from a youth-focused to a family-focused approach. Presenters will highlight the research-based, family-focused interventions that encourage strong, supportive relationships and resiliency among families of LGBTQ youth leading to improving child and family well-being.
The National Resource Center for In-Home Services and the National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (FRIENDS) have joined together in sponsoring this webinar with the goal of sharing knowledge and expertise about promising supports, inventions, and multi-level strategies that can be used to improve service delivery for LGBTQ youth at-risk of entering care.
Click here for the powerpoint presentation on Building Support to Serve Families of LGBTQ Youth
Click here for the webcast presentation on Building Support to Serve Families of LGBTQ Youth (*Please note--the parent advocate presentation is deleted on purpose at her request)
Click here for the Administration for Children & Families Information Memorandum on LGBT Youth in Foster Care
Handouts:
Title: Promoting Safe & Stable Families (PSSF) 101
Date: Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Time: 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
The National Resource Center for In-Home Services and the Children's Bureau will host a webinar in advance of the 2012 Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF) Annual Grantee Meeting. This webinar will be open to State and Tribal PSSF Managers who are attending the annual meeting on April 16-17, 2012.
The purpose of this webinar is to ensure that all participants at the 2012 PSSF Annual Meeting are familiar with the requirements and purpose of the PSSF program. Attendance is optional.
The webinar will include a presentation on the PSSF program and a question and answer session conducted by the Children's Bureau staff.
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Title: Building Early Childhood Child Welfare Linkages to Support the
Developmental Needs of Children in In-Home Care
Date: Thursday, December 15, 2011
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST
There is growing attention to the importance of early childhood child welfare partnerships as a means of supporting the unique developmental needs of young children who have experienced child abuse and neglect. We invite you to participate in a webinar which will share experience from two states – Illinois and Connecticut – which have been very successful in building these collaborations. The focus will be on a sub-population of families served that is often left out of these conversations – in-home/intact families. The basis for the webinar is a 2011 memo from ACF Commissioner Brian Samuels and Joan Lombardi, Assistant Deputy Secretary for Early Childhood Development.
This webinar will inspire and encourage teams working on excellence for in-home services and policies to build strong and durable bridges among the early childhood education, child development, and child welfare communities of practice. Our presenters will describe some of the challenges, benefits, and successes of these collaborations.
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Title: PSSF Peer Teleconference Collecting & Utilizing Data
Date: Monday, December 12, 2011
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
State managers are increasingly asked to collect, utilize and interpret data from a variety of sources in order to reach desirable outcomes and develop strategies that may support policy or practice.
Come join this peer learning discussion on how two states- Texas and West Virginia are collecting and utilizing their data to reach desirable outcomes and developing strategies that support and/or improve policy and practice.
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Title: Part III: Serving Expecting and Parenting Teen Fathers; Legal Issues
Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST
Teen pregnancy and parenting pose significant developmental challenges for youth; even more for youth who are in, or have recently exited, substitute care. This webinar will focus on two programs for teen fathers in out-of-home care. In addition, Scott Trowbridge of the NRC for Legal and Judicial Issues will also discuss the legal issues surrounding teen parents in foster care and their children, with helpful resources for jurisdictions looking to strengthen their laws and policies. This webinar is the third in the series of webinars on services for pregnant and parenting teens in or exiting care.
The Runaway and Homeless Youth Training and Technical Assistance Centers (RHYTTAC) and National Resource Center (NRC) for In-Home Services, NRC for Youth Development, and NRC for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (FRIENDS) have joined together in sponsoring this webinar with the goal of sharing knowledge and expertise to family-serving systems serving pregnant and parenting youth in prevention, early childhood intervention, in-home family preservation, out-of-home placement, and programs for runaway youth and unaccompanied minors.
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Title: Part II: Innovative Programs for Pregnant and Parenting Youth In or Exiting
Substitute Care
Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST
Teen pregnancy and parenting pose significant developmental challenges for youth; even more for youth who are in, or have recently exited, substitute care. This webinar will highlight two innovative programs that effectively address the needs of pregnant and parenting youth through an evidence-based home visiting program and a comprehensive child welfare services approach. This presentation is the second in a series that will focus on the special needs of pregnant and parenting youth in or exiting substitute care.
The National Resource Center (NRC) for In-Home Services, NRC for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (FRIENDS), NRC for Youth Development, and Runaway and Homeless Youth Training and Technical Assistance Centers (RHYTTAC) have joined together in sponsoring this webinar with the goal of sharing knowledge and expertise to family-serving systems serving pregnant and parenting youth in prevention, early childhood intervention, in-home family preservation, out-of-home placement, and programs for runaway youth and unaccompanied minors.
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Title: Policies for Pregnant and Parenting Youth In or Exiting Substitute Care
Date: Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
Teen pregnancy and parenting pose significant developmental challenges for youth; even more for youth who are in, or have recently exited, substitute care. This webinar is a first in a series that will focus on the special needs of pregnant and parenting youth in or exiting substitute care. The first webinar will present a general overview of the needs of pregnant and parenting youth across systems and will include a discussion of policy and practice challenges. This webinar series will provide strategies that systems can use to work together to help support pregnant and parenting youth in their roles as parents, leading to positive outcomes for both the young parents and their children.
The National Resource Center (NRC) for In-Home Services, NRC for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (FRIENDS), NRC for Youth Development, and Runaway and Homeless Youth Training and Technical Assistance Centers (RHYTTAC) have joined together in sponsoring this webinar with the goal of sharing knowledge and expertise to family-serving systems serving pregnant and parenting youth in prevention, early childhood intervention, in-home family preservation, out-of-home placement, and programs for runaway youth and unaccompanied minors. |
