Join us on Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. as we honor adoption advocates from across the nation! This year's National Angels in Adoption® honoree is the NFL's Minnesota Vikings and returning as the event emcees are 2014 honorees Bill Klein and Dr. Jennifer Arnold of TLC's The Little Couple. To purchase your tickets for the […]
The NCCD Conference on Children, Youth, and Families is a platform for professionals working in social service agencies to share experiences of creating programs and conducting research that advance NCCD’s mission of promoting just and equitable social systems. In addition to workshops and panels, there will be plenary speakers and networking times available to encourage […]
Young Minds Advocacy will host ‘Innovative Minds,’ an event to change the way we think about, talk about, and improve youth mental health in the community. The program will include an address from Mike Porath, founder and CEO of The Mighty, a digital publisher and online community that publishes stories about people facing mental illnesses, disabilities and […]
Penn State’s Network on Child Protection and Well-Being aims to help those working with children identify and respond to the unique challenges of childhood trauma in schools with its fifth annual conference, “Trauma Informed Schools: How child maltreatment prevention, detection, and intervention can be integrated into the school-setting,” to be held Oct. 10-11 at The […]
Assembly Member Tony Thurmond, Chair of the Budget Subcommittee on Health & Human Services You are invited to a special policy briefing hosted by Assembly Member Tony Thurmond, Chair of the Budget Subcommittee on Health & Human Services & the John Burton Foundation. Apartments, Babies & College: The New ABCs of Transition- Age Foster Youth How can we best utilize California's transitional housing program […]
Hear presentations from young leaders in foster care about their local and state advocacy work. Learn more about priority issues identified by young people who have experienced foster care. Network & connect one-on-one with foster youth-led advocacy groups. The Foster Youth in Action Showcase will take place at: National 4-H Conference Center 7100 Connecticut Ave Chevy Chase, MD 20815 […]
At this press conference youth advocates from Foster Youth in Action's national network will present the results of a national poll of foster youth issues, urging the incoming administration to increase its attention to youth-determined priorities. Following the press conference, all 110 youth advocates and their supporters are fanning out to offices of members of congress […]
Foster Youth Summit October 28, 2016, 9 am to 12:30 pm Los Angeles Mission College Campus Center 13356 Eldridge Ave, Sylmar, CA 91342 RSVP https://goo.gl/forms/ZCBPxVpmuJnKiuE83 For more information, please contact Danielle Jack at 213-891-2056 or jackdt@email.laccd.edu Continental Breakfast will be served Free Parking is available on the 2nd & 3rd Floor of the parking structure […]
Join Foster Youth for Hillary as they host the Fostering America's Future Virtual Town Hall with Anne Holton, wife of Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Tim Kaine and consistent champion of foster children. The townhall with be live-streamed on our Facebook page this Saturday at 2pm PST/5 pm EST! We'll be asking questions about how the Clinton Administration will improve the […]
This Sunday, nonprofit Safe Place for Youth is hosting a "Family Connect Day" for individuals and families to get to know the organization, and the issues facing the homeless youth they serve in Venice, California. It has invited community members to "come together with your family, friends and neighbors and be a part of the solution to […]
