![]() This presentation will cover Massachusetts Department of Children and Families’ comprehensive approach to strengthening policies, programs, and services that protect, support, and affirm children and youth served by the Department who are LGBTQIA+. Presenters: Ashley Krumbach & Lauren Zylla-Whetstone, Indiana Department of Child Services, Indianapolis, INĪ5 – Collaborative Approaches to Supporting and Affirming Children and Youth Who Are LGBTQIA+ and in Child Welfare Participants will learn to collaborate with front line staff and executives, acknowledge staff’s expertise of what works best within their systems, how to meet staff with compassion, and how to provide the space for individuals to advocate for their needs. Participants will learn to combine the heart of motivational interviewing and the foundations of psychological safety following the most tragic event in child welfare: the fatality of a child. Critical incident reviews, through the lens of safety science, allow participants a safe space to be part of the solution for organizational system change. In this workshop, participants will be introduced to the application of safety science in child welfare and how to incorporate concepts of this approach into critical incident reviews. Presenters: Elizabeth Wynter, Selfless Love Foundation, Tallahassee, FL Marisa Gerstein Pineau, FrameWorks Institute, Washington, DC Natalie Clark, Utah Department of Health and Human Services, Salt Lake City, UTĪ4 – Motivational Interviewing During Times of Crisis: Shifting from Blame to Change We will also share findings from research on re-framing youth who are transition aged, discuss how the insight gained from this research led to the creation of Foster Youth Voice Month, and will share perspectives on the importance of the voices of youth. Our presentation will examine this issue from all sides – hearing from youth with lived experience, reviewing the research on youth engagement and framing, and learning about innovative approaches that are being tested in the field. Presenters: Christine Theriault & Todd Landry Maine Office of Child and Family Services Augusta MEĪ3 – Foster Youth Voice Month: Framing FuturesĮmbedding the voices of youth with lived experience in the child welfare system is an adaptive challenge that requires a paradigm shift in the hearts and minds of professionals we must value youth as organizational assets. Participants will also learn about strategies for leveraging state and community partnerships to successfully implement federal and state policy as well as tools and resources created to support implementation. OCFS will describe the steps taken towards statewide implementation of these new standards and how they were incorporated into state policy. As a result, equity was created across the system so that all youth needing CRCF services, regardless of foster care status, receive the same newly adopted quality standards of care and treatment. The Maine Office of Child and Family Services (OCFS) leveraged state and community partnerships to be the only state to embed the Family First Qualified Residential Treatment Program Standards into existing Medicaid and licensing rules, making these standards a requirement for all Children’s Residential Care Facilities (CRCF) in Maine. Workshops focused on effective strategies and practices that strengthen families cross-system partnerships innovative approaches to service delivery bolstering the child welfare workforce strategies for supporting families impacted by mental health, and more.Īs always, the conference was an opportunity to engage with practice and policy colleagues from around the country, with events designed to encourage connection across systems, sectors, and state lines.Ī2 – From Federal Law to State Policy: Delivering on the Promise of Qualified Residential Treatment Program Standards CWLA featured workshops from community partners who focus on child and family well-being through childcare, Head Start, housing and other services, as well as from frontline staff and youth and parents with lived expertise. True collaboration allows space for everyone’s voice to be heard. By harnessing our collective wisdom, we learned how to develop and implement innovative and sustainable solutions that achieve child and family well-being. For three days, child- and family-serving professionals, families, and community representatives gathered to explore effective ways of deepening their relationships and engaging in more effective collaboration. ![]() Using CWLA’s guiding principles, this conference highlighted successful strategies for bridging the divide between public and private sectors of child welfare and related systems and the families and communities they serve. The CWLA 2023 National Conference, Stronger Together: Uniting to Advance Change, was be held April 26-28, 2023, at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
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