Conferences -- Adoption and Child Welfare

According to the Children's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the following conferences about adoption and child welfare are scheduled to occur in the next few months:

March 2009

• BACW 2009 Annual Conference
  Bridging the Gap for Our Children, Our Legacy
  Black Administrators in Child Welfare, Inc.
  March 8–10, Long Beach, CA
  www.blackadministrators.org
• Fifth Annual Conference on Childhood Grief and Traumatic Loss
  Restoring Joy to Children and Families
  ICAN Associates, Inc.
  March 26, Los Angeles, CA
  http://ican-ncfr.org/documents/Grief2009SavetheDate.pdf
• 36th Annual New England Adoption Conference
  Adoption Community of New England, Inc.
  March 28, Bellingham, MA
  http://adoptioncommunityofne.org/pages/annual-ne-adoption-conference.php
• 17th Annual Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect
  Focusing on the Future: Strengthening Families and Communities
  Children's Bureau, Office on Child Abuse and Neglect
  March 30–April 4, Atlanta, GA
  www.pal-tech.com/cbconference/index.cfm

April 2009

• 27th Annual Protecting Our Children National American Indian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect
  National Indian Child Welfare Association
  April 19–22, Reno, NV
  www.nicwa.org/conference/
• American Adoption Conference 30th Annual Conference
  April 22–26, Cleveland, OH
  www.americanadoptioncongress.org/national_conferences.php

May 2009

• NFPA 39th Annual Education Conference
  Focus on the Future . . . Love a Child
  National Foster Parent Association
  May 4–8, Reno, NV
  https://secure3.convio.net/wmh1/site/SPageServer?pagename=Conference2009
• Eighth Annual National Citizen Review Panel Conference
  May 20–22, Jackson Hole, WY
  www.wycrp.org/Resources/2009NCRPConference.pdf

(MIF 02-06-2009)