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ABOUT THE DIALOGUE
 The Dialogue will focus on exploring good practices and strategies for achieving permanency for youth in the child welfare system, and how to translate that information effectively in states and counties. The attendees will have an opportunity to network with their peers from across the nation while working together to achieve practice improvements in child welfare.
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Who Should Attend
Attendance is by invitation only. Please click here for information about who is invited and whose participation will be sponsored by the Children’s Bureau. For a preview of Tentative Break-Out
Session Workshops, please click here.
Tentative Meeting Agenda
Monday, October 20, 2008 |
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008 |
| 8:00 am |
Registration and
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 am |
Welcome |
| 9:00 am |
General Session: CFSR and Beyond – Achieving Agency Systemic / Culture Change |
| 10:30 am |
Break |
| 10:45 am |
Break-out Sessions
Workshops A-B-C-D-E |
12:00 -
1:30 pm |
Lunch on your own |
| 1:30 pm |
General Session: Integrating Data to Facilitate System Change |
| 3:00 pm |
Break |
| 3:15 pm |
Break Out Sessions
Workshops F-G-H-I-J |
| 5:00 pm |
Adjourn |
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| 8:00 am |
Registration and
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 am |
AdoptUsKids Video:
The Road to Adoption and Foster Care
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| 9:00 am |
General Session:
Leadership & Cultural Competency to Achieve System / Culture Change
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| 10:30 am |
Break |
| 10:45 am |
Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994, as amended by the Interethnic Adoption Provisions in 1996 (MEPA/IEP) |
12:00 -
1:30 pm |
Ellen W. Carey Award
Adoption Excellence Awards Luncheon
Ad Council Teen Public Service Announcements |
| 1:30 pm |
Break-out Sessions
Workshops K-L-M-N-O |
| 3:00 pm |
Break |
| 3:15 pm |
Federal Updates
General Session:
Effecting Change -
Tools to Use |
| 5:00 |
Adjourn |
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2008 Policy to Practice Dialogue “Child Welfare Leadership in Action”