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Welcome to Florida’s Center for the Advancement of Child Welfare Practice Web Portal
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The Center supports Florida's child welfare professionals in achieving practice excellence and developing communities of practice to help keep kids safe. It is funded by the Department of Children and Families.  The Center facilitates the distribution of relevant, accurate and consistent information that is easily accessible and readily available to you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  Hot Links to frequently used Tools and Resources are directly below.  Click on them to access the resource.  To visit the Full Knowledge Library, click on the Knowledge Library icon to the left. 
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July 8 Teleconference: "Promoting Change and Growth in Highly Resistant Clients (Part 2)"

Go to our National Child Welfare Teleconference Events page to register for this and other upcoming teleconferences.


Florida KIDS COUNT Releases New Child Data Book

The Center for the Study of Children’s Futures at the USF College of Behavioral & Community Sciences has released Florida’s Children At A Glance, 2008. The publication provides county and statewide data on population, birth indicators, education, child well-being, and youth and the law. Available in PDF format at http://cscf.fmhi.usf.edu or by ordering the book at https://fmhi.pro-copy.com. For more information or help with data on Florida’s children and their families, contact the Center at 813-974-7411.


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Child Welfare Training, Live Webcasts, and Funding Announcements 
For a complete calendar of all upcoming conferences, click here.  
 

 

Grant Opportunity!  Click here for information on ACF's Family Connection Discretionary Grants which aim to help children reconnect with family through various programs. Applications due July 6.

Grant Opportunity! Click here for information on ACF's Support Systems for Rural Homeless Youth: A Collaborative State and Local Demonstration Grant.  Applications due August 3.

PRIDE (Parents' Resource for Information Development Education) Train-the-Trainer series.  CWLA informational meetings: July 7, 8 or 9.  Trainings: Aug. 3-6 or Aug. 17-20.  Click here for more information and Info Mtg registration; click here to register for the TTT series.

Nat'l Center on Substance Abuse & Child Welfare (NCSACW) and Nat'l Alliance for Drug Endangered Children (NADEC): An Overview.  July 14, 1pm.  Part one of a two part webinar series for professionals working with families affected by substance abuse. Click here to register for this free webinar.

Extending Foster Care to Age 21. July 15, 1-2pm. Click here to register for a free web conference sponsored by Chapin Hall on the costs, benefits, and opportunities of foster care past age 18.

Post-Adoption Services Professional Development OpportunitiesSummer '09, various locations. Click here for more information.

Treating Parents with Co-Occurring Disorders, August 21-22, Berkeley, CA.  A National AIA Resource Center training.  Click here for more information.

2009 Dependency Summit, August 26-28, Orlando.  Click here for registration info. 

Save the Date! Florida Coalition for Children Annual Conference, October 12-14, 2009 in Orlando, Fl.  Click here for more information.

New! Child Welfare Professional Development Series - Visit the Regional Training page to view the workshops from this June 3rd conference.  Click here.

 


imPACT (Promoting Achievement through Consultation and Training)  In-service training for for child welfare professionals.

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Center Announcements 

Recently Posted Video Presentations: "Media and Its Impact on Our Family" looks at threats posed to youth via the internet and "Meet Your New Drug Dealer" provides crucial information about changes in youth substance abuse.  View these and other archived workshops and trainings on the Center's Multimedia Home Page.

"On the Line with CWLA" -- From the Child Welfare League of America, this live internet radio program focuses on subjects of interest to child welfare professionals.  Wednesdays from 2-3:30 p.m.  Click here for schedule; listen to broadcasts at  www.blogtalkradio.com/CWLA-Radio.  

Reducing Trauma in the First Hours Following Removal.  In this outstanding audio training, national expert Joann Schladale, L.M.F.T., gives useful insights, tools and tips, etc. to help CPIs and related professionals mitigate the trauma experience for the child being removed from a harmful home environment.

Hearing Your Voice: A Guide to Your Dependency Court Case.  New publication from the ABA Youth Empowerment Project and Florida's Children First written for youth involved in the Dependency Court system. Click here for the guidebook and share it with youth in the system. 

 
 
 
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