Webinars and Other Events

FosteringConnections.org will be facilitating virtual webinars and in-person trainings in 2010.  Whenever possible, these trainings will be made available in this multimedia section.  In addition, from time to time, we will share interesting media clips of relevance to the Fostering Connections law.

• Webinar: Connecting Children to Kin: An Exploration of Family Finding
  07/12/2012: Presentation from a July 12, 2012 webinar on Family Finding and the kinship provision of the Fostering Connections Act.
  
• Webinar: Supervised Independent Living for Foster Youth
  04/12/2012: Information from an April 12, 2012 webinar on Supervised Independent Living Settings for Older Youth. State presentations include California, New York, Minnesota and Illinois.
  
• Webinar: Understanding the Fostering Connections Act: An Introduction for State Policymakers
  06/02/2011: PowerPoint from the May 13, 2011 presentation.
  
• Webinar: Implementing Fostering Connections through Family Teaming
  03/01/2011: Powerpoint, audio presentation and materials from the webinar on Implementing Fostering Connections through Family Teaming.
  
• Webinar - Transition Planning Training-of-Trainers for Young Leaders
  10/21/2010:
  
• Webinar - Two Years Since Fostering Connections, older youth provisions
  10/07/2010: On October 7, 2010, the Fostering Connections Resource Center, together with FosterClub, the National Conference of State Legislatures, The Finance Project, the John Burton Foundation and Fostering Media Connections hosted a webinar to mark the 2 year anniversary of the Fostering Connections Act, with a special emphasis on the older youth provisions.
  
• Webinar - Fostering Connections and Health
  09/21/2010: The Resource Center's lead national partner, the National Academy for State Health Policy led a webinar on the health provisions of FCA. Panelists included Chris Chytraus, Program Manager for Utah's Fostering Healthy Children Program and Betty Ward-Zuckerman, Assistant Director, GAO and contributor to a report on state practices for managing health care for children in foster care, as well as Dr. Sarah Springer, chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics' Task Force on Foster Care, who will discuss AAP's Healthy Foster Care America Initiative.
  
• Supporting Tribal Child Welfare through a Better Understanding of the Opportunities Under Fostering Connections
  08/12/2010: The power-point presentation from the August 12th, 2010 Webinar on Supporting Tribal Child Welfare through a Better Understanding of the Opportunities Under Fostering Connections, hosted by Fostering Connections Resource Center in conjunction with the National Indian Child Welfare Agency.
  
• Webinar - New Title IV-E Tools for Tribes to Take Advantage of Opportunities Under Fostering Connections
  08/10/2010: Please find below the slide show presentation from the August 10th Webinar on New Title IV-E Tools for Tribes to Take Advantage of Opportunities Under Fostering Connections, hosted by the Fostering Connections Resource Center in conjunction with the National Indian Child Welfare Association.
  
• Webinar - Fostering Connections through Education and Transportation
  07/13/2010: Below, please find the video presentation from the July 13th webinar on Fostering Connections through Education and Transportation hosted by the Fostering Connections Resource Center in conjunction with the American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law.
  
• Webinar - Fostering Connections through Kinship/Guardianship
  06/17/2010: The Fostering Connections Resource Center, Children's Defense Fund and Child Focus hosted a webinar on the kinship/guardianship-related provisions of the Fostering Connections law.
  
• Webinar - Projecting the Net Fiscal Impact of Extending Foster Care to 21
  04/27/2010:
  
• Webinar - Fostering Connections Through Adoptions
  04/15/2010: Webinar on Fostering Connections through Adoptions
  
• Webinar: Designing Foster Care to 21
  02/08/2010:
  
• Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) Announces Creation of Senate Caucus on Foster Youth with Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA)
  12/17/2009:
  
• Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) Announces Creation of Senate Caucus on Foster Youth with Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
  12/17/2009:
  
• Excerpts from White House Focus on Youth in Transition from Foster Care 1999
  12/27/2009: A short video excerpt from a 1999 White House event focusing on Youth in Transition after passage of the Chafee Foster Care Independence Act