WEBINAR ANNOUNCEMENT

Register Now for the National Foster Care Month Event!

Join the Capacity Building Center for States on Thursday, May 16, 2024, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time, for the 2024 National Foster Care Month (NFCM) virtual event,

"Allying With Youth: Developing Life-Long Relationships and Supportive Networks"

The 2024 National Foster Care Month event will focus on how agencies can partner with young people experiencing the foster care system to build strong, supportive networks and achieve relational permanency.

To kick off the event, Dr. Justin “Jay” Miller, Dean of the University of Kentucky College of Social Work, will deliver a keynote address. Dr. Miller will share his personal story of how achieving relational permanency, through building and establishing lasting relationships and a supportive network, prepared him for life after he transitioned out of the foster care system.

Participants will then hear from a panel of jurisdictional representatives from across the country and lived experience experts. They will discuss their approaches to supporting and engaging young people transitioning out of the foster care system.

Don’t Miss This Opportunity

• Celebrate this year’s NFCM and learn more about “relational permanency,” what it is, and its significance in improving the lives of young people in and transitioning out of the foster care system.
  
  
• Identify key components of allyship with young people in and transitioning out of the foster care system and gain insight into how to apply this knowledge to casework practice.
  
  
• Hear from jurisdictional peers on their best practices and lessons learned in building authentic partnership and engagement with young people.

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