Children's Bureau Express

Conferences

Upcoming national conferences on adoption and child welfare through April 2008 include:

January

Society for Social Work and Research 12th Annual Conference
Research Matters
January 17–20, Washington, DC
www.sswr.org/conferences.php
22nd Annual San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment
Chadwick Center for Children & Families
January 28–February 1, San Diego, CA
www.chadwickcenter.org/conference.htm

February

Children 2008: A Call for Action—Leading the Nation for Children and Families
Child Welfare League of America
February 25–27, Washington, DC
www.cwla.org/conferences/2008nationalrfp.htm

March

BACW 2008 Annual Conference
Listening and Responding to the Voices of Our Youth, Our Legacy
Black Administrators in Child Welfare
March 2–4, Baltimore, MD
http://www.blackadministrators.org/2008Conference.html (link no longer available)
9th Annual National Fatherhood & Families Conference 2008
The Fathers and Families Coalition, Inc.
March 4–7, Phoenix, AZ
www.azffc.org/show_page.php?id=106
Annual AIA Conference
Strengthening Connections Between Parents and Children Affected by Substance Abuse, HIV, & Incarceration
National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center
March 12–14, San Francisco, CA
http://aia.berkeley.edu/strengthening_connections/index.html (link no longer available)
24th National Symposium on Child Abuse
National Children's Advocacy Center
March 17–20, Huntsville, AL
www.nationalcac.org/professionals/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=91&Itemid=105

April

26th Annual "Protecting Our Children" National American Indian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect
National Indian Child Welfare Association
April 20–23, Minneapolis, MN
www.nicwa.org/conference

Further details about national and regional adoption and child welfare conferences can be found through the "Conference Calendar Search" feature on the Child Welfare Information Gateway website:

www.childwelfare.gov/calendar/index.cfm

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