The Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs (OAPP) is pleased to host this year's Adolescent Family Life (AFL) Care Grantee Annual Conference at the Hotel Palomar/Waterview Conference Center in Arlington, Virginia, December 5 – 7, 2011. The theme of this year's Annual Conference is Optimizing Your Program. Maintaining and continuing program services, especially during challenging economic periods, is a major undertaking for all organizations. Grantees, however, have the opportunity to position themselves for success and longevity in the field of pregnant and parenting adolescents by building sustainable organizations.
The purpose of the 2011-2012 Annual Conference is to: (1) provide AFL grantees with practical strategies to develop and implement actions that will result in sustaining effective programs and services; (2) provide AFL grantees' staff with leadership skills that will boost their effectiveness; (3) enhance AFL grantees' knowledge, skills, and abilities in areas relevant to the needs of their target populations, such as program management, case management, and evaluation methodology and analysis; and (4) offer a platform in which grantees can share their program and evaluation findings with others. This conference will provide a professional forum to inform AFL Care Grantees of key issues and trends, as well as best practices to support their success in the adolescent health field for pregnant and parenting adolescents.
View Information about the AFL Care Grantee Annual Conference being held December 5 – 7, 2011 here (pdf, 216 kb).
Registration coming soon! Download a copy of the At-A-Glance Conference Agenda (pdf, 92 kb).
Past AFL Grantee Conference
The Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs (OAPP) hosted last year's AFL Care Grantee Annual Conference in San Antonio, Texas, December 13 – 15, 2010. The Annual Conference's focus was on Planning and Innovating for Reform. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The conference brought a new landscape of considerations for policy makers, program planners, and service providers of pregnant and parenting adolescents. The purpose of the conference was: (1) to formally introduce grantees to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health's initiatives and OAPP's policies; (2) to equip and enhance AFL grantees' knowledge, skills, and abilities in areas relevant to the needs of their target populations, program management, and evaluation methodology, analysis and outcomes; and (3) to provide a platform in which grantees could share their program and evaluation findings with others.
AFL Care grantees were provided the latest information on psychosocial and health issues affecting pregnant and parenting teens that could enhance service delivery to adolescents and their families.
To download a copy of the At-A-Glance Conference Agenda click here (pdf, 92 kb).
