Helping children, families, and communities grow stronger together.

Information Meeting on Foster and Adoptive Parenting [Bridgeport]

The Bridgeport Division of Casey Family Services is recruiting foster and adoptive families for children in foster care. To learn more, join Casey at an informational meeting from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on the first Thursday of every month, at 777 Main Street, Bridgeport. Please contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) at 800.332.6991 to obtain additional information.

Information Meeting on Foster and Adoptive Parenting [February]

The Hartford Division of Casey Family Services is recruiting prospective foster and adoptive families. To learn more about helping children and youth in foster care, join Casey at an informational meeting from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., on Thursday, February 2, at 43 Woodland Street, Hartford, CT. Please contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) at 860.727.1030 or 800.732.6921 to obtain additional information.

Information Session for Prospective Foster Parents in Baltimore

Casey Family Services in Baltimore is recruiting prospective foster and adoptive families to care for young people who are parents themselves. To learn more about helping children and youth in foster care, join Casey at its monthly information meeting on the second Wednesday of every month, 25 N. Caroline Street, Baltimore, MD. Call 1.888.799.KIDS to find out how you can become a foster or adoptive parent.

Workshop: Building a Results Culture for Nonprofits [Session 1]

This four-course series is designed for teams of three to five people from the same nonprofit to work together to apply the Results-Based Accountability framework in their organization as a way of working to achieve better results for the people they serve. Participants will increase their competency and their team’s ability to accelerate the use of RBA practices across their organization’s programs. The series will cover the basics of results accountability, developing performance measures, data collection, using results in collaborative work, and more. The individual sessions in this series each build on previous learning so teams are expected to attend all four sessions and remain intact throughout the learning series to gain maximum benefit. The Foundation recommends that the teams of people who participate consist of staff in leadership, frontline, and data management roles. The curriculum includes a range of learning and application activities, along with resources and tools that participants will be able to use in their organization. Participants must commit to attending the entire series with additional sessions on April 19, June 21, and September 5.

Presenter: Phyllis Rozansky, Principal, Pathways to Results, LLC

If you are interested in attending a workshop, held 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at 127 Church Street, New Haven, contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) at 203.401.6964.

Rhode Island Foster and Adoptive Parent Information Session (Providence)

The Rhode Island Division of Casey Family Services is recruiting prospective foster and adoptive families. To learn more about helping children and youth in foster care, join Casey at its monthly Open House and Information Meeting from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., on the second Thursday of every month, at 1268 Eddy Street, Providence. Call 1.888.799.KIDS to find out how you can become a foster or adoptive parent.

Baltimore-area Foster Parent Support Group

Casey Family Services is hosting a free support group for its Baltimore-area foster parents on the third Wednesday of each month, at its office at 25 N. Caroline Street, Baltimore, MD. For more information or to register, call 410.342.7554.

Workshop: Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative as a Strategy for Juvenile Justice

More than 120 jurisdictions in more than half the states participate in the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI), a multifaceted system reform process designed to safely reduce reliance on secure detention and transform juvenile justice policy and practice. This session will examine: detention reform as a platform for system change; the JDAI process and its eight core strategies; results and innovations from two decades of practice; and expanding the Foundation’s juvenile justice work to the deep end of the system.

Presenter: Gail Mumford, Senior Associate, Juvenile Justice Strategy Group, The Annie E. Casey Foundation

If you are interested in attending a workshop, held 9 a.m. to noon, at 127 Church Street, New Haven, contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) at 203.401.6964.

In-Service Training for Baltimore-area Foster Parents

Casey Family Services is hosting a training for its foster and adoptive parents in the Baltimore area on the fourth Wednesday of each month, at its office at 25 N. Caroline Street, Baltimore, MD. The topic for each session will be announced prior to the training. For more information or to register, call 410.342.7554.

Workshop: An Overview of Workforce Development Basics

This introductory workshop provides an overview of the workforce development field, including the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), and reviews the core elements of a comprehensive approach to serving job seekers. Participants will learn about the history of workforce development in the United States, what we know works from serving low-skilled, multibarriered populations, and how to incorporate performance management into their workforce programs. Additional topics include understanding the core elements of workforce program design, and developing appropriate workforce strategies for sectoral approaches, bridge programs, and transitional work models.

Presenter: John Padilla, Associate Director, The Annie E. Casey Foundation

If you are interested in attending a workshop, held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at 127 Church Street, New Haven, contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) at 203.401.6964.

Hartford Division Recruitment and Retention Task Force Meeting

The Hartford Division’s Recruitment and Retention Task Force will meet at 6 p.m. on February 23, in the fourth-floor conference room 43 at Woodland Street, Hartford.

Lunch and Learn: Elm City Fellowship for Children and Families Information Session

The Elm City Fellowship for Children and Families, a leadership development initiative of the Annie E. Casey Foundation and its direct service agency, Casey Family Services, is an executive training program designed to foster leadership within New Haven’s nonprofit and public sectors. The Fellowship explicitly strives to increase the pool of diverse, visionary leaders with the confidence and competence to create supports and systems that help families achieve better outcomes. Come learn about the Fellowship model, selection criteria and participant benefits.

If you are interested in attending this lunch and learn, held from noon to 1:30 p.m., at 127 Church Street, New Haven, contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) at 203.401.6964.

Information Meeting on Foster and Adoptive Parenting [Bridgeport]

The Bridgeport Division of Casey Family Services is recruiting foster and adoptive families for children in foster care. To learn more, join Casey at an informational meeting from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on the first Thursday of every month, at 777 Main Street, Bridgeport. Please contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) at 800.332.6991 to obtain additional information.

Information Meeting on Foster and Adoptive Parenting [March]

The Hartford Division of Casey Family Services is recruiting prospective foster and adoptive families. To learn more about helping children and youth in foster care, join Casey at an informational meeting from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., on Thursday, March 1, at 43 Woodland Street, Hartford, CT. Please contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) at 860.727.1030 or 800.732.6921 to obtain additional information.