Helping children, families, and communities grow stronger together.

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.

Workshop: Effective Program Design in Workforce Development

There are a wide variety of models and program designs that are used to increase the effectiveness of attaching hard-to-serve populations to the labor force. A few examples include: Work First, Sheltered Workshops, Job Search Readiness Training, among others. Within each model is a mix of services offered in various degrees of intensity, such as counseling, work supports, job development, post-placement counseling, educational services, assessment and case management. This session will provide an overview of the long-term results of the models and guidance on best practices for the future.

Presenter: Jodie Sue Kelly, Cygnet Associates

If you are interested in attending this workshop, held 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at 127 Church Street, New Haven, contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) at 203.401.6964.

Workshop: Motivational Interviewing for Workforce Development

Motivational Interviewing is a client-centered, evidence-based directive method for enhancing a person’s intrinsic motivation to change by exploring and resolving their ambivalence. The method differs from more “coercive” or externally driven methods for motivating change as it does not impose change that may be inconsistent with the person’s own values, beliefs, or wishes; but rather supports change in a manner that is consistent with the person’s own values and concerns. This hands-on, intensive two-day training will discuss a new effective approach in working with challenging populations and provide participants with an opportunity to explore creative ways of integrating a variety of approaches into an effective therapeutic intervention.

Presenter: Stephen Andrew, Health Education & Training Institute

If you are interested in attending a workshop, held 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at 127 Church Street, New Haven, contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) at 203.401.6964. Please note, the second day of this session occurs March 9, also from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the same location.

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.

Maine Foster Parent Pre-Service Training Sessions

Beginning on Saturday, March 10, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Casey Family Services is sponsoring the required training program to become a foster or adoptive parent in Maine. Prospective parents must complete all four sessions of the training series. In addition to the first session, participants are required to attend the following trainings:

• Tuesday, March 13, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
• Thursday, March 15, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
• Saturday, March 17, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

All sessions are free and take place at 75 Washington Avenue, Portland, ME. To register, please call Rana O’Connor at 207.772.4110.

Workshop: Workload Management for Busy Nonprofits

Nonprofit employees continue to face the reality of technology’s increased role in completing their day-to-day job responsibilities. Social media, the fast pace of mobile computing, and the multigenerational workforce’s response to it can bring daily challenges that only those in a learning orientation can navigate with success. This requires employees to be diligent in managing time and efficiently completing tasks. This half-day workshop will assist participants in developing skills to increase efficiency, productivity, and results in the workplace. Specifically, participants will learn:
how teams work and how this warrants the need for workload management;
tips to minimize stress;

• to improve task management by reducing distractions and prioritizing;
• email management techniques to increase productivity and de-clutter one’s inbox;
• daily planning strategies to schedule workload and task planning; and
• team tools to increase communication about workload with coworkers and clients.

Presenter: Kenya Rutland, KJR Consulting

If you are interested in attending this 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.

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.

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.

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.