National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement

National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement (NRCOI) Webinar

Co-sponsored by the National Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues, the National Resource Center for Youth Development, the National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections and the National Resource Center for Child Welfare Data and Technology

STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT SCHOOL STABILITY AND CONTINUITY, PART 1

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

2:30 pm Eastern • 1:30 pm Central • 12:30 pm Mountain •

11:30 am Pacific • 10:30 am Alaska • 8:30 am Hawaii

HANDOUTS AT NRCOI WEBSITE:

http://www.nrcoi.org/tele_detail.htm#031511

PRESENTERS:

· Kathleen McNaught, National Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues and the ABA Legal Center for Foster Care and Education,

· Youth Representatives TBA

· Erwin McEwen, Director, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services,

· Cindi Horshaw, Director, Program Policy Unit, Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare,

· Jessica Feierman, Supervising Attorney, Juvenile Law Center, Philadelphia, PA,

AGENDA:

Welcome and introductions (Mary O’Brien, NRCOI)

Introduction to topic and overview of federal laws (Kathleen McNaught)

Youth perspective (TBA)

Promising practices to support school stability and continuity:

· Illinois (Erwin McEwen)

· Pennsylvania (Cindi Horshaw and Jessica Feierman)

Questions and comments throughout