Join us May 21-24 at the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) National Human Services Summit 2023 in Baltimore, MD. Learn more and register for the event here.

Are you attending this event? Come say hello to Social Current staff member Izzy Hodnett at our booth in the general exhibit hall. You can also connect with Michon Hicks, Amy Templeman, and Lenore Schell throughout the week as they engage in different conference sessions.

Sessions

Tuesday, May 23: A Public Health Approach to Better Support Families and Counteract Child Abuse and Neglect

Amy Templeman of Social Current with Seth Persky of Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

We will share equitable solutions to better support families identified through Child Safety Forward, a three-year federal demonstration initiative. The goal of the initiative is to develop multidisciplinary strategies and responses to address serious or near-death injuries as a result of child abuse or neglect and to reduce the number of child fatalities. The initiative is funded by the Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime. Social Current serves as the national technical assistance provider to sites in California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. The public health approach to this work rebalances power, credits multiple types of data, and centers learning. The evaluation has identified three core conditions necessary to building a reimagined child and family well-being system: 1) Elevate families into relationships of equal power within systems, 2) Build intentional strategy to systematically assess and address racism, and 3) Sustain a proactive communications strategy.

See the full agenda here.

Join us June 28-30 at the National Council For Adoption’s Annual Conference in St. Louis, MO. Learn more and register for the event here.

Are you attending this event? Come say hello to Social Current staff member Marisa Collins, director of strategic partnerships and partner communications, at our booth.

Join us at the Network of Jewish Human Services Agencies conference in Dallas, TX. Learn more and register for the event here.

Are you attending this event?

Come say hello to Social Current staff member Marisa Collins, director of strategic partnerships and partner communications. Booth information coming soon.

Join us at the National Council for Mental Wellbeing’s conference in Los Angeles. Learn more and register for the event here.

Are you attending this event?

Come say hello to our staff at booth 616 and/or attend one of their sessions:

A13 – Leading Through Constraint: Successful Strategies for Surviving and Thriving

• • SC Presenter: Jody Levison-Johnson
  • Monday, May 1 from 10:30-11:30 a.m.
  • Location: 403 B, Level 2

B5 – Equity and Psychological Safety: The Necessity of Leveraging the Art of Being Uncomfortable

• • SC Presenters: Romero Davis and Undraye Howard
  • Monday, May 1 from 4:15-5:15 p.m.
  • Location: 502 B, Level 2

C7 – Creating Momentum in Challenging Times Through Accreditation

• • SC Presenter: Joe Perrow
  • Tuesday, May 2 from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
  • Location: 304 ABC, Level 2

About the Event

Three days of leadership-building, organization-boosting learning from the best minds in health care –that’s what awaits you at NatCon23 from May 1-3 in Los Angeles, California. Join us for the largest conference in mental health and substance use treatment as we celebrate our shared commitment to transform communities and save lives.

Join CWLA in Washington D.C. Learn more and register for the event here.

Are you attending this event? Come say hello to our staff at their exhibiting table (#4) or attend their session:

• Amy Templeman, Director of Within Our Reach
• Romero Davis, Senior Program Manager

Friday, April 28: Session H5 – Equitable Solutions to Keep Children Safe in Their Homes and Support Families 

This workshop will share equitable solutions to better support families identified through Child Safety Forward, a four-year, federal demonstration initiative to develop multidisciplinary strategies and responses to address serious or near-death injuries as a result of child abuse or neglect and to reduce the number of child fatalities. The initiative is funded by the Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime, and Social Current serves as the national technical assistance provider to sites in California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. This public health approach re-balances power, credits multiple types of data, and centers learning. Our objectives in this presentation are to share new approaches to addressing serious injuries and fatalities from maltreatment and to introduce new strategies for reframing childhood adversity as a public, preventable, and solvable issue.

Amy and Romero will be presenting alongside Patrick Nickoletti, University of Saint Joseph, Hartford, CT