Welcome to our Calendar of Events!
This calendar includes opportunities for learning and connection from the Wisconsin Family Connections Center, the Coalition for Children, Youth & Families, and several other organizations across Wisconsin. (NOTE: Opportunities from the Wisconsin Family Connections Center are noted with a blue ribbon on the calendar below.)
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For a complete listing of Regional Events and Support Groups, please visit the Wisconsin Family Connections Center Eventbrite Page.
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For information about Recorded Webinars, Upcoming Live Webinars, Courses, and Conferences, please visit the Champion Classrooms.
Events are added as information is made available to us. If you’d like to share an upcoming event with us, please contact us at info@wifamilyconnectionscenter.org.
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Assessing Kin Caregiver Needs to Provide Responsive Services and Support
October 30 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Assessing the needs of kinship/grandfamilies is critical to providing relevant services, capitalizing on their strengths, and helping them overcome their challenges. Explore kinship assessments through several vantage points.
- Explore how Washington State’s kinship navigator program is assessing and responding to kin caregiver needs and how Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe’s Children & Family Services has adapted the tool to align with their Kinship Parenting Program’s values, culture, and practices.
- Learn about the Kinship Caregiver Assessment in the nationally recommended Kin-Specific Foster Home Approval Standards, which considers the ability of a kin caregiver to care for all the physical, emotional, medical, and educational needs of the child and meets the federal criteria for title IV-E agencies’ assessment of kin caregivers. See how the Assessment was developed based in part on interviews with 24 title IV-E agencies in states, territories, and tribes, and through a co-design process with key stakeholders.
- Hear from a panel of kin caregivers on what they recommend as the best approaches to assessing their needs.
Following the webinar, we will host a half-hour Q&A session with the presenters. Participants will receive a separate Zoom link during the webinar to join that session.
Presenters:
Rosalyn Alber, Kinship and Lifespan Respite Program Manager, Home & Community Services, Aging & Long-Term Support Administration, Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
Madeleine Chone, Bloom Works
Hannah Herrington, Senior Product and Delivery Manager, Bloom Works
Cheryl A. Miller M.L.S., Director, Children & Family Services, Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe
