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National Indian Child Welfare Association 41st Annual Protecting Our Children Conference

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Event Dates
Location
Reno, NV
Address

Peppermill Resort Spa Casino
Reno, NV

Participate in this event about American Indian and Alaska Native child advocacy issues.

Participants represent a cross-section of fields and interests including child welfare, mental health, and juvenile justice service providers; legal professionals; students; advocates for children; and Tribal, state, and federal leaders.

Conference Goals:

  • Highlight successful strategies for developing effective services.
  • Reveal the latest and most innovative child welfare and children’s mental health service delivery practices.
  • Highlight tactics and strategies for financing and sustaining services that impact children.
  • Showcase strategies for involving youth and families in developing services and policies that lead to systems change.
  • Create peer-to-peer networks that will assist each other in the work toward permanency for all American Indian and Alaska Native families.
  • Share the latest research on the well-being of American Indian and Alaska Native children and effective child welfare and children’s mental health services, practices, and policies.

Date Created: October 28, 2022