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All Children - All Families: Field Forward Webinars
HRC Foundation's All Children - All Families (ACAF) program hosts an annual live webinar series from January to August each year. Registration is open to ALL at no cost, we hope to see you there! The 2023 Field Forward Webinar Series is now live! Use the links below to register or download the PDF of the 2023 Webinar Series.
All webinars are recorded and added to ACAF's Webinar Archive for on-demand access; there are currently over 40 recorded webinars to choose from.
July
Best Practices at the Intersection of Child Welfare, Faith, and LGBTQ+ Youth and Families
Thursday, 7/13 at 3 PM ET
This webinar will prepare child welfare professionals to simultaneously and effectively engage faith and LGBTQ+ experiences in youth and families, whether the faith is that of the worker, youth, resource family, and/or family of origin.
Length: 90 minutes
Track: Non-Core
Audience: All Child Welfare Professionals
Optimizing Your Engagement with LGBTQ+ Foster and Adoptive Parents
Wednesday, 7/19 at 2 PM ET
Join ACAF for a panel discussion featuring LGBTQ+ foster and adoptive parents sharing their experiences engaging with child welfare. Learn tips on recruiting and supporting LGBTQ+ families and listen to phenomenal stories of new family formations.
Length: 90 minutes
Track: Non-core
Audience: All Child Welfare Professionals Serving Parents
August
Best Practices and Considerations When Placing Transgender, Non-Binary, and Gender Expansive Youth in Congregate Care Settings
Wednesday, 8/9 at 1:30 PM ET
This session aims to highlight best practices and considerations focused on what is best for Transgender, Non-Binary, and Gender Expansive youth that affirms their identity and keeps them safe in congregate care.
Length: 90 minutes
Track: Non-Core
Audience: All Child Welfare Professionals Serving Youth
Building an Organizational Framework for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Monday, 8/14 at 2 PM ET
Are your diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts siloed? Do you find that some initiatives are advancing faster than others? Join HRC’s All Children-All Families(ACAF) program for a panel discussion with program participants that have integrated ACAF’s organizational framework for LGBTQ+ inclusion with their other DEI efforts. We’ll discuss how this has helped in streamlining goals, maximizing resources, and putting intersectionality into practice. HRC’s DEI team will also join the session to share the importance of advancing organization-wide change that is seen in policies, practices, staff training, and the workplace culture.
Length: 90 minutes
Track: Non-Core
Audience: All Child Welfare Professionals
ACAF's Webinar Archive
All webinars are recorded and added to ACAF's Webinar Archive for on-demand access. Visit our archive page to view our list of over 40 webinars.
Frequently Asked Questions
Our webinars are free and available to all who are interested.
Everyone intending on participating in a webinar should register in advance using the registration link that corresponds with their selected webinar session.
As ACAF webinars are designed to be interactive with polls throughout and an evaluation at the end, we encourage attendees to log in at individual computers rather than viewing the webinars as a group.
At this time, each of ACAF's Core Curriculum webinars are eligible for 1.5 continuing education credits from the National Association of Social Workers (Introduction to LGBTQ+ Inclusion, Best Practices for Serving LGBTQ+ Parents & Best Practices for Serving LGBTQ+ Youth). Learn more here.