The NACC Event Calendar provides up-to-date information on upcoming events from the NACC, including training sessions, webinars, and conferences in your local area and around the country.
NACC Member Webinar LGBTQI+ youth are overrepresented in the foster care system all over this country. They experience higher rates of suicidality and higher numbers of placements, they report more negative experiences within the child welfare system compared to their peers, and they experience higher rates of homelessness. In particular, LGBTQI+ youth of color see...
Presenter: Betsy Fordyce, JD, CWLS The Red Book Training is NACC’s signature training, designed to provide a comprehensive overview of child welfare law and practice as well as to assist attorneys in preparing for the Child Welfare Law Specialist (CWLS) certification exam. This one-day training is based on the newly published 4th edition of Child...
As part of NACC’s 2019-2023 Strategic Plan, NACC launched the Children’s Law Office Project 2.0 to provide an opportunity to convene and support the leaders and managers of nonprofit children’s law offices, state attorney ad litem or attorney guardian ad litem agencies, and law firms that contract with counties and states to represent children. We...
In conjunction with NACC’s 46th Annual National Child Welfare Law Conference, join us at the inaugural NACC career fair!
In conjunction with NACC’s 46th National Child Welfare Law Conference, join us at the inaugural NACC career fair!
From Learning to Action: Shared Accountability for Disrupting Harm and Promoting Healing This year’s conference theme recognizes that all system actors have a shared responsibility to promote family integrity, center the voices and experiences of individuals with lived expertise, engage in authentic partnerships, and actively work towards equity and justice. These continue to be trying...
Preventive Legal Advocacy & Pre-Petition Representation: Where We Are, Where We Are Headed, and What We Are Learning Preventive legal advocacy and pre-petition programs are the result of strategically targeted efforts to support families through upstream civil legal services that address social determinants of health and safely reduce instances of unnecessary child welfare system involvement....
Join NACC friends and colleagues for a private tour of Paisley Park, Prince’s home and studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota, outside Minneapolis. Registration includes round-trip charter bus transportation and 2-hour private tour. Capacity is limited to 200 so register today! Attendees must abide by Paisley Park's rules during the tour, including: Everyone will be asked to...
Get ready to travel back in time to the decade of big hair, leg warmers, and funky beats at this year’s 80s themed dance party! Dress to impress in your best retro attire (there will be prizes!) and hit the dance floor with your friends and colleagues as we rock out to the best hits...
Tuesdays, September 5 - October 24 3:00 - 4:30pm MDT The Red Book Training Course is an exciting opportunity for practitioners to brush up on their knowledge of federal child welfare law and learn tips to enhance their representation of children, parents, or the agency. The course covers major dependency practice competency areas and includes...
From Learning to Action: Shared Accountability for Disrupting Harm and Promoting Healing Virtual/Online This year’s conference theme recognizes that all system actors have a shared responsibility to promote family integrity, center the voices and experiences of individuals with lived expertise, engage in authentic partnerships, and actively work towards equity and justice. These continue to be...
Identity theft in foster care is a growing concern that affects some of the most vulnerable members of society. In many cases, children in foster care may not even be aware that their identities have been compromised until they are preparing to age out of the system or after they have left care. This issue...