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SUMMARY:PACC and PLX registrations open!
DESCRIPTION:Permanency and Adoption Competency Certificate (PACC) \nThe Permanency and Adoption Competency Certificate (PACC) was developed in 2010 as a response to community demand to meet the need for increasing the availability and competency of a professional workforce able to work across systems to serve the unique and complex clinical and practice needs for adopted individuals and their families. Early on\, Senator Amy Klobuchar selected the program as an Angel in Adoption™ recipient for outstanding advocacy in preparing adoption-competent clinical mental health and child welfare professionals for their work with adopted children and their families. Over more than a decade of programming\, PACC has graduated over 420 professionals across 23 regional cohorts.\n\nRegistration for the the 2025-26 hybrid and virtual cohorts is now open! Access this flier to learn more about PACC and to register! \n\nPhoenix Learning Xchange (PLX) \nPLX is a dynamic collaboration between the Department of Human Services and the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare aimed at increasing positive relationships between youth involved in systems and professionals who support them. Completion of this certificate program will provide learners with knowledge\, skills\, practice opportunities and a supportive multidisciplinary community in which to learn and collaborate. Learners will develop a deeper understanding of adolescent development\, issues and challenges facing youth in systems\, and increasing positive engagement and supportive relationships between youth and the people who serve them.
URL:https://permanencyhubmn.org/event/pacc-and-plx-registrations-open/
CATEGORIES:- Ongoing Learning,- Professionals,AUDIENCE,FAMILY CALENDAR
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SUMMARY:Kinship: Know Your Rights
DESCRIPTION:This presentation is for relative and kinship  families who are considering becoming a permanency resource for a child or youth they know and love who is in foster care. It may also be helpful for attorneys who represent kin\, as well as other professionals working in the child welfare system\, who want to understand the law and their obligations in light of recent changes to Minnesota law. This presentation will explore the rights of relatives or kin. It will address important considerations and timeframes\, from a legal standpoint\, at different stages of a child protection case. The presentation will also explore when to hire an attorney and what to expect if relative/kin seek representation\, as well as ways to assess if an attorney is competent in these types of kinship cases. \n\nAlisha Watkins is an assistant teaching professor in the Institute to Transform Child Protection at the Mitchell Hamline School of Law. Alisha teaches law and graduate social work students in the institute’s Child Protection Clinic who represent parents and kin in child protection cases. Alisha also works to develop and further community engagement regarding kinship representation. Alisha worked as a senior paralegal and law clerk for over 15 years. Alisha also became a volunteer guardian ad litem to represent the best interests of children in child welfare proceedings. Alisha attended both law school and undergrad as a non-traditional student while working full time and raising her children. She studied in Mitchell Hamline’s blended-learning enrollment option and became its first Hybrid/EJD representative for the Black Law Students Association 2017–19. During her tenure\, Alisha spearheaded the creation of a national mentorship program for the group’s members. \nMcKenzie Daul is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) in the state of Minnesota and Wisconsin. She earned her Masters of Social Work degree from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and a Master of Public and Nonprofit Administration degree from Metropolitan State University. She is currently pursuing a law degree at Mitchell Hamline School of Law. McKenzie has been working within the child welfare and human services field for over ten years. She has both direct practice and leadership experience. She has led foster care and adoption programming\, with a focus on relative and kin families and preserving familial connections. Currently she is the Family Services Programs director at Ampersand Families and works part-time at Children’s Minnesota as a Clinical Social Worker\, primarily in the emergency department.\nMcKenzie is passionate about working with youth and families. She works to dismantle barriers and has been successful in developing programming and partnering with the staff she supervises to reduce barriers and create practices focused on an anti-oppression\, trauma-informed\, strengths-based\, and person-centered lens.
URL:https://permanencyhubmn.org/event/kinship-know-your-rights/
CATEGORIES:- Kinship/Adoptive/Foster Parents,- Ongoing Learning,- Professionals
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250410T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250410T143000
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SUMMARY:[Part 2] Gender-Based Violence: A Caring\, Community Approach to Supporting Childhood Survivors
DESCRIPTION:In Part Two of this series\, we will explore trauma-informed responses to gender-based violence. We will address how to help create a healthy\, safe environment that pulls survivors toward safety and well-being.  Gender-based violence  is not a private or family matter\, it’s an issue that affects the community and we must work together to provide help and hope. \nPart 1: Gender-Based Violence: Its Lasting Impact on Children was recorded and is available in our webinar library.  \n  \n\nMarcus Bruning retired from active law enforcement in 2013 after a 28 year public safety career.   Marcus served the last 20 years with the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office in Duluth\, Minnesota where he retired as Division Commander (Rank of Major).  Marcus also founded Marcus Bruning Training and Consulting in 2001. Marcus Bruning is known for the real world practical education and training he provides for community-based teams everywhere.  Marcus Bruning is a certified Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Training Specialist and provides instruction around the world in domestic crisis intervention and intelligence led policing. Marcus Bruning is internationally recognized as an expert on law enforcement response to intimate partner abuse\, sexual assault and stalking. Major Bruning also provides training services as a Contract Instructor for Praxis International\, Minnesota Program Development Inc.\, The Gender Violence Institute\, The National Sheriff’s Association and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.  Marcus has presented internationally for Global Rights For Women facilitating classes for members of parliament and non-government officials from 21 countries in Eastern Europe.  Marcus also assisted with the development and implementation of a risk assessment tool for The United Nations Women’s Organization in Tbilisi\, Republic of Georgia and facilitated Domestic Violence Institutes for Vital Voices Global Partners in Romania\, Honduras\, Poland\, and Argentina. Marcus facilitated gender-based violence response training for the U.S. Army in South Korea. Marcus specializes in providing insight into the surprising similarities of victims and police officers that will help you connect to the complex thought patterns of a victim in trying to survive the moment and the long term. Major Bruning has published articles in the National Sheriff’s Magazine and has been quoted in Oprah’s “O” Magazine.  Marcus was also an adjunct professor for the University of Minnesota from which he earned his Masters of Education degree and is a member of American Mensa.
URL:https://permanencyhubmn.org/event/part-2-gender-based-violence-a-caring-community-approach-to-supporting-childhood-survivors/
LOCATION:– Online Webinar/Training\, Support Group\, or Meeting\, MN\, United States
CATEGORIES:- Foster Parents,- Kinship/Adoptive/Foster Parents,- Ongoing Learning,- Pre-Adopt Parents,- Professionals
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SUMMARY:Parenting in Racially and Culturally Diverse Families Training
DESCRIPTION:This training helps participants understand the impact of parenting children from different racial/ethnic/cultural backgrounds and to know how to honor and incorporate child’s race/ethnicity/culture into their existing family system. Strategies are identified to help children develop positive and proud identities and to help children and families prepare for and handle racism in all forms. Openness to a child’s sexual orientation and gender identity and expression and viewing these differences from a strengths-based perspective is also highlighted. \nThis training is for Ampersand non-relative families who are going through the home study assessment process. Please consult with your permanency specialist before signing up. \nAll trainings are subject to change or cancellation based on need.
URL:https://permanencyhubmn.org/event/parenting-in-racially-and-culturally-diverse-families-training-2/2025-04-10/
LOCATION:– Online Webinar/Training\, Support Group\, or Meeting\, MN\, United States
CATEGORIES:- Ongoing Learning
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SUMMARY:Relative/Kin Legal Clinic
DESCRIPTION:Free virtual legal clinic for relative & kin families hoping to be a permanency resource for a child in foster care. \nWhat to expect during the clinic: \n\nA brief “Know Your Rights” presentation\nA 1:1 consultation with an attorney\nConnection\, support\, and resource sharing\n\nSpace is limited! Please RSVP at this link\, or the link below \nFor any questions or concerns\, please reach out to tabetha@ampersandfamilies.org
URL:https://permanencyhubmn.org/event/relative-kin-legal-clinic-2/
LOCATION:– Online Webinar/Training\, Support Group\, or Meeting\, MN\, United States
CATEGORIES:- Kinship/Adoptive/Foster Parents,- Ongoing Learning
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SUMMARY:Brain Training for our Foster & Adoptive Kids to be Solution Seekers
DESCRIPTION:It is common for foster and adoptive children to wrestle with emotional dysregulation and a sense of disconnection due to the way in which we were brought into the world\, inconsistent caregiving\, and our loss. I am a nature-based occupational therapist and am passionate about empowering my young clients to build awareness of their senses\, bodies\, and thoughts to help them build self-trust and resilience. As an adoptee\, whole-body learning has also been a lifelong journey for me that I share with my clients and their families. Join us to learn strategies to help train your young person’s brain to become more confident solution seekers. \n  \n\nMya Zavaleta feels incredibly fortunate to be able to combine her love for nature with her 20 years of clinical experience as a bilingual (Spanish) occupational therapist to create her own Nature OT practice that boosts kids’ physical and mental health. That means she skill-builds with toddlers to teens while exploring in nature with them on the Central Coast of CA. She supports neurodivergent kids (with ADHD\, Autism\, Sensory difficulties\, anxiety\, PTSD) and kids that have experienced trauma\, fostership\, and adoption. Mya believes in helping every child discover their own superpowers and feel more confident and grounded to live with greater joy and ease. Partnering with families to offer strategies and creative problem-solving solutions for their children is also essential to the deep impact she has with her young clients and families. When she’s not working\, she loves to move – working out at bootcamp classes or getting outdoors walking with her sweet shih-tzu pup\, her teen sons\, husband\, and friends along any body of water and among trees.
URL:https://permanencyhubmn.org/event/brain-training-for-our-foster-adoptive-kids-to-be-solution-seekers/
CATEGORIES:- Foster Parents,- Kinship/Adoptive/Foster Parents,- Ongoing Learning,- Pre-Adopt Parents,- Professionals
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250422T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250422T130000
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SUMMARY:Financial Matters
DESCRIPTION:Kinship families\, who are raising a nonbiological child\, are faced with financial and emotional challenges and opportunities. This webinar will explore key financial topics for kinship families we will discuss include legal costs\, health and medical expenses\, tax benefits and deductions\, budgeting for long term care expenses\, government benefits and creating financial safety nets.  We will have time for questions and answers. \nPresenter:\nScott Yeomans Financial RepresentativeNorthwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company
URL:https://permanencyhubmn.org/event/financial-matters/
LOCATION:– Online Webinar/Training\, Support Group\, or Meeting\, MN\, United States
CATEGORIES:- Kinship/Adoptive/Foster Parents,- Ongoing Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="Lutheran Social Service":MAILTO:welcome@chlss.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250422T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250422T143000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Trauma-Informed Parenting: Helping Heal the Deepest Wounds
DESCRIPTION:Join Us for a Webinar: Trauma-Informed Parenting: Helping Heal the Deepest Wounds\nTuesday\, April 22\, 2025\, from 1:00-2:30 p.m. (CT)\n“All you need is love\,” says The Beatles’ tune.  For kids with significant adverse childhood experiences\, however\, love may have resulted in just as much pain as protection.  Separated from their parents\, the very same defenses that helped them survive then become a barrier to getting the love they need to thrive.  Caregivers are confused by the love/hate relationships traumatized youth have with them\, affectionate one minute and rejecting the next.  It is easy to feel helpless and defeated when youth do not seem to trust the connection enough to drop their defenses\, especially when situations escalate.  Before reaching the intersection of fatigue and frustration\, however\, we can take a different approach – TLC with TIP!  Let’s explore what it looks like to give the tender\, loving care kids in foster care need with a trauma-informed parenting approach\, and what it takes to hang in there when the loving gets tough! \nPresented by Susan K. Taylor: Piedmont Coordinator\, Consortium for Resource\, Adoptive\, and Foster Family Training (CRAFFT)\, Radford University. \nSusan Katherine Taylor has been at Radford University since 2011\, as a training coordinator with the Consortium for Resource\, Adoptive\, and Foster Family Training (CRAFFT).  She has worked with kids of all ages and families of all circumstances\, and has volunteered with Child Care Aware of Virginia for many years\, believing that all caregivers need to be informed about attachment\, trauma\, and meeting kids’ needs in a complex world. She has an interdisciplinary bachelor’s degree from Davidson College in Psychology and Sociology and graduated with honors from The University of Tennessee\, Knoxville\, where she obtained her Master of Science in Child & Family Studies.  She has post-graduate work from The School of Life\, where she majors in humor and humility\, with minors in love\, loss\, and letting go – accumulated over three decades of work with children and those who care for them\, and 25 years as a kinship caregiver.
URL:https://permanencyhubmn.org/event/webinar-trauma-informed-parenting-for-foster-and-adoptive-parents/
LOCATION:– Online Webinar/Training\, Support Group\, or Meeting\, MN\, United States
CATEGORIES:- Foster Parents,- Kinship/Adoptive/Foster Parents,- Ongoing Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="Lutheran Social Service":MAILTO:welcome@chlss.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250425T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250425T143000
DTSTAMP:20250618T181141Z
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SUMMARY:Kinship Support Group
DESCRIPTION:EVOLVE Family Services is collaboratively hosting a Kinship Support Group with the Institute to Transform Child protection. This group is held monthly\, on the last Friday of every month at Wilder Foundation. \nThis group is intended to provide a space for Kinship caregivers to connect on similar experience and learn from one another. Special topics are outlined below: \nJune 27th – Parents are Sexuality Educators\, special speaker: Family Tree Clinic
URL:https://permanencyhubmn.org/event/kinship-support-group-2/2025-04-25/
LOCATION:Wilder Foundation\, 451 Lexington Pkwy N\, Saint Paul
CATEGORIES:- Foster Parents,- Kinship/Adoptive/Foster Parents,- Ongoing Learning,- Support Groups
ORGANIZER;CN="EVOLVE Family Services":MAILTO:umoja@evolveservices.org
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