19th Annual West Coast Child WelfareTrainer's Conference
Registration Now Open for the 19th Annual West Coast Child Welfare Trainers Conference Set for August 12th-14th 2009! Boise State University School of Social Work is our host for this conference. Each year a new geographical location is chosen so that different participants from the local area are able attend with minimal travel costs. The West Coast Child Welfare Trainer's Conference is a DYNAMIC forum for trainers to exchange ideas, improve skills, and support each other in the effort to improve the care that families receive from the staff we train. In the past, participants have come from Boston, Quebec, Hawaii, North Carolina, New Mexico, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, and all of the West Coast states! Workshop presenters and facilitators maintain a wide-range of skills and experiences. The program's focus is on participants learning from each other, where presenters & facilitators provide additional ideas and strategies and tools to consider! Registration closes July 17th.

2008 Child Welfare Conferenct Results - Recruitment
The 2008 Child Welfare Focus Group Results During the 2008 Child Welfare Conference, workers from around the state participated in focus group sessions facilitated by representatives of the Idaho Child Welfare Partnership. The purpose of these focus groups was to hear directly from workers and get their perspectives on critical issues affecting practice. One important goal was to ensure that workers could see how their feedback was being used. Thus we are pleased to present you with summary reports created based on focus group feedback. These reports have been presented at Division Ops and have been shared with Partnership Boards. Leadership has been very interested in your voice and is committed to using this information wherever possible. Click here to view the reports.

Knowing Who You Are
A journey to help youth in care develop their racial and ethnic identity. Knowing Who You Are is a three-part curriculum for social workers and other adults and professionals in the child welfare system. Created with the direct collaboration of alumni of foster care, youth still in care, birth parents, and resource families, the curriculum helps child welfare professionals explore race and ethnicity, preparing them to support the healthy development of their constituent’s racial and ethnic identity.

Income-Based Repayment and Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Are you interested in more affordable student loan payments, or loan forgiveness for public service? Income-Based Repayment (IBR) is a new way to make your federal student loan payments more manageable, starting July 2009. Also, if you work in government or nonprofit organizations for 10 years (starting October 2007), you may qualify for a new type of public service loan forgiveness.

Foster Parent Training Available Online
Continuing Education for Idaho's Resource Families Now Available Online. Anytime...Anywhere

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