Children of Incarcerated Parents Community Engagement Sessions

The first Children of Incarcerated Parents Community Engagement Sessions, which will be held on the following days:

 

1.       Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at Fatima Family Center, 6809 Quimby Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44103 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.  Light dinner will be available.

·         While this session is open to anyone, the target audience is clients/consumers, returning citizens, families impacted by incarceration, caregivers, grassroots organizations, media, elected officials, funders, businesses, and general public.

·          Continuing Education Credits will be offered

·         CEUs for social workers and counselors and RCHs for chemical dependency professionals – 1.5 CEUS and RCHs

·         CLEs pending

 

2.       Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at Greater Cleveland Food Bank, 15500 South Waterloo Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44110 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  Morning refreshments, lunch, and a light afternoon snack will be available.

·         While this session is open to anyone, the target audience is various service providers (multiple disciplines), community & faith-based organizations, academia, governmental entities, funders, media, and general public.

·         Again Continuing Education Credits will be offered

·         CEUs for social workers and counselors and RCHs for chemical dependency professionals – 6.5 CEUs and RCHs

·         CLEs pending

 

·         PLEASE NOTE – There is limited seating for both events.  Please register promptly on the link embedded below:

 

http://fcfc.cuyahogacounty.us/en-US/Children-Incarcerated-Parents.aspx

 

·         Background Information:  The two above-reference sessions stem from work that has transpired over the last year.  Beginning in 2013 key agencies in the Greater Cleveland area began convening to develop a coordinated and comprehensive service system to address the unique needs of children of incarcerated parents in Cuyahoga County.  These two community engagement sessions that will provide you opportunities to:

·         Learn more about the needs of children of incarcerated parents and effective responses to address their needs.

·         Hear from local and national experts that will speak on this topic from the following perspectives:  Research/Academia, Practitioner/Service Provider, Child/Families Impacted by Incarceration

·         Contribute your ideas on the Greater Cleveland Strategy for Children of Incarcerated Parents

 

·         Lastly, but certainly not least – a TREMENDOUS thank you to the sponsors for this event!

·         ADAMHSCC

·         Case Western Reserve University – Schubert Center for Child Studies

·         Cuyahoga County

·         Healthy Fathering Collaborative

·         Oriana House, Inc.

·         St. Luke’s Foundation

·         University Hospitals – Rainbow, Babies & Children

·         U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Ohio