Innovative Programs
Characteristics of Effective Peer Education Programs for Teens (IP)
This workshop will focus on the process of creating, as well as the need for establishing, effective peer education programs for adolescents. The focus will be on the O2T (On Second Thought) program, a model peer intervention program which helps to reduce young people’s risk of teen pregnancy and contracting HIV and/or a STD by increasing teen knowledge and encouraging them to change their attitudes and behaviors.Read full description »
Danielle Y. Hairston-Green, adolescent health educator and training director, Family Health Council of Central Pennsylvania
Tags: Peacemaking Circles: Building Community Before Conflict (IP)
The Restorative Justice Model is a philosophy founded on the belief that justice is best served when the community, victim, and offender receive balanced attention and when all parties gain tangible benefits from their interactions with the juvenile and criminal justice system. Participants in this workshop—which will have a strong focus on reducing violence in schools, as well as within communities—will engage in a hands-on discussion/training session using a Restorative Justice practice called the Peacemaking Circles model.Read full description »
Nicole Wolasz, director of restorative justice programs, and Reed Stewart, executive vice president, Child & Family Services
Implementing New Tools and Strategies to Provide Trauma-Informed Child Welfare Services (IP)
Of the more than 500,000 children and youth in the nation’s child welfare system, most have been exposed to serious traumatic events prior to, or while in, care. Furthermore, many of those children are not receiving the appropriate trauma-informed care and support they need.Read full description »
Arlene Fisher, senior vice president of behavioral health services, Family Services of Greater Houston; and Robert L. Hartman, executive vice president/COO, DePelchin Children’s Center
Maintaining Sanity for Parents and Stability for Children Through Specialized Adoption and Post Adoption Services (IP)
Many children adopted from the child welfare system have been traumatized by the neglect and/or abuse they experienced. A subsequent move into foster care and then to a permanent home can also contribute to emotional and behavioral issues. The focus of this workshop will be about extensive research data and innovative practices that have had positive impacts on building family relationships, attachment, and cohesion.Read full description »
Raquel Runge, evaluation specialist, research and grants management, and Lauretta Simms, program manager, adoption and post adoption services, DePelchin Children’s Center
Ways to Work’s Evolution: Developing a True “Program in a Box” for Nonprofit Organizations (IP)
As one of the largest nonprofit providers of consumer loans, the Ways to Work program has evolved greatly over the years. Today, it provides tangible benefits for Alliance members that operate the program, such as putting the other programs within the agency on steroids by delivering a timely solution for families in need with proven outcomes and outputs. This workshop will highlight program enhancements over the years that today allow the program to deliver both the loan capital and provide fund development assistance to agencies running the program.Read full description »
Matthew Mueller, director of funding support services, and Wendell Willis, vice president of operations, Ways to Work
The Alliance thanks these organizations that have already committed to sponsoring this year’s event:
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