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Events
SWAN/IL Winter Statewide Meeting
Dates
- Wednesday, January 29th, 2025 9 a.m. – Thursday, January 30th, 2025 noon
Location
Penn Stater Conference Center
215 Innovation Blvd
State College, Pennsylvania 16803
Event Phone
Phone: 888-793-2512
Description
Registration is open for the SWAN Winter Statewide Meeting to be held Wednesday, January 29 to Thursday, January 30, 2025.
The Office of Children, Youth and Families (OCYF), the prime contractor for the Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network (SWAN), and the Pennsylvania Child Welfare Resource Center’s Independent Living Project (IL) are pleased to announce the agenda for the 2025 SWAN/IL Winter Statewide Meeting, which will be held in person January 29-30, 2025. SWAN affiliates are required to attend statewide meetings. There will be a traditional matching event this year, held on the evening of Wednesday, January 29, 2025. We also invite and encourage each county children and youth agency to attend, including caseworkers, supervisors and administrators.
The morning presentation for the 2025 SWAN/IL Winter Statewide Meeting is titled Permanency Is Everyone’s Business, but MY Job and will be presented by Michael Sanders, the managing partner of The 220 Experience. They say teamwork makes the dream work, and no time is this more true than when helping young people to find their people. This keynote is designed to remind us that it really does take a village, not only to raise a child but to help a child find their forever family. So, let these four words be our mission: ”How can I help?”
Following the general session, we are pleased to offer a comprehensive agenda of seven concurrent sessions in the afternoon, and seven concurrent sessions the next day. Please review the session descriptions accompanying the invitation. Approval of continuing education credit provided through co-sponsorship with the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work, a Pennsylvania preapproved provider of social work continuing education, is pending. The SWAN prime contractor will also issue certificates of training that can be credited toward the 20 hours of annual training required for all county children and youth caseworkers.
We look forward to seeing you as we continue to network for permanency on behalf of Pennsylvania’s children.
Registration
Register for the SWAN Winter Statewide Meeting
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In-person
Pre-registration required