Date: Tuesday, May 27, 2025 Time: 9am PT / 10am MT / 11am CT / 12pm ET (90 minutes) Description: This webinar will focus on strategies that youth-serving entities—such as schools, community organizations, and the juvenile justice system—can use to prevent and respond to bullying. The session will emphasize education on what bullying is and
Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Time: 8am AK/ 9am PT/ 10am MT/ 11am CT/ 12pm ET Description: Community outreach and engagement are essential for building a successful program because it ensures that community voices guide the process and it helps create a strong foundation for sustainable impact. This session will explore effective ways to build trust, foster
Date: May 29, 2025 Time: 2pm PT / 3pm MT / 4pm CT / 5pm ET Description: Tribal Youth Program and Youth Healing to Wellness Court grantees offer vital services aimed at preventing youth delinquency and reducing involvement in the youth justice system. These efforts often involve supporting youth and families facing complex challenges. This
The Tribal Youth Justice Resource Center is honored to announce the FY24 Tribal Youth Program and Youth Healing to Wellness Court Strategic Planning Training. This training, "Ensuring Pathways Forward: Weaving Wisdom into Action," will take place at the Renaissance Seattle Hotel in Seattle, Washington on July 1-3, 2025. The event will bring together all newly awarded FY24 Purpose Area 8 (YHWC)
On August 19 and 20, the National American Indian Court Judges Association (NAICJA) and Casey Family Programs will host a training on child welfare. The training is specifically geared to tribal court judges. The training is designed to be interactive. The training will take place in St. Paul, MN. The training is offered at no
Date: Thursday, August 28, 2025 Time: 12pm PT / 1pm MT / 2pm CT / 3pm ET (90 minutes) Description: This webinar will introduce attendees to the Youth Healing to Wellness Court (YHWC) model, including case (wellness) co-planning, goal setting, and the development of a YHWC incentive/Sanction Protocol that may be used to motivate youth
The National Indian Child Welfare Association and the California Tribal Families Coalition will be hosting a one-hour webinar on September 4, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET to unpack new provisions in the law and explore how you can take action to support effective implementation. By the end of the webinar, participants
Date: Thursday, September 4, 2025 Time: 12pm PT / 1pm MT / 2pm CT / 3pm ET (90 minutes) Facilitators: Pat Sekaquaptewa, Chris Cuestas Description: This presentation will cover the following: The YHWC response to chronic school absenteeism and lack of progress; How to make the YHWC Steering Committee’s and Core Team’s “footprint” larger in schools; and Tribe-School/County/State
Date: Thursday, September 11, 2025 Time: 12pm PT / 1pm MT / 2pm CT / 3pm ET (90 minutes) Facilitators: Pat Sekaquaptewa & Chris Cuestas This webinar will explore the current adolescent drug trends in Indian Country with a focus on cannabis, related substances, and the implicated Youth Healing to Wellness Court eligibility requirements, and
Culture camps are a powerful way for Tribal child welfare programs to strengthen connections to identity, family, and community. This Community of Learning will bring together Tribal staff and partners to share knowledge, experiences, and strategies for creating and sustaining culture camps that reflect the strengths and traditions of their communities. Session 1 (9/17): Foundations
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