H0317: Council on Foster Care, Adoption and Kinship Care Program

Advocacy in Child Welfare: Lived Experience, Practice, and Policy

Monday, October 10, 2022

8:30 AM – 4:30 PM US PDT

Location: Anaheim Marriott, Orange County Ballroom

CME: 7.00

Topic(s): Adoption, Foster Care and Kinship Care

Sponsor(s): Council on Foster Care, Adoption and Kinship Care

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This session will equip attendees with knowledge, tools, and inspiration to advocate for the needs of children who are in foster care, adopted, or in kinship care. Advocacy around equity and meeting the health care needs of this population will be among the topics covered.

Faculty(s)

SC

Sixto M. Cancel

CEO/Founder
Think of Us
Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Slides
Deborah Lowen, MD

Deputy Commissioner of Child Health
State of Tennessee Department of Children's Services
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Mical Raz, MD PHD

Professor
University of Rochester
KR

Keri Richmond, BS

Manager, Child Welfare Policy
American Academy of Pediatrics
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
LS

Linda Sagor
Deborah Shropshire, MD, MHA (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, and Director, Child Welfare Services
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, and Oklahoma Department of Human Services
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States