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The Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition of New York returns with the 35th Annual New York State Foster Care and Adoption Conference!

 Thursday May 9th and Friday May 10th at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY!

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Conference Event Space

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The Culinary Institute of America’s Marriot Pavilion will be this year’s Conference main event space for all our keynote presentations, workshops, and the Friday evening event!

The Culinary Institute of America ( CIA) is located at 1946 Campus Dr, Hyde Park, NY 12538.

Overlooking the Hudson River, CIA’s main campus in Hyde Park was recently named one of “The 50 Most Beautiful College Campuses in America” by Condé Nast Traveler. In addition to the state-of-the-art Marriot Pavilion event space, the CIA ensures that we will be enjoying some of the finest catering offered! The campus also hosts a range of other historic buildings and dining options:

Hotel: Hampton Inn & Suites Poughkeepsie

Hampton Inn & Suites Poughkeepsie

 

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Hampton Inn & Suites Poughkeepsie

As all Conference activities and events will be held at the CIA, there are a range of hotel options for folks to select for this years Conference.

The Coalition Conference Committee has contracted with the Hampton Inn and Suites Poughkeepsie for a discounted group rate of $139 a night plus tax for either a Queen Double or Single King room. Please make your personal reservations by the cutoff date of 4/20/24.

TO MAKE HOTEL RESERVATIONS UNDER THE GROUP RATE: call 845.463.7500 and mention the group name “AFFCNY” and the group code “AFF”.

Hampton Inn & Suites Poughkeepsie is located at 2361 South Road Poughkeepsie, New York, 12601. The Culinary Institute of America is within 15 minutes’ drive.

Hotel amenities include:

  • Complimentary Hampton “On the House” Hot Breakfast
  • Complimentary Grab & Go Breakfast Bag (Monday-Friday)
  • 24/7 Complimentary coffee & tea service
  • 24/7 Fitness Center
  • 24/7 Suite Shop (snacks, beverages, frozen entrees)
  • Indoor heated pool and whirlpool
  • Free Wi-Fi access in every room
  • All rooms & suites equipped with microwave/refrigerator
  • Spacious lobby offering flexible seating
  • Hilton Honor Event Planner Points

Other Lodging Options

Travel Options

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BY CAR:  The CIA is right off 9  in Hyde Park just north of Poughkeepsie.  If on the west side of the Hudson river, the NYS Thruway can be taken from either south or north directions to Exit 19 – New Paltz.  If on the east side, the Taconic Parkway or Rt 9 or 9G provide the most direct access.  GOOGLE MAP
Once within the urban area that’s Poughkeepsie, both Uber and Lyft rideshare options are also available. Parking is free at both CIA and the Hampton Inn.

BY TRAIN: Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak are both options to reach the closest stop, the Poughkeepsie station. Poughkeepsie is the northern terminus of Metro-North’s Hudson Line, and an intermediate stop for Amtrak’s several Empire Corridor trains.
As the commuter line from Grand Central Station in NYC, Metro-North is general more cost effective and has a more robust schedule.  METRO NORTH INFOMATION AND SCHEDULES 
In NYC, Amtrak trains are boarded in Penn Station. AMTRAK INFORMATION AND SCHEDULES 

BY BUS:

  • Dutchess County Public Transit: Dutchess County provides regularly scheduled bus service on major corridors, connecting higher population density areas to activity centers in the county. This included transportation to the Hampton Inn and Suites Poughkeepsie directly from the Metro North Station via the B bus and the C bus that connects the CIA to the Station. The system operates thirteen fixed routes, eleven of which function in a hub-and-spoke pattern with the Poughkeepsie Transit Hub (located on Market Street in the City of Poughkeepsie) at its center. Download the NEW DCPT app from DoubleMap in the “Apple App Store” or “Google Play Store.” for more details. The county’s bus routes can be explored via a real-time bus locator
  • Ulster County Area Transit (UCAT) runs the Ulster-Poughkeepsie and Kingston-Poughkeepsie LINK buses, which provide weekday and weekend service between the Poughkeepsie Metro-North Station and Poughkeepsie Transit Hub and points across Ulster County.
  • Leprechaun Lines operates weekday commuter service between Poughkeepsie, Wappingers Falls, Fishkill, and White Plains in Westchester County. Leprechaun also manages a local service between Beacon, Newburgh, and Stewart Airport.
  • Coach USA/ShortLine provides five weekday trips between Rhinebeck, Poughkeepsie, and Fishkill in Dutchess County and New York City (via Newburgh and northern New Jersey), as well as daily service between Poughkeepsie and Monticello with connections to western New York.

Local Attractions 

Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park

Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park is the World’s Longest Elevated Pedestrian Bridge, spanning the Hudson River between Poughkeepsie and Highland, New York in the beautiful Hudson Valley. Originally opened in 1889 as the Poughkeepsie-Highland Railroad Bridge, the Walkway was a thoroughfare for trains until 1974, when a great fire twisted the tracks and ended its service as a rail line.  From 1974 until the mid-2000s, the bridge sat dormant until the completion of a grassroots community campaign to adapt the structure into a pedestrian park led to the opening of Walkway Over the Hudson in 2009. To date, more than seven million people have visited to walk, run, bike, skate, stroll, and take in breathtaking, unobstructed 360-degree views of the Hudson River and its scenic surroundings.

Access to the Walkway is free during regular operating hours.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum

The local farmhouse that the 32nd President of the United States was born in is now a national historic landmark. The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum and the Eleanor Roosevelt Mansion in the nearby city of Hyde Park. The Museum features special interactives, immersive audio‐visual theaters, and rarely seen artifacts that convey the dramatic story of the Roosevelt era.

As an added bonus, you can also visit the Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, which is just ten minutes away! While there, you can learn more about this influential woman, take a stroll on Eleanor’s Walk, and tour Val-Kill Cottage.

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 The Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center

The Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center has three galleries featuring art from local and regional artists between its two Victorian-age Italianate buildings.  It is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization that exists to meet the cultural needs of the community by providing venues for both professional and amateur artists to showcase their talent in music, dance, fine and visual arts, and to preserve the two historically significant structures.

Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center is an ArtHop participant.

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Samuel Morse Locust Grove Estate

Set on a hill overlooking the scenic Hudson River in Poughkeepsie, New York the not-for-profit Locust Grove Estate includes a historic Italianate mansion open for tours, 200 acres of landscaped grounds with five miles of hiking trails, and a visitor welcome center with art galleries, museum shop, and classrooms for educational programs. Locust Grove’s historic mansion is open for guided tours – 25 rooms and amazing collections. Wander through flower and vegetable gardens restored to their pre-WWII appearance plus five miles of carriage roads wind through open meadows and shady groves.

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Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum

Adjacent to the Hudson River, the Mid-Hudson Children’s Museum is the only children’s museum in the Hudson Valley between New York City and Albany, the state capital, and is a perfect destination for families with young children to spend a day.

The Museum’s three pillars of focus–school readiness, wellness, and community building–are emphasized with their exhibits on early literacy and STEM learning, as well as arts, health, and its local community. They have different galleries throughout the space that encourage children to use their developing thinking, feeling, and physical skills.

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Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site

Built by of one of the first families of wealth in America and expressly for the aristocratic lifestyle.. The 54-room mansion, historically know as Hyde Park,  was designed by one of the nation’s preeminent architectural firm McKim, Mead & White and constructed between 1896 and 1899.  The house is an example of the Beaux-Arts architecture style. The interiors are archetypes of the American Renaissance, blending European architectural salvage, antiques, and fine period reproductions representing an array of historical styles.  The site includes 211 acres of the original larger property situated on a bluff overlooking the Hudson River and includes manicured lawns, formal gardens, woodlands, and numerous auxiliary buildings.

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The Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition of New York returns with the 35th Annual New York State Foster Care and Adoption Conference!

LIVE and in person! PLUS continued virtual delivery in the AFFCNY.Network!

Thursday, May 9th and Friday, May 10th at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY!

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