CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS
The Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition of New York is seeking presenters for the organization’s 34th annual conference
For our 2023 New York State Foster Care and Adoption Conference, we invite and encourage those with direct lived experiences such as adopted people, former foster youth, foster parents, birth parents or adoptive parents to submit workshop proposals for our conference breakout workshops. Child welfare professionals such as researchers, therapists, innovators, policy makers, historians, educators, etc. are also welcome to submit workshop proposals. The conference’s primary audience will be foster, adoptive and kinship parents currently raising children and the professionals who work with them.
We welcome all proposals that generally fit under this year’s theme: COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS AND COURAGOUS CONVERSATIONS.
GUIDELINES & INFORMATION:
The 2023 Conference is scheduled to be a hybrid delivery; we will return to a limited IN PERSON event that will be have a LIVE VIRTUAL component. Attendees will have their choice of of delivery! Presentations should be interactive, engaging and incorporate audience participation and questions. Proposals should ideally should relate to the theme of the Conference in some way.
Due to the virtual capacity, the LIVE EVENT will have approximately 12 breakout workshop sessions to be offered in person on Friday, May 5th and Saturday, May 6th. They will run 60 to 90 minutes in length contingent on the final schedule. Presentations should be interactive, engaging and incorporate audience participation and/or questions. Selected presenters will receive free IN PERSON conference registration for up to two presenters per workshop, but are expected to donate their time, travel and expenses. Access to all virtual events and membership to the AFFCNY.Network is also included for all presenters.Â
Due to the limited IN PERSON scheduling, we will also accept proposals for a continued VIRTUAL experience. The exact expanded schedule to be determined, but we envision offering conference specific workshops in the following weeks. These would be virtual trainings offered to all conference registrants through the Conference Community in the AFFCNY.Network. Please indicated on your RFP form if you are open to delivery options.Â
Submissions are
due by MONDAY, MARCH 20th, 2023. NOW CLOSED!The Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition of New York is so appreciative of all the presenters who took the time and effort to submitted proposals for our 34th annual Conference! The Conference Committee is currently going over the proposals and creating the program for this year. Prospective presenters will be notified by the end of March through the email address provided.
Thank you for your patience!
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