Tracks
A Future & A Hope Conference has many different breakout sessions. Choose the right track for you! These breakouts are for explorers learning how to get involved in the child welfare community, supporting roles, families, or church ministries.
Exploring
Where Do I Fit In?
5 Needs of Foster Care
Tara Thornton + LJ McCullough
Foster Care 101
All You Need is Love … And Other Myths
Ashlee Carroll (Panel)
Head, Heart + Hands for Kinship
How to identify + support caregiving families in your community
Krista Ruff
Working Upstream
Preventing Families from Entering the System
STARRY Leadership Team
The Science of Hope
Trauma Awareness Training
Dr. Beth Feger
Supporting Roles
Lessons Learned from Recovery Court
Systemically Keeping Families Together
Judge Larson + FRC Team
Growing Up, Giving Back
Learning from Those With Lived Experience
Kyiva Beasley + FFY Panel
Finding Your Place in Child Welfare
Playing a Part in the Village
Cristal Maldonado
Family
Leading Fathers, Leading Families
The Important Role Men Play at Home
Lynn Floyd
Parenting with Resilience
Showing Up for the Teens + Young Adults in Our Lives
Jordan Hope Vera
Speaking up, Speaking Out
Advocating for Your Child in Schools + Beyond
Dr. Beth Feger
Web Wisdom
Keeping Our Kids Safe Online
Sunitha Konatham
What They Don’t Always Tell You
Adoptive Family Journey
Chelsy Alexander
Soul Care
Meeting Your Own Needs while Caring for Others
Lee Lewis
The Realities of Adoption
Hard Times + Post Permanence Resources
Megan Avery-Zellner
Reunification
How Foster Families can Support Family Preservation
MJ Korpela + Panel
A Father’s Perspective
A Panel on the Importance of Fatherhood Involvement
Joshua Banks, Marcus Griggs + David Bryant
Compassionate Caregiver
TXPOP Panel on Family Engagement
Caregiver Panel
Church Ministry
Becoming a Ministry Partner
Partnering with Fostering Hope
Whitney Bell
Building Your “Team Beverly”
Wrap Around Team
Fiona McInally + Beverly Morris
The Mission Field of Child Welfare
Meeting the Needs in Your Own Backyard
Julie Kouri + HLCN