Agenda

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Wednesday, October 7

8:00am-9:00am

Exhibit Hall Open - Click Here for Scavenger Hunt Questions

9:00am-10:30am

Opening Keynote General Session:

  • Welcoming & Opening Remarks

    • Ann Edwards, Director, Sacramento County Department of Human Assistance 2020 CWDA President

    • Dr. Mark Ghaly, Secretary, California Health and Human Services Agency

    • Kimberly Johnson, Director, California Department of Social Services

10:45am-11:45am

Breakout Session One:

  • CalSAWS - The Journey to One

  • Enhancing Child and Family Well Being: The Power of Prevention

  • Infusing a Strengths-Based and Engagement Approach in Hiring the Right Staff (and Retaining Them); Informed by the Competency Drivers of Implementation Science

  • Linking ACEs and Domestic Violence Solutions in the Rural North State

  • Sonoma County ACCESS - Helping the Homeless During COVID-19 Pandemic

11:45am-12:30pm

Break/Lunch: Lunch, Trivia, and Raffles

11:45am-12:30pm

Exhibit Hall Open

12:30pm-1:30pm

Breakout Session Two:

  • Fiscal Essentials 101

  • Governor’s Master Plan for Aging

  • Medi-Cal and Health Care – What We’ve Learned During COVID-19 and How We Can Move Forward

  • The Intersections of Behavioral Health: Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice, and Homelessness

  • Disaster Inequity: How California’s Policies and Practices Create Disparate Experiences for Communities

1:45pm-2:45pm

Breakout Session Three:

  • AB 2083: Toward Effective Children and Youth System of Care

  • Fiscal Essentials 102

  • Informing Our Community- How to Set up a "Pop Up" Call Center in Less Than 3 Days

  • Promoting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Human Services Programs

  • San Diego Live Well Mobile Office

3:00pm

Networking Event - Formal program ends at 3pm - Networking event immediately following the formal program.

Thursday, October 8

8:00am-9:00am

Exhibit Hall Open - Click Here for Scavenger Hunt Questions

9:00am-10:30am

Keynote General Session:

  • Welcoming & Opening Remarks

    • Ann Edwards, Director, Sacramento County Department of Human Assistance 2020 CWDA President

    • Will Lightbourne, Director of the California Department of Health Care Services

10:45am-11:45am

Breakout Session Four:

  • Findings from the California Youth Transitions to Adulthood Study (CalYOUTH): Outcomes through Age 23 and Implications for Policy and Practice

  • Getting Ahead and Staying Ahead One Cohort at a Time

  • Part 1: Beyond the Pandemic: What Happened and What's Next?

  • San Diego Session

  • Using a Robust In-Home Supportive Services Collaboration to Support a Countywide Pandemic Response

11:45am-12:30pm

Break/Lunch: Lunch, Trivia, and Raffles

11:45am-12:30pm

Exhibit Hall Open - Click Here for Scavenger Hunt Questions

12:30pm-1:30pm

Breakout Session Five:

  • Delivery of Evidence-Based Human Service Programs: Innovative Solutions for Data Management and Evaluation of County, City and Community Collaboratives in Sonoma County

  • “If You Build It, They Will Come”: Preliminary Outcomes from Capacity-Building Efforts of a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program”

  • Part 2: Beyond the Pandemic: What Happened and What's Next?

  • Preventing Homelessness Before It Happens: Introducing the California Housing Stability Benefit

  • The Use of Administrative Data to Improve Identification and Outcomes for CSE-Impacted Youth

1:45pm-3:30pm

Closing Keynote General Session:

  • Welcoming & Opening Remarks

    • Elizabeth Kelly, Colusa County, 2021 CWDA President

  • Keynote Address
    Cristela Alonzo

  • Closing Remarks and Sponsor Bingo Drawing

    • Ann Edwards, Director, Sacramento County Department of Human Assistance 2020 CWDA President

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