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CCAI FALL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
HILTON Lisle/Naperville
Join your CCAI colleagues and friends for an exciting 2 days of provocative discussion and information sharing.
November 1, 6:30 p.m.
Guest Speaker: Kurt Friedenauer, Acting Director of the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice.
The Executive Leadership Dinner is convened the evening before our Membership Meeting to give members the chance to reconnect, network and hear topics of interest. Director Friedenauer will provide an overview of the organization of the new department, talk about trends in juvenile justice work in Illinois and detail future service directions and opportunities for CCAI member agencies.
What are the significant trends that will impact human service agencies over the next 5 years in the areas of child welfare, youth services/juvenile justice, children’s mental health and education? How can we identify these trends, assess their impact on our particular agencies and use that information to help in strategic planning? We can predict that our services and agencies will look and function differently in 5 years. How can we use trend information as a tool to make sure that in 5 years we are delivering better services for kids and families and operating healthy and successful agencies?
The Fall Membership Meeting will encourage CCAI members to answer some of these questions and to identify the planning and strategic needs of our member agencies as we deliver and develop children’s services that will respond to the anticipated climate over the next few years. Highlights of the day include:
v David Berns, Casey Family Programs
Executive Vice President of Child and Family Services
David Berns was named to the Casey executive role this July. He previously served as director of Arizona Department of Economic Security where he led a comprehensive reform of the State’s Child Welfare & Human Services programs. He also served as Director of El Paso County, Colorado, Department of Human Services and as Director of the Office of Children’s Services for Michigan’s Department of Social Services. Mr. Berns has a proven track record of leading large-scale systems and reform efforts. He will share his national perspective on the trends he is observing in children’s services.
v Jim Purcell, New York Council of Family and
Child Care Agencies Executive Director
Jim Purcell has served as Executive Director of the New York Association for more than 6 years. He previously served in various capacities with state and local government in New York. He is also the current chair of the National Organization of State Associations for Children. Mr. Purcell will share his perspective on the trends he is observing in associations similar to CCAI and the trends his member agencies are confronting in New York.
Group discussions will encourage CCAI members to project the service climate of the future and challenge current thinking in the areas of Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice and Child Mental Health. The discussions will help identify what CCAI members feel are the trends that will most impact Illinois care systems and identify the needs they face as agencies.
Guest Luncheon Speaker: Ralph Martire, Executive Director of the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability. Mr. Martire will present his organization’s proposals on Economics, Funding and State Fiscal Systems, including the need for an income tax increase. The CCAI Policy Committee recommended we ask Mr. Martire to address CCAI so that our agencies can hear his unique ideas and make decisions on whether to support these proposals.
Agenda
Wednesday, November 1
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Special Seminar on Foster Care Marketing
5:30 p.m. Cocktail Reception
6:30 p.m. Leadership Dinner
Thursday, November 2
9:30 a.m. Registration
10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Keynote Presentations
12:45 – 2:15 p.m. Lunch and Learn
2:15 – 4:00 p.m. Member Forecasting Exercise
Hotel Information: If you need an overnight reservation at the Hilton Lisle/Naperville, please call them at 630.505.0900. The rate for CCAI members is $89 single or $99 double. Be sure to tell them you are attending the Child Care Association meeting to get this great rate. The Hilton Lisle has extended the deadline for reservations and will take reservations through October 18.
CEU’s:
Three (3) CEU credit hours will be offered.
November 1, 1:00-5:00 p.m.
"Don't Write Me Off: Foster Kids Are Our Kids”
Connecting Child Welfare to Today’s Audiences:
A Marketing Seminar for Child Welfare Executives and Communications Professionals
Join with other Illinois child welfare leaders in a special half-day Marketing and Communications Seminar designed to provide a hands-on experience in developing and delivering pro-active, positive, well-framed messages to targeted and general audiences. Learn from state and national level public opinion research that has guided the development of the Don’t Write Me Off: Foster Kids Are Our Kids campaign in Illinois and the Annie Casey Foundation’s Family to Family Initiative.
Seminar participants will have the opportunity to learn from some of the nation’s top social marketing experts who have designed some of the most successful new message campaigns in the child welfare community. Seminar speakers include:
* Kathy Bonk, Founder and President of Communications Consortium Media Center and advisor to the Family to Family Campaign
* Les Pappas, President of Better World Advertising, consultant to the Foster Kids Are Our Kids Campaign
* Christopher Blunt, President, Overbrook Research
This seminar is geared for Don’t Write Me Off Ambassadors, Foster Home Recruiters, Communications and/or Development Directors and Executive Directors. It will include detailed information about media opportunities for Illinois child welfare agencies and the placements of billboard, transit and other advertisements of the Don’t Write Me Off Campaign throughout the state.
Although there is no fee for attending this pre-meeting seminar, reservations are necessary. We reserve to limit the number of attendees per agency if space becomes limited. We encourage all CCAI members to register and attend the complete Membership Meeting to guarantee your spot.
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