Schedule - Christian Alliance for Orphans

CAFO2020 Schedule

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MONDAY, MAY 4
Join Pre-Summit Intensives by Adding Them to Your Registration.
PRE-SUMMIT INTENSIVES
- Building Trauma Competent Caregivers (day 1): 9:00am - 5:00pm
TUESDAY, MAY 5
Join Pre-Summit Intensives by Adding Them to Your Registration.
PRE-SUMMIT INTENSIVES
- Collaborate, a Forum for Global Leaders : Opening Session (12:00pm)
- Building Trauma Competent Caregivers (day 2): 9:00am - 5:00pm
- Moving Toward Family Solutions: An Immersive Simulation Training of Trainers: 9:00am - 6:00pm
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6
Join Pre-Summit Intensives by Adding Them to Your Registration. Check-in opens at 7:30am. Opening Session beings at 3:00pm.
PRE-SUMMIT INTENSIVES
- A Researcher-Practitioner Collaborative: 8:30am - 2:30pm
- More Than Enough: Transforming Foster Care Through Local Collaboration: 8:30am - 2:30pm
- Collaborate, a Forum for Global Leaders: 8:30am - 2:30pm
CAFO2020 BEGINS!
1:00pm - 3:00pm
For check in: PRINT & BRING your confirmation email with QR Scan Code
- Check-In, Exhibit Fair & Meet-Ups
3:00pm - 4:00pm
- General Session
4:15pm - 5:30pm
Extended Workshops
- Shrinking the Problem: Three Simple Ways to Engage "Crisis"
- Care Community Wrap Around Care
- The Nuts and Bolts of Bridge Building in Foster Care
- Aging Out: Post-Secondary Education & Career Development Solutions
- Triple Threat: Teenagers, Trauma and Talking
- Both Sides of the Story: Perspectives on Foster and Adoptive Parenting from Parents and Their Kids
- Clarify Your Message with StoryBrand
- Welcoming Children with Special Needs: Do I Have What it Takes?
- Models of Transition to Family Care in Africa
- Taking Relationships to the Next Level 201: Collaborating with Churches, Governments, and Business
- CEO Forum: 2020 Issues, Strategies & Solutions (CAFO Member Organizations Only)
- Orphan Sunday Coordinator Gathering (Invitation Only)
Coaching Tables
- Hosting a Respite Night
- Supporting Governments in the Transition to Family Care (Advanced)
- Creating a Strategic Plan for Transitioning to Family Care
Experience
- Prayer Room
- Meet-ups & Connection Rooms
- Exhibit Fair
- Rest & Refuel
- CAFO Bookstore
5:30pm - 7:30pm
- Dinner Break (pre-purchased tickets required)
7:30pm - 8:45pm
What Matters Most, Speakers Coming Soon
- General Session
THURSDAY, MAY 7
8:45am - 9:45am
- (Sub-Plenary) The Heart of Attachment: Loving the Kids in Your Home
- (Sub-Plenary) Foster Movement: More Than Enough Before, During, and Beyond Foster Care
- (Sub-Plenary) Innovation in Effective Service for Children Worldwide
10:00am - 12:00pm
Deep Dive Workshops
- Church Ministry Idea Exchange
- Three Things You Can Always Do (Even When You Feel Like You Can't Do Anything)
- Until There's More Than Enough: What Foster Care Movement Looks Like in Your County
- Developing Effective Leaders
- How Stress Can Actually Make Your Marriage Stronger
- Raising Black Children Multi-Racial Family
- Funding Your Adoption
- De-escalating Powerful Behaviors
- Moving Toward Family Solutions: Proven Models
- The Cost of Poverty Experience
- Sustainable Social Enterprises: Hands-On How to Get Started (or Accelerate!)
- Supporting Local Families to Care for Children with Special Needs in the Majority World (CAFO Member Organizations Only)
Coaching Tables
- We Think We Might Be Interested In Moving Toward Family Care
- Preparing and Strengthening Families for Reintegration
- Using the Child Status Index for Case Management (Advanced)
Experience
- Prayer Room
- Meet-Ups and Connection Rooms
- Exhibit Fair
- Rest & Refuel
- CAFO Bookstore
12:00pm - 1:15pm
- Lunch Break
1:15pm - 2:15pm
Workshops
- How to Get an Adoption/Foster Care Ministry Started at Your Church?
- Saying No to Good Ideas In Order to Do Great Things
- Church and State Partnerships in Foster Care
- Marketing in a Box
- Spiritual Formation as the Wellspring of Adoption & Foster Parenting
- Students as Change-Agents
- Where to Start in Adoption
- 50 Ideas for your Orphan or Stand Sunday
- Child Protection Policy Feedback & Discussion (CAFO Member Organizations Only)
Coaching Tables
- Leading a Small Group for Foster & Adoptive Caregivers
- Collaborating with Multiple Churches
Experience
- Prayer & Reflection
- Meet-Ups & Connection Rooms
- Exhibit Hall
- Rest & Refuel
- CAFO Bookstore
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Workshops
- The Church’s Role in Putting Protective Factors in Place for Reunifying Families
- The Actively Engaged Church in Foster Care
- Social Media Strategy
- Delighting Your Partners
- What We Should Know About Loving and Serving Birthmoms Well
- Parenting Your Child Who May Have an FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder)
- Fostering Hospitable Hearts: Redefining Assessiblity and Creating the Space to Learn From Those Who Are Differently-abled
- 10 Principles for Effective Family Strengthening
- Building the Social Workforce by Recruiting and Training Para-Professionals
- Harnessing the CAFO Core Elements to Improve Programs and Impress Donors (CAFO Member Organizations Only)
- Leading Millennials in Orphan Care Ministry (CAFO Member Organizations Only)
Coaching Tables
- Growing Your Family Advocacy Ministry in Your Church
- Resilience Training for Families
- Working With Children Living on the Street
- Biblical Support Groups for Adoptive Moms
Experience
- Prayer & Reflection
- Meet-Ups & Connection Rooms
- Exhibit Hall
- Rest & Refuel
- CAFO Bookstore
3:15pm - 3:45pm
- Energy Break: 3:15pm - 3:45pm
3:45pm - 4:45pm
Workshops
- Churches Engaging in Orphan Care Must Prepare to Engage in a Gospel of Justice
- Fundraising as Discipleship
- Bringing Together the Pro-Life and Orphan Care Communities
- Crushing the Curse of Comparison
- Shifting the Story
- Understanding & Overcoming Childhood Trauma
- Vulnerable Children in a Digital Age: How Technology is Impacting Your Child and What You Can Do About It.
- Promoting and Experiencing Joy and Laughter in the Midst of Trauma
- Engaging and Serving Minority Churches as Collaborators in a Shared Mission
- Benchmarks for Healthy Child Sponsorship Programs (CAFO Member Organizations Only)
Coaching Tables
- Finding Your Ministry Niche
- Helping Families in Crisis
- Preventing Separation in Low-Resource Environments (Advanced)
- Recruiting Foster Parents in Low-Resource Contexts
Experience
- Prayer & Reflection
- Meet-Ups & Connection Rooms
- Exhibit Hall
- Rest & Refuel
- CAFO Bookstore
4:45pm - 7:00pm
- Dinner Break: 4:45pm - 7pm (Pre-Purchased Tickets Required)
7:00pm - 8:45pm
- GENERAL SESSION: 7pm - 8:45pm
FRIDAY, MAY 8
8:30am - 9:30am
Workshops
- Training Your Childcare Staff to be Trauma Informed
- Orphan Care as Part of a Church Discipleship Strategy
- Data as a Tool for Transforming Foster Care Where You Live
- How to Lead a Unified, International, Multi-Site Ministry
- 21 Time-Saving Solutions for Your Board in 2020
- Strategic Plan for Thriving Souls
- Nurturing Care
- Trauma & Mental Health: Understanding and Application
- Fostering Teenagers. Learned Lessons
- Adult Attachment and Family Strengthening (Advanced)
- Inter-country Adoption: Strategies, Legislation and Trends (CAFO Member Organizations Only)
- Fundraising Strategy & Tactics (CAFO Member Organizations Only)
Coaching Tables
- Mobilizing Your Church for Justice and Mercy
- Advocacy for Family Care within Your Organization
- Becoming a Statewide Orphan and Stand Sunday Coordinator
- Helping Your Child with Technology Addiction
- Launching a Family Advocacy Ministry at Your Church
Experience
- Prayer & Reflection
- Meet-Ups & Connection Rooms
- Exhibit Hall
- Rest & Refuel
- CAFO Bookstore
9:45am - 10:45am
Workshops
- ReFraming the Struggle: Finding Strength When Things Are Hard
- Discipleship and Foster Care
- Building Passion: Communicate Who You Are in Three Minutes or Less!
- Caring for Your Own Family While Involved in a Ministry Dedicated to Children
- Big Family Dynamics: Surviving and Thriving in Your Super-Sized Family
- Trauma-Informed Education - Empowering Your Child's Teacher to be Trust-Based
- Short-Term Missions: Keeping Partners Engaged
- Emerging Foster Care Models in Majority World
- Risk to Resiliency: Working With Families in Crisis
- Family Group Conferencing
- Deinstitionalization: Mitigating Pitfalls & Maximizing Potential (CAFO Member Organizations Only)
- Impact + Interns: How to Start and Manage an Internship Program (CAFO Member Organizations Only)
Coaching Tables
- Empowering the Church to Serve Foster & Adoptive Families
- How to Shape a Trauma Informed Church Ministry
- Vocational Training for Youth in Care
- Practical Guidance for Planning Your Orphan/Stand Sunday Event
- Troubleshooting Your Questions on Family Care for Children with Special Needs
Meet-Ups
- Media & Ministry: Sharing our Mission for His Glory
- Child Welfare Policy Meetup
Experience
- Prayer & Reflection
- Exhibit Hall
- Rest & Refuel
- Summit Genus Bar
- CAFO Bookstore
11:00am - 12:30pm
- General Session
Your Email (for confirmation)*

CAFO2020 Schedule

Build your CAFO experience below!

Get a first look at the CAFO2020 content…and keep checking back as more content & opportunities are added!

Click items to create your schedule, then submit form. Your selections will be emailed to you, along with a discount coupon on a CAFO2020 t-shirt (on-site only)! Come back and fill out your schedule as many times as you like for the best experience possible.

**Selecting a Coaching Table on this page does NOT reserve you a spot for that table. You must visit the Coaching Table page to view the available tables and then fill out the form at the bottom of the page in order to reserve your spot.**

MONDAY, MAY 4

TUESDAY, MAY 5

WEDNESDAY, MAY 6

CAFO2020 BEGINS!

1:00pm - 3:00pm

3:00pm - 4:00pm

4:15pm - 5:30pm

5:30pm - 7:30pm

7:30pm - 8:45pm

THURSDAY, MAY 7

8:45am - 9:45am

10:00am - 12:00pm

12:00pm - 1:15pm

1:15pm - 2:15pm

2:30pm - 3:30pm

3:15pm - 3:45pm

3:45pm - 4:45pm

4:45pm - 7:00pm

7:00pm - 8:45pm

FRIDAY, MAY 8

8:30am - 9:30am

9:45am - 10:45am

11:00am - 12:30pm

Selecting a Coaching Table on this page does NOT reserve you a spot for that table. You must visit the Coaching Table page to view the available tables and then fill out the form at the bottom of the page in order to reserve your spot.