Beyond Awareness: Turning Insight Into Impact for Homeless and Foster Youth
Date: Thursday, September 28, 2025
Time: 11:00 AM-12:30 PM (PT)
Free training offered by the Greater Bay Area Child Abuse Prevention Council Coalition in collaboration with CIR, Inc.
To register click here, or use the following link: https://cirinc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qcYbfq1jRPCL_fjXLwabew
Overview: Join Dr. Dretona Maddox for a virtual session focused on supporting homeless and foster youth. Through personal storytelling, real-world case examples, and trauma-informed strategies, participants will explore the unique challenges these youth face, examine systemic barriers, and learn culturally responsive approaches that inspire actionable change.
Presenter: Dr. Dretona T. Maddox, DSW, MSW, BSN, RN-PHN, LCSW, serves as an assistant professor of Social Work at California Baptist University's College of Behavioral and Social Sciences. She is the founding executive director of Purposely Chosen, Inc., a non-profit devoted to supporting pregnant and parenting teens in foster care, and offers crucial resources to young mothers in need.
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Recognize three unique challenges and lived realities of homeless youth, including pregnant and parenting teens in foster care, through personal storytelling and real-world case examples.
- Analyze two systemic barriers that contribute to youth homelessness and foster care instability, with attention to trauma, stigma, and social determinants of health.
- Apply two trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and strengths-based strategies to better support and engage homeless and foster youth in practice settings.
- Commit to at least one actionable change in their professional role that moves beyond awareness into creating impact for vulnerable youth.
We are committed to accessibility. If you need any accommodations to fully participate in an event please contact Kris at kris.murphey@cirinc.org or (707) 512-0756. Requests must be received by 08/21/25.
Continuing Education Credits:
All attendees will receive a certificate of attendance. Participants may also apply for Continuing Education Credits after the event. Course meets qualifications for 1 hour(s) of Continuing Education Credits for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (Provider #128590). The Center for Innovation and Resources, Inc. (CIR) is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs. CIR maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. CE Credits will be available after the event for a fee of $20. Certificates for CE Credits will be mailed to participants within two weeks following the event. If you would like to cancel your CE application or would like a refund, please contact Goretti Alvarez at goretti.alvarez@cirinc.org or (805) 876-0295.
To register click here, or use the following link: https://cirinc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qcYbfq1jRPCL_fjXLwabew
