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Engaging Youth in Normalcy Planning – July 27, 2017
This webinar will share strategies for meaningfully engaging youth in discussions and planning around normalcy. To improve the system’s capacity to normalize the experiences of youth in the child welfare system, agencies must build in opportunities for youth to voice their opinions on the types of activities in which they want to participate, the skills they want to develop, and the people in the community with whom they want to connect. In this webinar, participants will hear from youth and child welfare professionals about effective strategies for engaging youth and their experiences in implementing the normalcy conversation into case planning. Presenters will share examples of policies and practices that will facilitate youth engagement and enhance opportunities for normalcy, offering strategies to implement them into agency practice.
Presenter
Jennifer Marcelli, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.
Jennifer Marcelli serves as the Program Area Manager for foster care, family empowerment, and the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act (P.L. 113–183) for the Capacity Building Center for States. In her role, Ms. Marcelli works closely with the Children’s Bureau and other experts to shape and implement the priority agenda for her program areas. One of Ms. Marcelli’s primary responsibilities is helping build capacity in Foster Care and Permanency, Family Empowerment, and P.L. 113–183 by developing and managing projects, products, learning experiences, and constituency groups. With over 12 years of experience as a line worker, supervisor, and senior administrator in a child welfare organization, Ms. Marcelli has extensive experience in many child welfare program areas, including program development and implementation of youth, foster care, and adoption programs, and has extensive project management experience.