Hoosier youth are significantly more likely to consider or attempt suicide than their peers nationally and Indiana faces significant disparities in youth suicide among vulnerable groups. Suicide is the second leading cause of death for youth ages 15-24 and the 4th leading cause of death for youth ages 5-14.

Join us as we look at what schools and communities are doing to address this difficult issue and gain understanding on prevention and intervention as a continuum of practice. Along with some practitioners, we will be joined by Jeff Wittman from the Indiana Department of Education who serves as the School Social Work & Foster Youth Specialist and Laurie Gerdt from Community Health Network serving as Program Manager for the Zero Suicides for Indiana Youth.

Participants will hear about reframing for prevention as a means to address youth risk behaviors and also identify exemplars of implementation in school-based and community-based settings.

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Stewards of Children® uses real people and real stories to show you how to protect children. This training is built on the foundation of The 5 Steps to Protecting Our ChildrenTM, an introductory guide for responsible adults interested in child sexual abuse prevention. You will hear from survivors as well as experts who work with children and families to confront abuse.  

Attend this training to: 

• gain an increased awareness of the prevalence, consequences, and circumstances of child sexual abuse; 
• learn new skills to help adults prevent, recognize, and react responsibly to child sexual abuse; 
• discover how to make positive change to organizational policies and procedures; and 
• discover individual empowerment through actionable ways to make a difference. 

The mission of DARKNESS to LIGHT is to empower people to prevent child sexual abuse by educating adults about the steps they can take to prevent, recognize and react responsibly to the reality of child sexual abuse. Darkness to Light’s Stewards of Children® training is a proven, award-winning prevention program that teaches adults how to prevent, recognize and react responsibly to child sexual abuse. 

Board members are an important part of your team.   

Join this webinar to learn how to identify and recruit the right board members for your organization.  

Cathy Brown, an experienced practitioner and nonprofit expert, will lead you in understanding the importance of board leadership and its effects on organizational stability and fundraising success.  

You’ll gain insight into: 

• Recruiting and engaging your board  
• Effectively using research  
• Leveraging your board in fundraising 

Don’t miss this opportunity to better support your organization through your board! 

Strategic planning is critical for your organization, but it can also be daunting.

This webinar will outline what strategic planning is and why it’s important to your work.  

Trina Pulliam, an experienced trainer with a focus on strategic planning, will lead you in: 

• Understanding the steps to move forward with strategic planning in your organization 
• Identifying your objectives and what you need to be successful  
• Gaining access to resources to stay on track in your planning 

We hope you can join us for this important and helpful webinar! 

Do volunteers power your organization? 

Join this webinar to learn how to identify and leverage your volunteers’ passions and talents while deepening their commitment to service.  

Barry Altland, author and nonprofit leader, will guide you in: 

• Understanding the volunteer life cycle 
• Learning techniques to elevate volunteer engagement 
• Uncovering what motivates your volunteers  

Don’t miss this opportunity to deepen your volunteer leadership and engagement skills! 

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Human trafficking is the fastest growing and tied as the second-largest criminal industry worldwide.

By reframing and humanizing an issue that is often sensationalized and stigmatized, we can begin to understand how human trafficking impacts our youth and families. This interactive presentation will help create a clearer vision of what human trafficking may look like in our Indiana communities.  

During this workshop you will: 

• understand the definitions of human trafficking under federal and state law; 
• recognize risk factors that make youth vulnerable to being exploited, as well as what makes them less likely to identify as a victim and less likely to leave a trafficking situation; 
• be able to identify victims and how to report a suspected case; and 
• learn what intervention and victim services are available locally, regionally and statewide. 

Stewards of Children® uses real people and real stories to show you how to protect children. This training is built on the foundation of The 5 Steps to Protecting Our ChildrenTM, an introductory guide for responsible adults interested in child sexual abuse prevention. You will hear from survivors as well as experts who work with children and families to confront abuse.  

Attend this training to: 

• gain an increased awareness of the prevalence, consequences, and circumstances of child sexual abuse; 
• learn new skills to help adults prevent, recognize, and react responsibly to child sexual abuse; 
• discover how to make positive change to organizational policies and procedures; and 
• discover individual empowerment through actionable ways to make a difference. 

The mission of DARKNESS to LIGHT is to empower people to prevent child sexual abuse by educating adults about the steps they can take to prevent, recognize and react responsibly to the reality of child sexual abuse. Darkness to Light’s Stewards of Children® training is a proven, award-winning prevention program that teaches adults how to prevent, recognize and react responsibly to child sexual abuse. 

Join us for this presentation to learn more about the impact of opioid and other drug issues in north central Indiana communities. You will hear current local data about substance use as well as gain a better understanding about some of the misconceptions of what addiction looks like.  

Members of the North Central Indiana Quick Response Team will discuss how integrating paramedicine, Peer-Based Recovery Supports and traditional clinical supports can increase access to care, decrease resistance to initiating recovery and serve as a catalyst to more broad community collaboration. 

The presentation will be followed by a panel discussion including information about local resources, services and initiatives. 

What happens when you put stories and data together? Big things.

Join this webinar to learn how data can help your organization capture, cultivate and communicate stories that will build your brand, promote your mission and support long- and short-term sustainability.

Clarence Hogan, center director of the Chicago Youth Centers – Sidney Epstein Youth Center, will guide you in:

• capturing and cultivating your clients’ stories
• using social media and promotional materials to share stories
• learning how to obtain data to aid in building stories

Don’t miss this opportunity to use the power of stories and data to support your organization and community!

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Join us for an engaging presentation to learn about: 

• the warning signs of mental health conditions; 
• facts and statistics about mental health and youth; and  
• what steps to take if someone you know is showing symptoms of a mental health condition. 

This NAMI Ending the Silence presentation will include two leaders: one who shares an informative presentation and a young adult with a mental health condition who shares their journey of recovery. Participants can ask questions and gain understanding of this often-misunderstood topic. Through dialogue, we can help grow the movement to end stigma around mental health.