Virtual Pre-Conference

Tuesday, January 9, 2024

In-Person Conference January 10-12, 2024

Friday

January 12, 2024

Frank Picone, LCSW

Frank joined the Center for Great Expectations with over 30 years of experience creating trauma-attuned environments in residential treatment programs, schools, and juvenile justive programs throughout New Jersey and the country. Mr. Picone earned his master’s of social work from the School of Social Work at Rutgers University; he is a licensed clinical social worker, advanced trainer in the Nurtured Heart Approach, and a certified school social worker. Over the past 30 years, Mr. Picone has served as a therapist, clinical supervisor, chief operating officer, and executive director in two large residential treatment settings for at-risk youth. He also served as director of the Placement Services Unit in New Jersey’s Children’s System of Care (CSOC), where he was responsible for managing the care of high-needs youth in residential treatment. Mr. Picone worked as a senior training and consultation specialist at Rutgers, providing coaching and training to residential providers as part of a four-year SAMHSA grant to transform New Jersey’s CSOC to be trauma-informed and reduce the need for seclusion and restraint. For the past 20 years, as founder and director of “Positive Culture Change”, Mr. Picone has provided transformational training and consultation in the areas of leadership, workforce development, creating positive and motivating work cultures and trauma-attuned approaches for residential treatment programs and school systems throughout the country.

Hasan Davis

For more than 25 years, Hasan has held to the belief that each child can and will succeed as long as adults in their world create hope. Starting as a counselor and a teaching artist, and through his years as a youth development specialist, Hasan has transformed the attitudes and strategies of school and facility staff, parents, and members of the community to help hundreds of children graduate from high school and go on to earn degrees from colleges and universities.

In addition to his work at schools, Hasan has been Commissioner of Juvenile Justice for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Vice Chair of the Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice, and an organizational consultant. With this experience, he has transformed organizations and public systems to ensure they have the capacity to not only meet the needs of the children and families they serve, but also are transparent and set metrics and methods of accountability. He brings to the process a powerful combination of passion, caring, and leadership to craft a refreshing, common-sense roadmap to help all youth achieve their dreams, no matter the odds.

Veronica Krupnick

Veronica Krupnick is a Youth & Tribal Advocate and Leader within the local, state, and national child welfare community. After serving for 4 years as the Mentorship, Advocacy and Peer Support Program Coordinator at CASA First, Veronica now serves as the Vice President of the organization’s Board of Directors. In the Fall of 2022, Veronica began her venture into the New Mexico Legislature and now serves as the Leadership Analyst for the New Mexico House of Representatives Majority Office.

After graduating from Fort Lewis College in 2017, Veronica returned home to New Mexico to follow her passion for supporting and working alongside young people involved and impacted by the child welfare system. Having been through the child welfare system herself, Veronica is passionate about preventative services, lived experience voice, and advocating for the holistic well-being of children, youth, and families. Her current child welfare advocacy includes service as a senior member of the National Foster Youth and Alumni Policy Council, a member of the National Child Welfare and Racial Equity Collaborative, and as Co-Chair of the Training Committee for the New Mexico Partners.

Virtual Conference Meeting: Tuesday, January 9th

Choose from eight unique workshops offered over four 90-minute sessions. Includes access to a live stream of the In-Person Keynotes happening on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. CEUs and CLEs pending.

In-Person Conference: Wednesday, January 10th – Friday, January 12th

The in-person CLI that you know and love, taking place at Hotel Albuquerque. Includes access to the Virtual Meeting on Tuesday. CEUs and CLEs pending.

Payment Options, Terms & Conditions

CLI Exhibitor: Wednesday, January 10th – Friday, January 12th 

Register for an exhibitor table at the in-person conference event.

CLI Scholarship Application

Limited scholarships are available to cover registration costs for New Mexico community members who request support. We encourage New Mexico parents and other caregivers, resource parents, peer support workers, college and university students as any other working or advocating in the field of child welfare, juvenile justice or community mental health to apply if financial support is needed to attend the conference. Deadline is December 8th!

Questions? Contact us at: [email protected]

CLI Continuing Education Credits:

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For access to CLE and CJE records please contact Cristen Conley at: [email protected]

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