Welcome to the 2021 Alabama Children’s Policy Council Virtual Conference
“Rising to the Challenge, Together for Alabama’s Children”
Thursday, October 28, 2021
9:30am - 3:30pm
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Conference Information
Rising to the Challenge, Together for Alabama’s Children
9:00-9:15 Welcome Hon. Sue Bell Cobb, Chief Justice of Alabama, Ret.
Children First Board Chairman
Katie Jeter, Executive Director, Children First
9:15 – 9:35 Grade Level Reading Update Dr. Barbara Cooper, Secretary Alabama Department of Early
Childhood Education
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9:35 – 9:45 2021 Needs Assessment Update Liletta Jenkins, State Children’s Policy Council Manager
Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education
9:50 – 11:05 Trauma: Moving from Awareness to Action
Speaker: Dallas Rabig, LPC, IMH-E, Infant and Early Childhood, Mental Health
State Coordinator, Alabama Department of Early Childhood Ed.
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Panel Discussion: Dr. Barbara Cooper, Secretary, Alabama Department of Early
Childhood Education
Sallye Longshore, Director, Alabama Department of Child Abuse
and Neglect Prevention
Handouts:
Cost of Child Mistreatment
Strengthening Families And Communities
Kim Boswell, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Mental Health
11:10-12:00 CASA: Speaking up for abused and neglected children
Speakers: Pam Tindal, Executive Director, CASA of Autauga County
Judge Joy Booth, Autauga County District Court
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12:00-12:30 LUNCH
12:35-1:35 Open Conversation about Drug Trends, Prevention, and Treatment
Speakers: Beverly Johnson, Director, Prevention Services, Alabama
Department of Mental Health
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Nicole Walden, Director of Substance Abuse Treatment and
Development, Alabama Department of Mental Health
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1:40-2:40 Charitable Giving Roundtable: Funders will explain through a panel discussion about available grants and how to access funds through their organizations.
Panelist: Katie Jeter, Executive Director, Children First
Emily Benson, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Caring Foundation
Eva Robertson, Protective Life Foundation
Courtney Johnson, Alabama Civil Justice Foundation
2:45-3:00 Final Remarks and Adjournment Liletta Jenkins, State Children’s Policy Council Manager
Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education