Please view the sample schedule below. We will update the schedule for the 2025 conference as soon as it is available.
Sponsored by Parenting Inside Out
| 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. | Welcome |
| 8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. | An Overview of Parenting Programming – The History, Impact and Evolution Dr. Pajarita Charles, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin - Madison Dr. J. Mark Eddy, Professor, The University of Texas at Austin Leticia Longoria-Navarro, Director, The Pathfinder Network |
| 9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Break |
| 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Breakout Session 1 Dr. Pajarita Charles, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin - Madison Dr. J. Mark Eddy, Professor, The University of Texas at Austin Dr. Luke Muentner, Justice Researcher, RTI International's Corrections and Reentry Research Program
Dr. Bree Boppre, Senior Research Associate, Urban Institute |
| 11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. | Break |
| 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | Breakout Session 2 Luis Ferrin-Beaujon, PIO Program Specialist, The Pathfinder Network Sheri Sandoval, Director of Training and Development, The Pathfinder Network Alicia Craig, Supervisor, Family & Children's Services, Inc. Dr. Pajarita Charles, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin - Madison Lucie Doll, Program Director, Parenting in Jail, Family & Children's Services, Inc. Sarah Jensen, Research Associate, Justice Systems Partners Leticia Longoria-Navarro, Director, The Pathfinder Network Michelle Tredo, Social Worker-Senior, Milwaukee Women's Correctional Center |
| 12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | Breakout Session 3 Mary Campbell Wood, Professor, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Division of Extension Alicia Craig, Supervisor, Family & Children's Services Inc. Lucie Doll, Program Director, Parenting in Jail, Family & Children's Services Michelle Tredo, Social Worker-Senior, Milwaukee Women's Correctional Center Heidi Ungrodt, Division of Extension Educator, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Allison Hoekstra, Family Connections Social Worker, Dane County Sheriff's Office Leticia Longoria-Navarro, Director, The Pathfinder Network Dr Julie Poehlmann, Professor, University of Wisconsin - Madison Cheri Tillis, Chief Executive Officer, Fathers & Families Support Center |
| 2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | Break |
| 2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | The Impacts of Incarceration Video Library: The Stories, The Experiences, The Wisdom Leticia Longoria-Navarro, Director, The Pathfinder Network Jess Sandoval, Facilitator, The Pathfinder Network Victor Trillo Jr., Program Coordinator, The Pathfinder Network |
| 3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Break |
| 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | What's Next? The Evolution of Parenting Programming Dr. J. Mark Eddy, Professor, The University of Texas at Austin Dr. Justin Harty, Assistant Professor, Arizona State University Leticia Longoria-Navarro, Director, The Pathfinder Network Shari Sandoval, Director of Training and Development, The Pathfinder Network Victor Trillo Jr., Program Coordinator, The Pathfinder Network |
| 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast and Networking |
| 8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. | Welcome |
| 8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. | The Los Angeles Sheriff’s, CA State Prisons, and Gordon Philanthropies Put Children First. Sylvia Beanes, Executive Director, Gordon Philanthropies Delinia Lewis, Chief Deputy Warden (A), California Institution for Women (CIW) in Corona, California |
| 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. | Keeping Families Connected: Model Practices and Implementation Considerations for Video Visiting Dior Lindsey, LMSW, Program Manager, Osborne Association Family Works Buffalo |
| 10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Fostering Family Reunification and Healing: The Place4Grace's Camp Grace Model Christina Mendoza, Social Justice Advocate and Executive Director, The Place4Grace Candace Wakefield, Director of Programs and Operations, The Place4Grace Chris Wooley, Reentry Coordinator, Formerly Incarcerated Father, The Place4Grace |
| 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Lunch & Champion for Child Well-Being Award Presentation #1 |
| 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | Federal Funding Opportunities for Promoting Family Preservation and Family Engagement Janelle Prueter, Senior Research Scholar, New York University Marron Institute of Urban Management Jim Chambers, Consultant, Family Based Justice Center Isabel Coronado, Coordinator, Family Based Justice Center Tiana Smith, Senior Policy Analyst, CSG Justice Center, Corrections and Reentry Division Jazmone Wilkerson, Program Manager, Youth Justice & System Innovation Division, US Department of Justice |
| 2:30 p.m. - 2:40 p.m. | Break |
| 2:40 p.m. - 3:40 p.m. | Broken systems - What do we need to do to fix them? Roy Dawson, Director, Arizona Center for African American Children Coy Graham, Director of Operations, Progress Pushers, Inc. Demetrius Lester, Director, Youth Entrepreneurship\ Oye Waddell, Founder, CEO, Hustle PHX, Inc. |
| 3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. | Family Preservation Project Jessica Katz, MSW, Director, Family Preservation Project Roxanna Frias, Family Preservation Project Youth Advisory Council Haylee Lorenzo, Family Preservation Project Youth Advisory Council Sophia Montoya, Family Preservation Project Youth Advisory Council La'Shuatna Vasquez, Family Preservation Project Youth Advisory Council |
| 5:00 p.m. - | Optional group activity |
| 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. | Welcome |
| 8:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. | ScholarCHIPS: Creating a National Transformative Community for College-Bound Young Adults Experiencing Parental Incarceration Yasmine Arrington Brooks, Founder & Executive Director, ScholarCHIPS, Inc. Tianna Durant Althea Guevara Mick Guile Jermekkio Holliway Amir Hood Da'Jauna Savage |
| 10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | Purpose and Power: Strategies for Engaging & Partnering with Youth Dior Lindsey, LMSW, Program Manager, Osborne Association Family Works Buffalo Chantel Jackson, See Us Support Us Youth Fellow |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | The PATHfinder Club, PAVING A TRAIL OF HOPE – An Arts-based Support Club for Systems-Impacted Youth Leticia Longoria-Navarro, Director, The Pathfinder Network Jess Sandoval, Facilitator, The Pathfinder Network Victor Trillo Jr., Program Coordinator, The Pathfinder Network |
| 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Lunch & Champion for Child Well-Being Award Presentation #2 |
| 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Supporting child survivors of intimate partner homicide: Interdisciplinary best practices to promote healing and resilience Bianca Harper DSW, LCSW, Clinical Associate Professor, Director, Arizona Child and Adolescent Survivor Initiative (ACASI) |
| 2:00 p.m. - 2:10 p.m. | Break |
| 2:10 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. | US Dream Academy Diane Wallace Booker |
| 3:10 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Break |
| 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Youth Voice in Advocacy Derrell Frazier, Next100 Policy Entrepreneur |
| 4:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. | Closing |
Thank you to our sponsors and exhibitors for their generosity in helping us make this conference possible. Click on any organization's logo to visit their website.
For information on sponsor and exhibitor opportunities, please contact us at childwellbeing@asu.edu.