You are invited to submit a workshop proposal for the 2012 OACCA Advocacy Conference.  This is an opportunity for you to lead a quality enhancement workshop OR a public policy workshop on child welfare, behavioral health, or juvenile justice issues.  

Five total sessions of 90-minute workshops will be offered during May 1-2, 2012 at the Doubletree Hotel Columbus/Worthington in Columbus, Ohio.  Regrettably, stipends & travel reimbursement are unavailable for presenters.    

The conference is expected to draw 100-200 human service agency professionals, advocates, and county and state government leaders.  

DOWNLOAD WORKSHOP PROPOSAL FORM
Due date: February 17, 2012
Questions? Contact Mark Mecum

Doubletree Hotel Columbus/Worthington
175 Hutchinson Ave., Columbus, OH 43235

Stay tuned for more information!

Benefits of Full OACCA Membership

■ Network with colleagues to keep in touch with field, get advice, share suggestions and support
■ Influence policy development and reformation
■ Make sure you get the latest information about legislation that affects kids, families and your agency
■ Group discounts for Workers’ Compensation and Unemployment
■ Relevant training, specific to the work you and your staff do everyday
■ Referrals for services
■ Discounts for trainings & conferences
■ Access the Outcomes Data Project and our Learning Community for restraint prevention
■ Participate on Advisory committees: Advocacy, Adoption, Behavioral Health, Foster Care, Independent Living, Juvenile Justice, and Residential Treatment.
■ Affiliate membership is available for state departments and county agencies; supporting membership is available to individuals and other organizations. 

Learn more about OACCA membership today!

OACCA takes an active role to ensure that Ohio’s evolving public policy results in a system that is fully integrated, efficient, cost effective and beneficial to those that matter most - Ohio’s at-risk children and families. Every year in Ohio more than 33,000 children are placed in out-of-home care to meet their needs for a safe and healthy living environment. For more than half of these children, more intensive treatment is needed to heal the damage inflicted by horrific abuse and significant neglect. This treatment is provided in substitute care settings such as treatment foster homes or residential treatment facilities.

As financial resources shrink, both purchasers of services and providers are obligated by their missions and ethical standards to be accountable – to children and their families, agency Board members, donors, taxpayers, and policy-makers. Accountability means they must achieve positive outcomes. They must be able to demonstrate that they use their resources effectively, efficiently and produce lasting results.

The OACCA Outcomes Data Project (ODP) is a valuable tool for agencies to use to measure their program performance and provide an objective basis for clinical and financial decision making. Service providers will have information never before available to them that will allow them to maximize the benefits their resources can produce and to invest them effectively so that the children they serve have the best possible chance to become productive citizens and good parents to their own healthy children.

For more information, check out the ODP web page and brochure.