This day-long training in Mt. Pleasant sponsored by DHS will feature Probate Judge Dorene Allen of Midland County for the opening address, followed by a youth panel and two sets of workshops. Registration is due by May 30; there is no charge to attend. The announcement and registration can be found here: June 9: Reintegration Training. Workshop titles are:

• State and Federal Funding Sources and Payments for Youth in Out of Home Care
• JJOLT: Now and the Near Future
• The Workforce Investment Act for Youth
• Registering Sex Offenders in Michigan
• Advocacy and Problem Solving in Education and Rehabilitation Systems
• Essential Ingredients of Successful Community-Based Plans
• Building a Reintegration Program That Works
• Navigating Funding Sources for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care
• Using the Child Care Fund for Reintegration

The Director of the Child Welfare Bureau is responsible for directing, implementing, and monitoring the activities of major programs in the Department of Human Services (DHS) including Community Based Services and Family Preservation, Children’s Protective Services, Foster Care, and Adoption. The bureau director is responsible for coordinating with field operations and other internal and external stakeholders for assigned programs. Find details about the job and how to apply at the following link:

http://web1mdcs.state.mi.us/vacancyweb/OccupationalGroups.asp

Depending on what comes up on your screen, you might have to click on “Group of Jobs” then “Executive/Administrative Jobs”…

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Michigan Department of Human Services News Release
Contact: Maureen Sorbet or Colleen Steinman (517) 373-7394
GRAND RAPIDS – Information and legal advice about paternity, child custody, child support and parenting time will be available at the Dad’s Legal Clinic on Wed., March 19 at the United Methodist Community House.
The event, held from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at 904 Sheldon SE, is one of three statewide meetings to help fathers learn more about their rights and responsibilities as parents. Free pizza and beverages will be served. Free child care also is available. More »« Less

Michigan Heart Gallery 2008 Exhibit Kicks Off in Lansing
Public to view professional portraits of Michigan foster children
who are waiting to be adopted.

Contact:  Maureen Sorbet (517) 373-7394

The grand opening of the 2008 Michigan Heart Gallery. There are more
than 4,000 children in Michigan waiting to be adopted. More than 60 of
these children will be featured in a heart-warming photographic exhibit
called the Michigan Heart Gallery.

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Michigan Department of Human Services News Release

Contact: Daniel Piepszowski (313) 689-0171
Michigan Commission on Community Action and Economic Opportunity

Maureen Sorbet (517) 373-7394
Michigan Department of Human Services

Poverty forums upcoming in Detroit and Flint;
Commission on Community Action and Economic Opportunity hold events that,
in part, lead to upcoming poverty summit

Feb. 8, 2008

Michigan Commission on Community Action and Economic Opportunity will hold
forums in Detroit and Flint in February to hear directly from Michigan
individuals and families who are living in poverty. They are part of a
series of six forums to be held across the state that will lead to
Michigan’s first poverty summit in November 2008. The forums will be held:

–Tuesday, Feb. 12 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at Central United Methodist Church,
23 East Adams in Detroit.

–Tuesday, Feb. 19 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at Genesee County Community Action,
601 N. Saginaw St., Flint.
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