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Georgia KIDS COUNT Tour Come to one of the Tour sites to receive tools and learn to understand and interpret data. Explore best practices at work in communities, and initiate dialog on how you can make a difference. Engage in hands-on activities that calculate what it takes to make improvements in your communities. You are invited to attend the 2008 Georgia KIDS COUNT Tour site in a city nearest you: Aug.
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23 Register for the location nearest you beginning July 21 at gafcp.org.
For its last program of the month, On the Line looks at the annual UCAN (Ulrich Children's Advantage Network) Teen Report Card on Adults, which provides an opportunity for teens to turn the tables and grade the adults who are typically grading them. UCAN conducts the annual nationwide survey of more than 1,000 teens nationwide, ages 12-19, asking them to grade the adults in their lives—A through F—in 20 key areas, such as providing a quality education for young people, creating job opportunities for the future, teaching positive values, leading by example, running the government, spending time with their families, keeping schools safe from violence and crime, really listening to and understanding young people, and helping young people cope with the challenges of the teenage years. Grades and teen focus group recommendations are released at the close of the school year—the same time millions teens are receiving their own school report cards. Teens surveyed in the 2007 Teen Report Card gave an average overall grade of C to adults. The annual Teen Report Card is intended to serve as a catalyst to inspire dialogue between adults and youth about the problems that affect teens in our society, and a public voice to the ideas and opinions of teens about the adults who influence their lives. Tune in weekly to a thought-provoking, interactive radio program focusing on subjects, stories, and strategies of special interest to child welfare policymakers, providers, and practitioners. The program, devoted solely to the welfare of America's vulnerable children, features a forum where numerous points of view and voices of experience within the child welfare universe can be heard. On the Line with CWLA is a production of the Child Welfare League of America, Arlington, Virginia. To listen to On the Line with CWLA, go to www.blogtalkradio.com/CWLA-Radio. The call-in number is 347/326-9411.
Trainer applications will be accepted beginning in April. Watch the Better Brains for Babies Web site for details.
The National Association of Council for Children (NACC) will host its 31st National Juvenile and Family Law Conference at the Hyatt Regency on the Riverfront Savannah. For questions, e-mail advocate@naccchildlaw.org or call toll-free 888-828-NACC. Download the conference brochure.
The Institute for Women's Studies at the University of Georgia is gearing up for the 2nd annual Women and Girls in Georgia Conference. This year's theme is Health and Well-Being. For more information visit www.uga.edu/iws/WAGG.
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