The National Center for Adoption Law & Policy hosted its sixth annual national conference on Monday, October 18 & Tuesday, October 19, 2004 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.  This conference, entitled ‘Permanency by the Numbers’, was conceived and planned in partnership with ‘Fostering Results’ (a national foster care reform initiative funded by the Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care).  The conference explored the challenges and benefits associated with the planning and implementation of data-driven strategies to improve caseflow management in dependency courts.

The conference featured presentations by over 20 national experts who also participated in panel discussions and Q & A sessions.  Enthusiastic welcoming remarks were provided by Justice Evelyn Stratton of the Supreme Court of Ohio.  The opening keynote address by Ohio’s own United States Senator Mike DeWine was extremely well received during which he demonstrated extensive knowledge of the foster care system stemming all the way back to his own days as an assistant county prosecutor.  Also among this year’s presenters were the current president and a past president of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges.  Over 200 professionals from 20 states were in attendance, including judges, magistrates and juvenile court personnel from 11 Ohio counties.

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