QPI-MN Steering Committee Meeting
To learn more, contact Kate Rickord @ krickord@stdavidscenter.org
May 20, 2026 | 11-4pm
Join us for our National Symposium on Transitions, "Transitions Reimagined: Centering Children. Protecting Development. Preserving Relationships." This year, we’re bringing our virtual national convening into a focused symposium—dedicated entirely to rethinking how we approach transitions in child welfare. This symposium brings together developmental experts, individuals with lived experience, caregivers, practitioners, systems leaders, and policy partners to examine how transitions can be designed to protect development, preserve important relationships, and support children and families through change.
About the group: The Youth Voices participants range in age from 13-26 years old, are diverse in culture (BIPOC, LGBTQ+/Two-Spirit) and their fostering experience (relative, non-relative, adopted, aged-out and parenting youth). This group has identified their goal as making changes so the foster care system becomes a safer, healthier, and a more loving experience for youth and families. Our goal is to equip Fosters or youth currently in the foster care system with the support, leadership skills and the access to the right practice and policy platforms to make their identified changes a reality.
Ready to join or learn more? Contact Kathy Duffy
About the group: An open invitation for parents with experience in the child welfare system to join us in discussing how we can work together to improve the system for all children and families. Meets the first Tuesday of each month 5-6pm via Zoom.
Ready to join or learn more? Contact Kathy Duffy
To learn more, contact Kate Rickord @ krickord@stdavidscenter.org
To learn more, contact Kate Rickord @ krickord@stdavidscenter.org.
Available to join via Zoom: contact krickord@stdavidscenter.org for more information for video or phone-in.