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Letter from the Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families
Department of Health & Human Services
Administration for Children and Families
Administration on Children, Youth and Families
1250 Maryland Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20024
Dear Participants,
On behalf of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families, I cordially welcome you to the 16th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Protecting Children, Promoting Healthy Families, and Preserving Communities.
This theme demonstrates our hope that every child will be loved and protected. It confirms our goal of a healthy family for every child in which to grow and thrive. As the building block of society, the family serves as the basis for strong neighborhoods and supportive communities.
We must work together to ensure that this theme is translated into our everyday work. The recently passed Children and Family Services Improvement Act of 2006 offers support to improve caseworker retention, recruitment, training and use of technology for dedicated workers in the field. This Act also reauthorized the Promoting Safe and Stable Families Act, which has given us additional opportunities to target our efforts to protect children, prevent child abuse, support at-risk families, and promote permanency and well-being for all children.
All of the disciplines represented here are a part of this cooperative effort. The important work you do each day is vital to the safety and well-being of our children and the promotion of our families and communities.
I hope you will enjoy this Conference and use it as an opportunity to learn from your colleagues and from the many national experts in attendance. I expect that each of us will leave with a better vision of how we can individually and collectively contribute to Protecting Children, Promoting Healthy Families, and Preserving Communities. I sincerely hope that Administration on Children, Youth and Families is providing you with tools and opportunities, similar to this Conference, that will most effectively enhance and support all you do.
Thank you for the work you do everyday to transform hope into reality.
Sincerely,
Joan E. Ohl
Commissioner
Administration on Children, Youth and Families