Families and Community: Issues in the Current Economy

Families and Community: Issues in the Current Economy

March 18, 2010
8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
The University of Akron, Student Union - Ballroom A
303 Carroll Street, Akron OH  44325

Keynote:
Frances Strickland, First Lady of Ohio 
Sandra Stephenson, Director, Ohio Department of Mental Health
Douglas Lumpkin, Director, Ohio Department of Job & Family Services
Thomas Stickrath, Director, Ohio Department of Youth Services

Fatherhood Issues • Changing Role of Parents and Grandparents • Juvenile Issues• Bankruptcy • Foreclosure and Housing

Cost: 
Seeking Continuing Legal Education (6.5 CLE):
$175 Akron Law Alumni or Akron Bar Association Member
$200 Non-Alumni/Non-Member

Seeking Continuing Education Credits other than Legal: 
$75 (LSW, LPC, LMFT, CFLE, CFCS, teacher CEU)

Not Seeking any Continuing Education Credits: 
$50 general public; $12 University of Akron Students

Register:
Online Registration
Phone: 330-972-6363; E-mail: manovac@uakron.edu

Program Schedule:

8:00 a.m. Registration

8:25 a.m. Welcome
      Gary M. Rosen, Esq., Goldman & Rosen, Ltd.

8:30 a.m. Fatherhood Issues
     Frank Williams, President & CEO, Williams Challenge
     Donald Lykes, Executive Director, Fathers and Sons of Northeast Ohio
     David Witt, Professor of Family and Consumer Sciences, The University of Akron

9:30 a.m. Changing Role of Parents and Grandparents
      Julie Hicks Patrick, Ph.D., Associate Profession,
                                 Department of Psychology, West Virginia University
     Trina Danzy, Director of Placement Services, Summit County Children Services 
     Tracy Thomas, Professor of Law, The University of Akron School of Law

10:30 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. Juvenile Issues
     Karen Ellerson, Director of Student Services and Security, Akron Public Schools
     Sgt. Brian Harding, Akron Police Department, Juvenile Division
     Sabine Gerhardt, Assistant Professor, Early Childhood Development, The University of Akron      

11:45 a.m. Lunch

12:45 p.m. State of Ohio Perspective on the Economy’s Impact on Families 
     Frances Strickland, First Lady of Ohio
     Sandra Stephenson, Director, Ohio Department of Mental Health
     Douglas Lumpkin, Director, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
     Thomas Stickrath, Director, Ohio Department of Youth Services

2:15 p.m. Break

2:30 p.m. Bankruptcy
     Marc Gertz, Esq., Attorney, Goldman & Rosen, Ltd.
     Judge Thomas Parker, Summit County Court of Common Pleas

3:30 p.m. Effect of Foreclosures and Housing Issues 
     Moderator:  Magistrate Ron Cable, Summit County Domestic Relations Court  
     Douglas Argue, Managing Director, Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio (COHHIO)
     Debra Manteghi, District Homeless Education Liaison and Program Manager,   Akron Public Schools Project RISE
     Lori D. Campbell, Assistant Director of Administration, Civil & Court Services Bureau, Summit County Sheriff’s Office

4:30 p.m. Adjournment

 

Sponsored by:
National Association of Social Workers - Ohio
American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
Ohio Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
Summit County Juvenile Court
Summit County Domestic Relations Court
COHHIO
Fatherhood Initiative
Akron Bar Association
The University of Akron School of Law
The University of Akron School of Family and Consumer Sciences
Williams Challenge (Man2Man Program)