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Monday, July 18, 2022
8:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Institute Registration
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Opening Keynote Speaker: Tanaya Winder, “Words as Seeds: Uncovering Your Heartwork”
How do words shape and mold us into the people we become? When we think of words as seeds, we become even more aware of the intention behind words that are planted with positivity and those that cause harm. In this talk, you’ll hear testimony on the power of words and their impact on our spirit’s journey to unearthing our passion and heartwork.
11:30 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Lunch
1:15- 4:15 p.m.
Afternoon Workshop Sessions
Work Smarter, Not Harder
Track: 101
This workshop is for new and novice case management staff who are looking to maximize their time and energy through a variety of techniques that emphasize efficiency and effectiveness. Concepts and components of time management and prioritization will be covered with an emphasis placed on the importance of organization, being effective, planning efficiently, and prioritizing tasks.
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Staying in Your Lane: Reducing Stress and Frustration with Professional Boundaries
Track: 101
If you feel overwhelmed, stressed, burned out, or ineffective, then this workshop is for you. You will know the value of focusing only on what you can control and reducing suffering by staying in your own lane. You will discover new ways to manage your energy, create a list of professional boundaries, and commit to regaining control over your time and emotions.
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Strategies for Micro-Enterprises: A Case-Management Approach
Track: Advanced Case Management
Supporting inspiring home-based business development through a case-management approach. Strategies for leveraging community events as an opportunity to give aspiring business owners the opportunity to trial products and develop business management skills. Exploration of online based tools and resources to develop a coaching-based approach to case management for small business owners.
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Case Management in a Diverse Cultural Environment
Track: Advanced Case Management
This course will help develop strategies in addressing these questions. How can we motivate and assist clients while working with the understanding of their barriers? What can we do to prepare ourselves, participants and their families for post-pandemic challenges? How can we build a system of support for ourselves in giving to our communities? How cultural competency requires personal commitment and a significant involvement from your team to embrace communities for change.
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Connecting with Remote Teams
Track: Leadership
Leading remote or hybrid teams is a necessity for many large programs. Multiple staff in geographically diverse locations can make building a cohesive and high functioning team especially difficult. This workshop will explore tenets of remote team leadership including effective communication, change management, building trust, and other best practices to make your teams more successful, inclusive, and efficient.
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5:30 – 6:15 p.m.
Evening Keynote: Lyla June Johnston, “Traditional Community Care Strategies” (During Dinner)
Throughout Turtle Island, many ancestors from many different Indigenous Nations had refined mechanisms for maintaining health, happiness and unity in our communities. This included Creation stories, linguistic terms, ceremonies, peacemaking processes, traditional foods/medicines, sports and kinship roles. This talk will discuss some of these traditions with the overall message that most of the answers to our problems are right here in our languages, cultures and traditions.
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Welcome Dinner
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
7:30 - 9:00 a.m.
General Announcements and Breakfast
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Morning Workshop Sessions
Introduction to Case Management in Tribal TANF – Part 1 (Full Day)
Track: 101
This is Part 1 of a 2-part course. Case Management is the backbone of any Tribal TANF organization, and it is critical that all new case managers have an in-depth understanding of Tribal TANF and its related best practices. This interactive session will begin with an overview of Tribal TANF, including the origins of the program, its intent and purpose and how federal and program policies relate to case management positions and service delivery. We will also explore the diversity of case management in Tribal TANF settings. Through this session, case managers will be empowered with the knowledge required to ensure successful coordination of Tribal TANF services for eligible participants, their families and support systems.
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Work Smarter, Not Harder
Track: 101
This workshop is for new and novice case management staff who are looking to maximize their time and energy through a variety of techniques that emphasize efficiency and effectiveness. Concepts and components of time management and prioritization will be covered with an emphasis placed on the importance of organization, being effective, planning efficiently, and prioritizing tasks.
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Navigating a Dynamic Work Environment
Track: Advanced Case Management
This interactive training will provide you with skills and strategies to navigate through a new and dynamic work environment; and will discuss how this new work environment impacts our interactions with the communities we serve and our very own colleagues. We will explore topics like maintaining wellness, managing change, addressing trauma and loss, supporting each other with empathy, and positive strategies for both professional and personal lives. You will become better equipped to thrive in the workforce.
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Recognizing and Promoting Community Resources to Improve Client Outcomes
Track: Advanced Case Management
Walk away with resources and ideas for home visits and family fun time. We cannot be experts in all forms of treatment, but we can be experts in what resources we have available to us. We will explore how to help individuals make a conscious, active effort to provide for their own needs and those of their families.
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Developing Equity-Focused Youth Development Programs
Track: Supervisor
Utilizing a youth development framework within any organization is the intentional, prosocial approach that engages youth within their communities, schools, organizations, peer groups, and families in a manner that is productive, and constructive. Youth development recognizes, utilizes, and enhances young people’s strengths, and promotes positive outcomes for young people. We will explore establishing programming through an equity lens focused on youth culture, creativity, and systems-change. Youth development can be a catalyst for greater organizational change when youth needs, and voice are at the center.
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Leading Programs through Times of Dynamic Change
Track: Leadership
The pandemic has required programs to engage in significant changes in all aspects of the program including rethinking service delivery, engagement of clients and employees for programs to continue to meet the needs of clients, staff and communities served. This workshop will provide leaders with some strategies and knowledge about their role in facilitating successful change.
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12:00 - 1:15 p.m.
Lunch and Keynote Speaker: Michelle Villegas-Frazier, "A Sneak Peek into the UC Davis Native Nest!"
Join us to learn more about the Native American Academic Student Success Center, also known as the Native Nest! Given the rich diversity of our Indigenous community, we strive to make UC Davis a place where all identities are celebrated, honoring students’ achievements and supporting their personal and academic journeys. The Native American Academic Student Success Center (NAASSC) focuses on creating a sense of belonging for Native American students in a culturally appropriate way. Michelle Villegas-Frazier will discuss more about the center, highlighting the resources they provide to enhance student success, the culturally relevant activities, and its support network. Our youth are our future! Our hope is that this keynote will inspire positive change, culture shifts and community building!
1:15 - 4:15 p.m.
Afternoon Workshop Sessions
Introduction to Case Management in Tribal TANF – Part 2 (Full Day)
Track: 101
This is Part 2 of a 2-part course. Case Management is the backbone of any Tribal TANF organization, and it is critical that all new case managers have an in-depth understanding of Tribal TANF and its related best practices. This interactive session will begin with an overview of Tribal TANF, including the origins of the program, its intent and purpose and how federal and program policies relate to case management positions and service delivery. We will also explore the diversity of case management in Tribal TANF settings. Through this session, case managers will be empowered with the knowledge required to ensure successful coordination of Tribal TANF services for eligible participants, their families and support systems.
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Serving Our People with Support and Compassion
Track: 101
This course will explore ways to manage a caseload, when dealing with multiple cultures and expectations. Every nation may have different requirements and case managers may not be from the same tribe, and case managers may not be native at all. However, it is critical that the case manager be thoughtful of ways to connect and maintain cultural humility and honor the individual and the family’s right to choose the best approach to achieving their goals. Case managers will learn to serve all customers with compassion and support, removing judging and replacing it with curiosity.
Presenter
Strategies for Micro-Enterprises: A Case-Management Approach
Track: Advanced Case Management
Supporting inspiring home-based business development through a case-management approach. Strategies for leveraging community events as an opportunity to give aspiring business owners the opportunity to trial products and develop business management skills. Exploration of online based tools and resources to develop a coaching-based approach to case management for small business owners.
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The Art of Juggling Case Management Priorities
Track: Advanced Case Management
Your job as an experienced Case Manager is complex and it requires that you are able to juggle family needs, program requirements, and collegial relationships. Let’s practice this art together.
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Self-Care is Self-Reliance
Track: Advanced Case Management
During this workshop, we will explore patterns of self-care practices to provide balance in our lives. Our methods of self-care are critical to our own well-being and those who we serve. You will walk away with helpful strategies to promote self-care in your own lives and in the lives of those you serve.
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Addressing Difficult Conversations
Track: Supervisor
Stop putting off conversation due to anxiety and frustration. Difficult conversations are stressful for everyone. Learn to minimize stress while addressing the real issue. Effectively manage your most difficult conversations and reach success. Practice approaching each conversation from a learning perspective and shift from stress and blame to mindfulness and learning. This workshop will support skill development in the areas of effective communication, engaging feedback, and performance coaching.
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Collaboration with Community Organizations
Track: Leadership
Collaboration requires human services organizations to be partners with community organizations to meet the diverse needs of the families they serve. This workshop will provide insight and solutions on how to successfully engage community partners in collaborative efforts and services to meet the human services needs of communities.
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Wednesday, July 20, 2022
7:30 - 9:00 a.m.
General Announcements and Breakfast
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Morning Workshop Sessions
Introduction to Case Management in Tribal TANF – Part 1 (Full Day)
Track: 101
This is Part 1 of a 2-part course. Case Management is the backbone of any Tribal TANF organization, and it is critical that all new case managers have an in-depth understanding of Tribal TANF and its related best practices. This interactive session will begin with an overview of Tribal TANF, including the origins of the program, its intent and purpose and how federal and program policies relate to case management positions and service delivery. We will also explore the diversity of case management in Tribal TANF settings. Through this session, case managers will be empowered with the knowledge required to ensure successful coordination of Tribal TANF services for eligible participants, their families and support systems.
Presenter
Staying in Your Lane: Reducing Stress and Frustration with Professional Boundaries
Track: 101
If you feel overwhelmed, stressed, burned out, or ineffective, then this workshop is for you. You will know the value of focusing only on what you can control and reducing suffering by staying in your own lane. You will discover new ways to manage your energy, create a list of professional boundaries, and commit to regaining control over your time and emotions.
Presenter
Navigating a Dynamic Work Environment
Track: Advanced Case Management
This interactive training will provide you with skills and strategies to navigate through a new and dynamic work environment; and will discuss how this new work environment impacts our interactions with the communities we serve and our very own colleagues. We will explore topics like maintaining wellness, managing change, addressing trauma and loss, supporting each other with empathy, and positive strategies for both professional and personal lives. You will become better equipped to thrive in the workforce.
Presenter
Case Management in a Diverse Cultural Environment
Track: Advanced Case Management
This course will help develop strategies in addressing these questions. How can we motivate and assist clients while working with the understanding of their barriers? What can we do to prepare ourselves, participants and their families for post-pandemic challenges? How can we build a system of support for ourselves in giving to our communities? How cultural competency requires personal commitment and a significant involvement from your team to embrace communities for change.
Presenter
The Art of Juggling Case Management Priorities
Track: Advanced Case Management
Your job as an experienced Case Manager is complex and it requires that you are able to juggle family needs, program requirements, and collegial relationships. Let’s practice this art together.
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Enhancing Unit Culture in Times of Dynamic Change
Track: Supervisor
You will be equipped with the tools to develop and sustain systems of care that enhance unit cultures and foster positive outcomes for internal and external clients. We’ll examine the neuroscience of change and its effects in people, identify types of change, and learn about change models in efforts to achieve improved health, wellness, and quality of life in units you supervise.
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Best Practices in Program Development
Track: Leadership
Leaders will have the opportunity to highlight innovative and effective strategies for instituting successful TANF programs. Leaders will be able to share what they do to provide exciting opportunities, collaborate to assist others to develop meaningful programs for their communities, and discuss how they address unique challenges they may face. This workshop will also allow leaders to deliver a 15-min presentation on a successful project they’ve implemented; and then host a Q&A panel.
Prerequisite: To participate in this workshop, leaders will need to complete an online submission form indicating which of the 4 Purposes of TANF their initiative addresses, provide a brief project mission statement, outline the objectives, and develop an implementation strategy and its results.
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12:00 - 1:15 p.m.
Lunch and Keynote Speaker: Heather Hostler, "Creating Partnerships between Tribal TANF Agencies and Native American Legal Aid Services"
Heather Hostler, executive director for the California Indian Legal Services (CILS), will discuss ways for legal aids and tribal organizations to build strong partnerships and identify how to best serve tribal communities through this unique alliance of goals. There are great opportunities for Tribal TANF programs and Native American legal aids to work together to best serve their clients, who are likely income eligible for both programs. She will discuss understanding the needs of the clients, where there is intersectionality and a well-coordinated approach to deliver resources. CILS is embarking on a new strategic plan and exploring dynamic partnerships, of which Tribal TANF and Indian Health Clinics are a priority.
1:15 - 4:15 p.m.
Afternoon Workshop Sessions
Introduction to Case Management in Tribal TANF – Part 2 (Full Day)
Track: 101
This is Part 2 of a 2-part course. Case Management is the backbone of any Tribal TANF organization, and it is critical that all new case managers have an in-depth understanding of Tribal TANF and its related best practices. This interactive session will begin with an overview of Tribal TANF, including the origins of the program, its intent and purpose and how federal and program policies relate to case management positions and service delivery. We will also explore the diversity of case management in Tribal TANF settings. Through this session, case managers will be empowered with the knowledge required to ensure successful coordination of Tribal TANF services for eligible participants, their families and support systems.
Presenter
Serving Our People with Support and Compassion
Track: 101
This course will explore ways to manage a caseload, when dealing with multiple cultures and expectations. Every nation may have different requirements and case managers may not be from the same tribe, and case managers may not be native at all. However, it is critical that the case manager be thoughtful of ways to connect and maintain cultural humility and honor the individual and the family’s right to choose the best approach to achieving their goals. Case managers will learn to serve all customers with compassion and support, removing judging and replacing it with curiosity.
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Practicing Mindfulness in the Workplace
Track: Advanced Case Management
Mindfulness is an effective strategy to increase wellness, as well as to improve focus and efficiency. This workshop will discuss the benefits of mindfulness and will provide strategies to establish and sustain mindful practices in the workplace. Additionally, participants will deepen their understanding of how they can practice mindfulness to promote satisfaction and reduce stress in the workplace.
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize and understand factors and habits that contribute to mindfulness
- Learn techniques to support living a healthy lifestyle
- Apply strategies to improve productivity, efficiency, and overall job satisfaction
- Discover better ways to handle job stress
- Explore relaxation and focus techniques
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Recognizing and Promoting Community Resources to Improve Client Outcomes
Track: Advanced Case Management
Walk away with resources and ideas for home visits and family fun time. We cannot be experts in all forms of treatment, but we can be experts in what resources we have available to us. We will explore how to help individuals make a conscious, active effort to provide for their own needs and those of their families.
Presenter
Motivation and Engagement Strategies
Track: Supervisory
The sudden shift to remote work that many Tribal TANF organizations have made, has left many supervisors and employees struggling to adapt to new norms of productivity and communication. This workshop will examine challenges and opportunities that come with this new work paradigm, including best practices for managing remote employees. Participants will also be introduced to personality and motivational tools that can be used to tailor communication and enhance engagement for their remote staff.
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Establishing a Sustainable Organizational Culture
Track: Leadership
Organizational culture is the glue that keeps a successful organization together and without it, it leads to dysfunction, unpredictability, and unsatisfactory performance. This workshop will provide leaders with insight on characteristics of a positive organizational culture and how to sustain and adapt culture to continue be a thriving human services program.
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6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Cultural Exchange Night
This entertaining event will be an opportunity for participants to share their unique cultural expressions that make their tribes special. We’ll see a variety of cultural expressions, including traditional clothing and jewelry, music, dance, storytelling, rituals and other artforms. All participants are invited to join in the audience, and of course, we’re accepting submissions! Anyone interested in presenting, please submit your interest to tribal@ucdavis.edu by July 12. The Cultural Exchange promises to be a beautiful and meaningful portion of the Institute. Appetizers and drinks will be served.
Thursday, July 21, 2022
7:30 - 9:00 a.m.
General Announcements and Breakfast
9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Workshop Track Capstone Sessions
101 Track Capstone
Designed to introduce case managers to the nuts and bolts of the federal TANF program, including case management best practices and strategies to address common barriers to client success and long-term self-sufficiency, this cohort will wrap-up with this session to pull it all together and develop your plan to put new skills into practice.
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Advanced Case Management Track Capstone
Designed for the more experienced workers, looking to further their skills and abilities to provide solutions to specific challenges faced in communities they serve, this cohort will wrap-up with this session to pull it all together and develop your plan to put new skills into practice.
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Supervisor Track Capstone
Designed to assists managers in developing strategies and skills to lead their teams to improved effectiveness and efficiency when working with their clients to self-sufficiency, this cohort will wrap-up with this session to pull it all together and develop your plan to put new skills into practice.
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Leadership Track: Capstone
Designed to think about the dynamics of program management, discuss how to effectively implement new projects and processes, as well as document and show successes on new initiatives, this cohort will wrap-up with this session to pull it all together and develop your plan to put new skills into practice.
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