Center for Regional and Tribal Child Welfare Studies Staff Keynote Evergreen House Annual Conference in Bemidji, MN

On March 24, Erin Geary and John Day gave the opening keynote presentation at the 2011 Evergreen House Annual Conference in Bemidji, MN. A total of 226 people registered for the conference that had the theme of "Building Your Preventionand Intervention Tool Box To Strengthen Youth and Families." The conference participants represented parents and youth-serving professionals from throughout the region that sought to gain knowledge, develop skills, exchange ideas and share support. Erin Geary, MSW, is the community specialist with the Center for Regional and Tribal Child Welfare Studies and completing his Ph.D. studies at the University of Utah and John Day, MSW, is the Program Director, American Indian Projects. Both the Center and AIP are part of the UMD Department of Social Work.