

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: 2026 Foster Care & Guardianship Conference
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 08 Apr, 2026 at 07:45 am – Wed, 08 Apr, 2026 at 04:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Supporting a Welcoming HomeAbout this EventSUPPORT A WELCOMING HOMEPlease join us for the 2026 Geminus Community Partners Foster Care &amp; Guardianship Conference.Through expert speakers, interactive sessionsand engaging discussions, you will gain practical strategies to support children in impactful ways and strengthen foster and biological families. Explore supportive therapies and new approaches that equip families to thrive.We hope you will be a part of this meaningful and insightful event.The conference fee is $25, which includes CEUs, access to all speakers, lunch, materials and a conference take-home kit.Registration closes March 13, 2025.6 CEU's will be provided through the Indiana Social Worker, Marriage and Family Therapist and Mental Health Counselor Board to provide Category 1 Continuing Education Programs for LSW, LCSW, LMFT and LMHC.  https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/9284b160-ee41-11f0-8e8e-5bcd825ff445-rimg-w1200-h294-dcffffff-gmir.jpg Should you have any inquiries or require further information, please feel free to contact Glenda Whickem, Executive Assistant to the Vice President, Community Services, Geminus at glenda.whickem@geminus.care or 219-757-1822.Geminus Corporation is a member of Regional Care Group.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/south-bend/2026-foster-care-and-guardianship-conference/100001979367405192
- **Event Categories**: business, conferences, health-wellness, mental-health
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

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- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 25, max: 25, currency: USD

## Event venue details

- **city**: South Bend
- **state**: IN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Gillespie Conference & Special Event Center
- **lat**: 41.7092535
- **long**: -86.2527219
- **full address**: Gillespie Conference &amp; Special Event Center, 53995 State Highway 933, South Bend, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 10
- **organizer**: Geminus Community Partners, IN Dept. of Child Services, Kids First Trust Fund (https://allevents.in/org/geminus-community-partners-in-dept-of-child-services-kids-first-trust-fund/17725191)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 08 Apr, 2026 at 07:45 am (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Gillespie Conference &amp; Special Event Center, 53995 State Highway 933, South Bend, United States
- **Q**: What is the ticket price?
  - **A:** starting from 25 up to 25 USD
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Geminus Community Partners, IN Dept. of Child Services, Kids First Trust Fund
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** business, conferences, health-wellness, mental-health
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about 2026 Foster Care & Guardianship Conference ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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                "description": "We listen\r\nNo one knows your family as well as you, so our trained counselors listen to everyone in the family to determine where the problems are and the best way to help you deal with them. We also work with you to identify your family’s strengths, so you can become more resilient and build the capacity to cope. We look at ways to expand your social network, so you have a broader base of parenting support and the skills to successfully advocate the needs of your family.\r\n \r\nWe support\r\nOur purpose is to help your family members help each other. We don’t tell you what to do. Instead, we work with you to help you figure out the best plan for yourself.\r\nOur counselors find agencies, professionals, support groups and assistance programs to help you reach your goals. These programs may include job counseling, parenting classes, and advice on how to make better use of the community services that can keep your family healthy, happy and together.\r\n \r\nWe find help\r\nAs part of our service to you, we help you access programs offered within our community – whether it’s professional counseling, a support group, or childcare. We work with churches, faith-based organizations, and other provider organizations and ensure that these resources are in keeping with your family’s culture as well as its values. And then, we stay with you to make sure that the requirements needed to access these services do not overwhelm your family.\r\n \r\nWe help you help yourself\r\nEvery family can run into difficulty. It is just part of being human. But the wonder of families is that by working together, supporting each other, and loving each other, they can come through difficult times stronger than before. Sometimes though, they need a little help to get started in the right direction. We’re here to help point your family in the right direction.\r\n \r\nProgram Requirements\r\nChildren under the age of 18 years old in the homeNo current involvement or open case with the Department of Child ServicesNot currently receiving services through Healthy Families  No current involvement or open case with Juvenile Probation\r\n \r\nCommunity Trainings\r\nAs part of our mission to prevent child abuse and neglect, keep families together, strengthening them, and build healthy communities, Geminus Community Partners also offers training for provider organizations. We assist local communities in developing services based on their needs, resources, and cultures.\r\nPlease join us and spread the word on our services. After all, why let problems become big when they can be resolved while they are still small!\r\n \r\n24-Hour Hotline - 866-641-7181"
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