The SVN Child Welfare Summit: Safe Connections, Stronger Futures: Protecting Children in Care Through Supervised Visitation, is set against the vibrant backdrop of Kansas City, MO. 

As child welfare professionals, we share a critical responsibility: ensuring that children in out-of-home care remain safe, supported, and connected to the people who matter most. The SVN Child Welfare Summit 2025, hosted at the historic Hotel Savoy in Kansas City, Missouri, will challenge us to rethink supervised visitation as a vital tool for protecting children, stabilizing families, and driving better long-term outcomes.

This year’s summit will center the child’s experience in every conversation, equipping professionals with innovative strategies, policy insights, and practical tools to strengthen safety and stability in family time for children in foster care, kinship placements, and child welfare-involved families.

Key Focus Areas:

• Ensuring Safety in Every Interaction – Strengthening supervised visitation protocols to mitigate risk, recognize red flags, and protect children from further harm.
• Balancing Family Connections with Child Protection – Addressing the challenges of reunification, court-ordered visitation, and family preservation while prioritizing child safety.
• Collaboration for Safer Outcomes – Strengthening partnerships between supervised visitation providers, child welfare agencies, courts, and foster care systems.
• Elevating the Voices of Children in Care – Exploring how children’s perspectives and lived experiences should shape visitation policies and practices.

Join us in Kansas City as we lead the way in making supervised visitation a cornerstone of child safety, well-being, and brighter futures.

Registration: 
$399 SVN Members 
$499 Non SVN Members 

Hotel Savoy Kansas City
August 20-21, 2024
219 W 9th Street,
Kansas City, Missouri, 64105

SVN Special Rate: $159.00*
*Room must be booked by XXX, to secure special SVN rate 
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