How to Secure Funding For the Conference
1. Seek Support from Community Organizations
Many local businesses and civic groups such as Rotary, Kiwanis, or Lions Clubs actively support non-profits and professional development efforts. These organizations often have funding initiatives aligned with their mission to foster community growth and education. Reach out to those already engaged with your organization or mission.
- Tip: Highlight how attending the conference directly benefits your organization and the community. Use key statistics and personal stories to create a compelling narrative.
2. Leverage Personal Stories to Make Your Case
Sharing personal experiences and success stories can make your funding request more impactful. Show potential donors how previous conference attendance has positively influenced your team’s work. For instance:
“Last year, attending the conference transformed our approach to family engagement. One staff member shared how a session on trauma-informed practices reshaped their understanding, resulting in stronger connections with families and better outcomes.”
Including such examples in your proposal helps demonstrate the conference's real-world value and alignment with your organization’s goals.
3. Build a Strong Professional Development Proposal
When drafting your funding request, establish the importance of the conference by tying it to your organization’s mission. Use compelling statements to highlight the relevance of the topics covered. For example:
"Supervised visitation plays a critical role in maintaining family connections and ensuring child safety. By attending the conference, we will gain tools and insights to further these efforts in our community." In 2024, 94% of conference attendees reported that attending the SVN Annual Conference was valuable to their professional development.
Be specific about the skills you’ll develop, the sessions you plan to attend, and the measurable outcomes you aim to achieve.
Here is some language you can use to gain support for your professional development:
Be a Champion for Safer Families
Supporting a professional’s attendance at the Supervised Visitation Network Annual Conference means investing in the safety, well-being, and futures of the children and families who rely on these essential services. Together, we can ensure that every family has access to safe, compassionate, and high-quality supervised visitation experiences.
Rare and Transformative Training Opportunities
Workshops at the conference address topics not commonly covered in other professional development settings, including:
- Trauma’s impact on attachment and how to foster secure connections.
- Cultural considerations for supporting survivors of color.
- The role of supervised visitation in engaging incarcerated or justice-involved parents.
- Building a sustainable supervised visitation program that meets the highest standards of care.
Why Back This Opportunity?
Supervised visitation-specific training is rare, yet the need for these services is growing. Backing a professional’s attendance at this event ensures they receive advanced skills and knowledge that can:
- Enhance safety and support for children and families during parenting time.
- Improve program outcomes with the latest research and practices.
- Empower professionals to navigate legal and emotional complexities with confidence.
The Supervised Visitation Network Annual Conference is not just another professional development event—it’s the only conference in the country exclusively dedicated to supervised visitation. This makes it an unparalleled opportunity for professionals in the field to come together, share insights, and gain specialized training that directly impacts families, children, and communities.
What Makes This Conference Unique?
While professional development opportunities abound, few address the nuanced and complex world of supervised visitation. This event stands apart because it:
- Focuses Solely on Supervised Visitation: Unlike generalized child welfare or family law conferences, every session, keynote, and workshop is tailored to the challenges and opportunities in supervised visitation.
- Bridges Critical Topics: From trauma-informed practices to judicial perspectives and family engagement strategies, the conference explores topics that are often overlooked yet vital to the field.
- Showcases Expert-Led Sessions: Attendees gain access to specialized training from nationally recognized experts who bring practical solutions to real-world challenges.
- Creates a Supportive Network: It’s the one time each year when supervised visitation professionals can connect with others who understand the unique dynamics of this work.
Your support can make a tangible difference in helping professionals strengthen family connections, improve outcomes for children, and contribute to safer communities.
Workshop Sessions Include:
Choose to spotlight workshop sessions you are planning to attend and would be most meaningful to potential supporters:
- Cultivating Growth and Resilience: Harnessing Posttraumatic Growth, Compassion Satisfaction, and Positive Childhood Experiences in Supervised Visitation
- Will Anyone Believe Me? Disclosures of Child Sexual Abuse
- From the Bench to the Field: Judicial Perspectives and Emerging Trends in Child Welfare
- They're Here, Now What: Strengthening Collaboration in Family Support with Survivor-Centered, Trauma-Informed Approaches
- From Burnout to Balance: Sustaining Compassion in Supervised VisitationMore than Babysitters‚ Recognizing the Critical Nature of Child and Youth Care Workers
- Elevating Community Support for Our Missions
- Supporting the Supporter: Trauma-Informed Care for Monitors in Supervised Visitation
- Building College-Court Synergy for Trauma-Responsive Supervised Visitation Programs
- Supervised Visitation in the Child Welfare System: Practices and Partnerships that Work
- Trauma-Informed Care in Infancy: Strengthening Infant and Toddler Resilience Through Evidence Based Strategies
- Stalking and Supervised Visitation: How to Recognize and Respond to Promote Safety
