Community Invited to February 2 Speaker Series

The community is invited to the next presentation in Boys Town National Research Institute's (NRI) Speaker Series Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 3 p.m. at the Village of Boys Town.

Kevin Campbell, the founder of the Center for Family Finding and Youth Connectedness, will be presenting "Family Finding: Impact on Safety, Well-Being, and Permanency".

Kevin Campbell is an internationally known youth permanency expert.  Kevin developed Family Finding, a set of strategies now utilized throughout the United States and the Province of British Columbia, to establish lifelong supports for youth in foster care.  In 2004, Family Finding was presented to the United States Supreme Court by Judge Leonard Edwards, recipient of the prestigious William H. Rehnquist Award for Judicial Excellence.

In 2008, Kevin Campbell met with Congressman Jim McDermott regarding the inclusion of Family Finding in the Federal bill, ‘Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008’.  As part of this large reform bill, every child that enters foster care receives Kevin Campbell’s innovative Family Finding strategies.

Kevin’s work has twice been featured on CBS 60 Minutes with Leslie Stahl, as well as in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and dozens of other national publications.  Kevin is currently working with National Public Radio (NPR) on a Family Finding story that will air later this year.  He is also featured in the new documentary From Place to Place.

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