The Annual AFL Care Grantee Conference

“Advancing the Care of Pregnant and Parenting Adolescents and their Families”

January 26 – January 28, 2010

The Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs (OAPP) welcomes Adolescent Family Life (AFL) Care grantees to the Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel in Norfolk, VA. This year's theme is "Advancing the Care of Pregnant and Parenting Adolescents and their Families." This year's conference will identify ways AFL Care Grantees can contribute to the general body of knowledge about adolescent health and teenage pregnancy, as well as learn new strategies to enhance future programming. This conference will provide a scientific and professional forum to share insights, research findings, and best practices to support advancements in the field of teenage pregnancy and parenting. The conference is divided into four targeted educational tracks: Adolescent Health; Project Management; Evaluation; and Research. Each conference topic will build upon the wealth of expertise brought by AFL grantees and help to achieve the overall conference objectives.

Conference Objectives:

• To improve pregnancy, parenting and educational outcomes among youth served in AFL Care Demonstration projects;
• To increase knowledge and strategies in preventing repeat unintended pregnancies for youth in AFL Care Demonstration projects;
• To improve the capacity of AFL Care grantees to manage and evaluate AFL Care demonstration projects more effectively; and,
• To increase scientific knowledge of issues related to adolescent pregnancy through research and evaluation dissemination

Registration for the Annual AFL Care Grantee Conference is now closed! If you have questions about the annual conference, please contact your AFL Project Officer.

To download a copy of the at-a-glance conference agenda click here (PDF, 118 KB).

Hotel Registration

The special registration with the negotiated OAPP rate for the hotel is now closed for the AFL Care Grantee Conference. If you have not yet registered for your hotel room, you should call the hotel directly to determine room and rate availability. Grantees are responsible for reserving their own rooms at the Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel in Norfolk, Virginia.

AFL grantees can make reservations with the hotel through the hotel website or call the reservation line at 1-888-627-8042.

You can view more information on flights to Norfolk International Airport here (PDF - 1.2 MB).

Call for Abstracts

OAPP is providing AFL grantees with an opportunity to showcase their innovative demonstration projects by submitting an abstract for presentation during the poster session at the Annual Conference. All grantees are required to submit an abstract for review to Nancy Thomas at JSI (nthomas@jsi.com) by December 1, 2009 following the guidelines described here. Abstracts will be reviewed and OAPP will provide each grantee with targeted feedback.

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