Strengthening Families Summit | NH Children's Trust

13th Annual
Strengthening Families Summit

Wednesday October 29, 2025
Grappone Conference Center, Concord, NH

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OBJECTIVES

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Explore the elements of a resilient community that support the development of strong families and safe, thriving children.

Identify key community and cross-sector partnership opportunities to develop strategies and approaches to cultivate supportive environments for children and families.

Foster collaborative learning opportunities for attendees to share knowledge and experiences related to Strengthening Families Protective Factors.

Provide attendees with tangible strategies for promoting the Protective Factors and primary prevention strategies in their respective roles and communities.

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Meet our Keynote

Claire Louge, Executive Director at Prevent Child Abuse Arizona.

Claire Louge is the Executive Director of Prevent Child Abuse Arizona, a statewide nonprofit dedicated to protecting children by strengthening families, and a chapter of Prevent Child Abuse America.

Claire received her Bachelor’s from Cornell University and her Masters of Education from Northern Arizona University. Claire is a part of Arizona’s Thriving Families Safer Children initiative, which focuses on addressing disparities in the child protection system. She also serves on the Arizona Governor’s Council on Child Safety and Family Empowerment.

The day will start with a keynote from Claire who will present on Arizona’s Lean On Me initiative, which sparked a movement to promote family support as a powerful strategy for preventing harm to children. She will explore how to shift from a culture of surveillance to a culture of support—and why that shift is not just necessary, but transformative. Attendees will leave with practical tools and a simple, powerful messages you can use in your everyday life to strengthen the families around you.

Learn more about Claire and PCA Arizona

Meet our Event Host

Hayley LaPoint, a Certified Broadcast Meteorologist, is thrilled to forecast in New England, where she grew up in Topsfield, Massachusetts. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Meteorology and an Associate's in TV News from Lyndon State College in Vermont. Hayley began her career in Fargo, ND, where she became the first TV meteorologist in that market to earn the prestigious CBM seal from the American Meteorological Society—a rigorous certification she now carries to WMUR. She also spent three years forecasting at WPTZ-TV in Plattsburgh, NY/Burlington, VT, and was elected in 2013 to the AMS Board of Broadcast Meteorologists, helping select recipients of the CBM seal nationwide.

Hayley’s love for weather began in childhood, often pretending to report storms on the family camcorder. When she’s not on air, she enjoys the outdoors, spending time with her husband (also a meteorologist), their daughter, and their Westie, Doppler.

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Agenda

AGENDA

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8:00-8:45am

Sign-in, Networking, & Continental Breakfast

8:45-9:00am

Welcoming Remarks

9:00-10:00am

Keynote

10:00-10:15am

Lucy Fowlkes Breed & Dr. Robert Chamberlin Awards Presented

10:15-10:30am

Morning Break & Vendor Visits

10:30am-12:00pm

Session Block 1

12:00-1:00pm

Lunch & Networking

1:00-1:45pm

Plenary

1:45-2:00pm

Afternoon Break

2:00-3:30pm

Session Block 2

CONTINUING EDUCATION

This program has been approved for 4.5 Category A Continuing Education Credits by the National Association of Social Workers, NH Chapter. CE #4135. Applications for qualification for Continuing Education Units have been submitted to the Family Mediator and Guardian Ad Litem Board. For more information about what sessions qualify visit the Session Guide. After the Summit, you will receive a link for our conference evaluation survey. After you fill it out, you will receive your training certificate with information about the CEUs you received.

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