York County Office of Children, Youth, & Families Session 2

Tuesday, Aug 16, 2022 at 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT

28 E. Market Street, 3rd Floor Training Room, York, PA, 17401, United States

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Tuesday, Aug 16, 2022 at 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT

York County Administration Building, 28 E. Market Street, York, PA, 17401, United States.

Phoenix Training for Child Welfare professionals is a four-hour course conducted by current and former Children & Youth Services professionals. This course was developed with assistance from the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation with the support of the PA Department of Health.

The Center for Addiction and Recovery Education at Saint Joseph’s University, under a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Health, delivers training to the public safety community, including Children & Youth Services professionals. During this course, trainees will learn about the brain science of addiction, the impact of trauma on the development of substance use disorder, and practical skills to assist clients and their families as they navigate recovery options.

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Steve Forzato
Director, Center for Addiction and Recovery Education (CARE)

Forzato began his law enforcement career at the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office in 1986. In 1992, Forzato transferred to the Narcotic Enforcement Team and for the next 27 years, worked in undercover roles and investigated drug traffickers, pursuing them locally, nationally and internationally. As a Lieutenant, Forzato supervised undercover detectives and 480 local police officers who served in a drug task force. Forzato led more than 100 wiretaps where his team seized thousands of pounds of drugs including kilograms of heroin and fentanyl. Forzato was sworn-in as a federal agent in the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force. In 2017, Forzato joined Pennsylvania’s Attorney General as Deputy Chief of Statewide Drug Initiatives where he led new initiatives addressing the drug overdose crisis in Pennsylvania. Forzato testified as an expert in drug abuse, trafficking, and wiretapping in local, state and federal courts. Forzato has interviewed hundreds of drug dealers, suppliers and users. Forzato remains up to date on the current drug-trafficking trends statewide, nationally, and internationally. Forzato trained thousands of local, state and federal law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and public health officials. Forzato now directs the Center for Addiction and Recovery Education at Saint Joseph’s University and leads its Phoenix Training for first responders.

About Steve Forzato

Director, Center for Addiction and Recovery Education (CARE)
Roberto Duarte
Executive Director for Montgomery County's Office of Children and Youth

Mr. Duarte has 20 years of experience in the field of Child Welfare; he began his career in 2002 as a social worker in Philadelphia's Department of Human Services conducting child abuse and neglect investigations. He later held various management positions in the same organization, including supervisor, program analyst and division administrator. As his current role of Executive Director for the Office of Children and Youth, Mr. Duarte is responsible for all child welfare operations, including programatic, fiscal and administrative functions. During the course of his career, Mr. Duarte has witnessed the negative effects Substance Use Disorder (SUD) has on children and families and has welcomed the opportunity to connect with other child welfare professionals to share his experience and help first responders assist families struggling with SUD and connect them to treatment. Mr. Duarte, a native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, is fluent in English and Spanish and holds a Master's degree in Social Work and an MBA with a concentration in Finance Management.

About Roberto Duarte

Executive Director for Montgomery County's Office of Children and Youth