Think Outside of The Box

A Conference for Youth Development Professionals, Abstinence Educators and Other Interested Professionals

Are you a Governor's Office for Children & Families Title V Grantee? A youth development professional? Abstinence educator? Afterschool program director? Frontline youth worker? Youth program specialist?

If you answered yes to any of these, this conference is for you!

Think Outside of the Box will bring together some of the best known speakers, trainers and educators in youth development and abstinence education to provide you with a high quality, interactive and engaging conference experience allowing you to take back achievable practices that will foster positive outcomes in the children and youth you serve.

This three day conference will include hands on activities and tools you can take back to incorporate into your program, the best of the best in abstinence and youth development speakers, exhibitors with resources, information and merchandise, networking with other leaders in the field and so much more! 

Registration includes all materials, breakfast, lunch and breaks. Hotel rooms at the Wyndham Peacthree Conference Center may be full, but you may try to reserve a room with the hotel by calling 800-996-3426 and referencing "Georgia Abstinence Education Conference/GOCF". If they Wynhdam cannot accomodate you overnight, there are several hotels within a few miles of the conference center. Click here for a link to those sites. 

Participants must pre-register for the event and, by registering, agree to pay a $50 per person Cancellation Fee if they fail to show up. Participants registering and attending full event will NOT be charged the fee. 

Registration is open until Wednesday, April 6 at 5 pm or until capacity is reached, whichever comes first. Don't miss out on this amazing event!

The Educators Conference is provided by a Title V grant with the Governor's Office for Children and Families. This project was supported in part by the Governor’s Office for Children and Families through state funds from the Georgia General Assembly and federal funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children and Families, Family and Youth Services Bureau. Points of view or opinions stated in this document are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the Governor’s Office for Children and Families or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children and Families, Family and Youth Services Bureau. The total dollar amount for this project is $77,300 and 75% of the cost is Federal funds.