NE MCLE Accreditation**
NE MCLE #264246; 1.0 CLE hours. (Regular/Traditional)
NE MCLE #264247; 1.0 CLE hours. (Distance Learning)
**Qualifies for 1.0 Hours of Juvenile GAL

Iowa MCLE Accreditation
IA MCLE #415578; 1.0 CLE hours.  (Standard/Live)
IA MCLE #415579; 1.0 CLE hours. (Live Webcast)

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Registration Fees**
$70.00 – Regular Registration
$55.00 – NSBA Sustaining Member
$30.00 – NSBA Sustaining Member Junior Actives
Free – Law students

**Non-attorney rate:       We welcome non-attorney paralegals, law firm staff, and others who are interested in this topic to      join us virtually    at the rate of $25.00/hour. If you are interested, please email CLE Assistant Lisa at lhenrichs@nebar.com.

For those attending In-Person, lunch will be offered from 11:45 am - 12:00 pm.

This presentation will discuss Nebraska’s Bridge to Independence (B2I) program with a focus on new changes to the law (LB 50, 2023) to expand the program to some young people with juvenile justice system/probation experience. 

Sarah Helvey is a Staff Attorney and Director of the Child Welfare Program at Nebraska Appleseed. Since joining Appleseed in 2006, Sarah has authored or co-authored several amicus briefs before the Nebraska Supreme Court in cases addressing the Indian Child Welfare Act, sibling placement, and the authority of juvenile courts in Nebraska. She has also litigated several precedent-setting cases related to Medicaid access on behalf of children and youth in foster care and with behavioral health needs. In partnership with Project Everlast, Sarah has had the great honor of working with young people with foster care experience to improve the system for older youth, including advocating for the passage of state legislation in 2013 to extend foster care services and support to age 21 through the Bridge to Independence (B2I) program and in 2023 to expand the program to young people with juvenile justice experience. She is a member of the Nebraska Supreme Court Commission on Children in the Courts and the B2I Advisory Committee under the Nebraska Children’s Commission. Sarah received her undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and her master’s degree and law degree, cum laude, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She previously practiced juvenile and family law at Community Justice Inc. in Madison, Wisconsin.

Camas Holder is currently the statewide Community Prevention Administrator for Nebraska DHHS, Division of Children and Family Services, where her role is focused on infrastructures, funding, and support to prevention efforts across the state to increase family well-being and safety in their home and communities. This includes supporting and building structures that ensure families and communities have access to what is needed to prevent maltreatment and entry into the formal child welfare system due to a lack of access to resources and support. Camas is responsible for the Nebraska FFPSA planning team, community-based prevention contracts, Bridge to Independence and the CFS Clinical programming. Camas has been with DHHS CFS since 2000 and has served in various capacities over these 20 years, including a case manager, supervisor, and regional director of the Omaha metro area. Camas has served on various boards and committees, including the current co-lead of the Nebraska Child Abuse Prevention Fund Board and the Maternal/Child Death Review Board.

Sara Quiroz is the Assistant Deputy Probation Administrator for the Administrative Office of the Courts and Probation, Juvenile Probation Services Division. Her role is focused on statewide juvenile justice enhancement efforts, in compliance with statutes and federal requirements, focusing on goals, outcomes, priorities, and progress for juveniles on probation. Sara oversees a team of directors, juvenile justice program specialists, juvenile services officers, and a juvenile reentry field unit that specializes in youth reentering the community from the Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Centers. Sara has worked with at-risk and system-involved families since 1998 and has served in various capacities for over 25 years, including as a case manager, program manager, and director both within the Lincoln community and in statewide capacities. She serves as a member of the Nebraska Probation Executive and Strategic Leadership teams, Nebraska Juvenile Justice Coalition, the Office of Dispute Resolution Advisory Committee, Nebraska Crossover Leadership team as well as other roles within varies statewide committees and workgroups.