2026 California Child & Family Services Conference
2026 California Child & Family Services Conference
August 31 – September 3, 2026 • Anaheim, California
Stronger Together
Lighting the Way for Our Communities
The largest gathering of California’s child and family welfare workforce of 800+ strong. Five tracks across business operations, executive leadership, clinical practice, equity, and policy, taught by the practitioners, advocates, and leaders who do the work.
Early bird pricing ends May 25, 2026
Uniting California’s Welfare Community
Who’s Attending
Stronger Together 2026 brings together 800+ professionals from every level of the child and family welfare sector from direct care staff and case workers to supervisors, directors, and CEOs. With 200+ member organizations spanning nonprofits, county agencies, tribal organizations, and private providers.
What You’ll Take Home
Built for the Work You Actually Do
Five tracks designed around the challenges keeping California’s child and family welfare leaders up at night, taught by the practitioners and peers who are finding answers.
01
Business Operations
Billing, contracts, compliance, HR & retention — the daily work that keeps the agency running through every rate cycle.
02
Executive Leadership
For CEOs and senior leaders carrying mission, payroll, and the board. Governance, strategy, succession, and the hard decisions.
03
Clinical & Behavioral Health
Trauma-informed tools, evidence-based practice, and the realities of CalAIM, 988, and the youth mental health crisis.
04
Equity, Culture & Community
Racial disproportionality, ICWA, LGBTQ+ affirming practice, language access, and real room for lived-experience voices.
05
Policy & Advocacy
FFPSA, rate reform, the 2026 legislative outlook, and how to shape the currents that shape your agency’s next five years.
Continuing Education
Earn CE Credits While You Learn
Stronger Together 2026 is an accredited CE provider through CACFS. Qualifying sessions offer credits across eight licensure and certification types.
Choose a CE-eligible registration, attend qualifying sessions, check in and out, and complete your session evaluation via the Attendee Hub. All evaluations must be completed by September 30, 2026 to receive credit.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Become a Sponsor
Put your organization in front of 800+ child and family welfare leaders from across California and help make this conference possible for every attendee who walks through the door.
Ready to Be Stronger Together?
August 31 – September 3, 2026 • Anaheim, California
Early bird pricing ends May 25, 2026