Together for Families 2026 · October 20–22 · Virtual Register now →
Together for Families Hosted by the National Family Support Network

2026 Conference Tracks

Three tracks, one shared goal

All three tracks are designed for Family Resource Centers, FRC Networks, and partners working across practice, community leadership, systems, and sustainability.

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Track 1

Quality Practice and a Strong Family Support Workforce

How Family Resource Centers and Family Support organizations can provide consistent, responsive, high-quality support while strengthening the people who deliver the work: the National Family Resource Center Model™, Standards of Quality, workforce and leadership development, staff retention, family engagement, parent leadership, outreach, and continuous quality improvement.

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Track 2

Community-Rooted Innovation and Family Leadership

Families and communities shaping solutions that reflect their strengths, priorities, cultures, and changing realities: parent voice and shared leadership, FRC and Network bright spots, community-designed approaches, rural and tribal strategies, culturally specific practices, kinship and grandfamilies, economic mobility, and innovative uses of technology and AI.

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Track 3

Evidence, Systems, and Sustainability

The policies, partnerships, evidence, and investments needed to make high-quality Family Support available to every family: research and evaluation, FRC outcomes and impact, community-based prevention, child welfare transformation, funding, network development, cross-sector partnerships, data and shared measurement, and policy and systems change.

Three tracks. One shared goal.

Together, these three tracks are designed to strengthen FRC practice, elevate community leadership, and advance the systems that support families.

Explore the Workshop Sessions

Explore the workshops offered across the conference’s three tracks. Together, these sessions bring forward practical tools, community-rooted approaches, emerging evidence, and strategies for strengthening the systems that support families.

Quality Practice and a Strong Family Support Workforce

Beyond Participation: Facilitation Skills for Meaningful Family Engagement and Group Dialogue
Combatting Wait Times in a Rural CAC: Implementing the Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention (CFTSI)
Exploring Maternal & Paternal Parenting Styles
Family Threads: Integrating Family Support and Peer Recovery
Mandated Reporting Processing Guide: A Tool to Support Thoughtful Decision Making
Navigating with Purpose: How Standards of Quality Advance Family-Centered Practice and Organizational Impact
Small Tools, Big Difference: Designing Practical Visual Supports With and for Families
Strong Staff, Strong Families: Evidence-Based Strategies for Wellbeing, Retention, and Family Impact
The Art of Developmental Feedback: Building Strong Staff, Stronger Teams, and Better Outcomes for Families

Community-Rooted Innovation and Family Leadership

Being Community Driven: Moving Beyond Service Delivery to Community Partnership
Connect. Support. Empower: A Family Engagement Story
Connection, Collaboration, and Community Impact
Elevating Family Voice: From Involvement to Engagement to Shared Leadership
From Crisis to Capacity: Building Family-Centered Supports for Complex Autism
From Information to Access: Using Technology to Connect Families with Resources
From Listening to Leading: Building Trauma-Informed Family Leadership Through Community Partnership
Lifting Family Voices: Honoring Families as Their Child’s Advocate
Nurturing the Wellness of Children, Families, and Communities: An Evidence-Informed Parent Leadership and Family Support Workshop
Starting Where You Are: Building Family Resource Centers Through Community Voice and Adaptation

Evidence, Systems, and Sustainability

From Crisis to Connection: Ethical AI, Family Voice, and Earlier Support
From Data to Direction: A Practical Framework for Continuous Improvement in Family Resource Centers
From Fragmented Services to Family Success Infrastructure: Organizing Systems Around Families, Not Families Around Systems
Strengthening FRCs Through Research, Practice, and Policy Partnerships
Strengthening Families Through Family Resource Centers: Evidence, Collaborations, and Sustainable Community-Based Prevention
What Makes FRCs Work? Evidence, Implementation, and Sustainability Lessons from Indiana

Plan Your Conference Experience

Explore the At-a-Glance schedule to see how featured conversations, Bright Spot Deep Dives, workshops, and other programming come together across the three days.

Explore the At-a-Glance Schedule