2027 Title IV-E Summit
The 2027 Title IV-E Summit will take place April 22-23, 2027 in Southern California. This year's Summit will focus on the theme, Together We Thrive: Trauma-Informed Practice for Families, Communities, and the Workforce. Trauma-informed child welfare practice requires care for both the families’ receiving services and the professionals providing them.
This theme examines how trauma, identity, workplace conditions and systemic challenges affect children, families and social workers. It emphasizes culturally responsive practice, workforce well-being, and practical strategies that can be applied at the individual, organizational, community and policy levels.
Present at the Summit!
Do you have research or insights to share related to this year's Summit theme? Apply to present a workshop or panel! Presenting at the Summit gives you a unique chance to connect with California's next generation of child welfare professionals and engage with some of the most important debates shaping the field today.
About the Title IV-E Summit
The Title IV-E Summit, a child welfare conference, is the largest statewide event for the Title IV-E Education Program. It is planned by a statewide collaborative involving a rotating group of 35 Title IV-E Student Representatives and Title IV-E Staff. When in person, the Title IV-E Summit convenes 200-350 attendees hailing from California Title IV-E schools, counties, and Tribes. Following COVID-19 travel and gathering restrictions, this event pivoted to a virtual platform in 2021, and took on a hybrid format in recent years. The live and virtual sessions have been viewed on YouTube by over 3,000 child welfare stakeholders.
The goals of the Summit are for attendees to:
- learn from a variety of statewide perspectives
- hear from a spectrum of counties and field instructors
- gain a richer understanding of the child welfare landscape
2026 Title IV-E Summit
For 2026, the California Title IV-E Summit focused on the theme, Sustaining the Work: Supporting Well-Being for Families and Social Workers and was held Friday, April 24, 2026 in Burlingame, California. Revisit the 2026 Summit by checking out our photo gallery. Our 2026 plenary sessions were also recorded and are now available via YouTube.
The Title IV-E Summit is made possible by the generous support of the California Department of Social Services.
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If you have questions regarding the Title IV-E Summit and/or would like to join our distribution list, please email us at [email protected].