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California Title IV-E Summit

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 in Burlingame, California. Plenary sessions were recorded and are now available for viewing via YouTube. 

2026 Title IV-E Summit Gallery

Two young women at an outdoor fire-pit table; one smiles while the other writes.
Smiling woman with glasses and name tag holding paper, chatting with peers at outdoor table
Four people chatting around a tall cocktail table outdoors, eating under orange umbrellas
Two smiling women, one with glasses, at an outdoor social gathering
Three smiling staff behind NASW California table at outdoor outreach booth
Two women chat at an outdoor networking event, one in a red jacket smiling
Two women smiling and talking at an outdoor networking event with people in background
Small group of diverse adults smiling and reading papers at an outdoor networking event
Group of nine adults smiling on a sunlit courtyard patio, casual business attire
Adults conversing on rooftop patio at dusk; man gestures, woman with glasses holds wine.
Diverse women laughing and chatting outdoors, holding plates and drinks
Two women — a graduate in gown and a nurse in scrubs — smiling and holding hands on outdoor sofa
Students around an outdoor campus table, filling forms and talking
Smiling man wearing glasses in white shirt chats with diverse group under orange umbrellas
Two women smiling and chatting outside, one in white shirt, one with long braids (photo)
Smiling woman in white blouse at a standing table, mingling crowd in indoor lobby
Four smiling adults around a high-top table at an outdoor networking event, photo.
Five smiling women outdoors by a building, wearing casual clothes and name tags
Group photo of seven smiling adults around a tall table at an outdoor reception
Four smiling women with name tags standing in a courtyard at an outdoor networking event.
Hotel conference hallway with "Title IV-E Summit" sign and people at registration
Conference registration table with staff talking to attendees in hotel hallway
Students at registration table in a school hallway, staff member assisting (photo)
Two staff at a blue info table speaking with visitors in a bright indoor fair
Conference registration table with smiling staff in hotel hallway
Five smiling women indoors, posing together and holding blue circular event signs
Three smiling women in lobby holding papers and a blue folder beneath geometric wall art
Three women smiling and posing at a lit photo booth, two holding props
Two laughing Black women in conference hallway; one holds a camera, the other coffee and papers
Smiling presenter gesturing beside projected slide to seated audience in conference room
Woman in purple jacket speaking at podium with microphone in conference room
Conference audience raising hands toward speaker at front of room
Three smiling women at an indoor networking event, one making a peace sign (photo)
Smiling colleagues in office holding coffee, man with sweater vest and long hair, candid photo
Smiling women at a conference, two front-row attendees flashing peace signs
Two women speaking at a podium beside a projected slide, audience seated
Smiling speaker at a lectern addressing an audience, slide projected on screen
Crowded conference room, attentive diverse audience facing speaker (photo)
Attentive conference attendees seated in a hotel meeting room, some taking notes
Auctioneer at podium, attendees raise yellow bidding cards in a conference room
Woman smiling as she presents slides to a seated audience in a conference room
Woman speaker smiling while addressing seated audience in a small conference room
Woman presenting at conference, smiling and holding up a tablet, photograph
Woman presenter with glasses standing at wooden podium, holding phone, smiling
Three women smiling and talking by a wood and blue wall; one points, another holds envelope.
Presenter at podium addressing seated audience in small conference room with projection screen.
Two women smiling in a conference room while another woman photographs them
Four panelists at table speaking to audience, blue geometric wall backdrop
Conference panel of five women seated at a long table, engaged in discussion with audience foreground
Man in blue suit pointing during meeting, blonde woman and others listening
Two panelists at a conference table—man speaking, woman listening, audience in foreground
Five smiling panelists (four women, one man) seated at a table before a blue geometric wall
Six women panelists at a long conference table, audience members visible in foreground
Conference room with gift display table, two women presenting, and scattered cards on carpet
People gathered around colorful cards arranged on carpet during a workshop
Woman smiling in foreground, hotel meeting room photo with people mingling
Teacher leading students in arm stretches in a bright classroom (photograph)
Woman raises hand while speaking at microphone, audience and slide presentation behind
Woman presenter with short hair and glasses speaking before projected screen to seated audience
Woman presenter at podium addressing seated audience, projector screen and yellow notes
Two presenters at front of conference room pointing to projected slide, audience seated
Conference attendees facing presenter and sign-language interpreter by projection screen
Presenter speaking at a podium to a small audience; yellow sticky notes on the wall
Presenter speaking to a seated audience during a slide presentation in a conference room
Woman speaker with arms outstretched addressing seated audience in conference room
Woman speaking to seated audience in a conference room with a projector screen
Black woman pointing while presenting to seated audience with projected slide

The 2026 Title IV-E Summit was made possible thanks to the generous support of the California Department of Social Services and the National Association of Social Workers-California Chapter.

 

California Department of Social Services

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2026 IV-E Summit Plenaries