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 will focus on the theme, Sustaining the Work: Supporting Well-Being for Families and Social Workers. The IV-E Summit will take place Friday, April 24 in Burlingame, California. Plenary sessions will also be streamed live for those who cannot attend in person. 

Do you have research or insight to share on this year’s IV-E Summit theme? Apply to present! If you are interested in being a workshop presenter or panelist at the 2026 IV-E Summit, please complete the Workshop or Panel Proposal form linked below by Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026.

Apply to Present

Further details regarding the Summit theme and program will be announced through fall 2025 and winter 2026. Stay up-to-date by following Title IV-E on Instagram and LinkedIn. 

For more information:

If you have questions regarding the Title IV-E Summit and/or would like to join our distribution list, please email us at ivesummit@ucdavis.edu.

A group of Title IV-E Summit attendees gather in a banquet room following a plenary presentation

"Healing is Not An Individual Journey:" Building Collaboration at the 2025 Title IV-E Summit

Click through for a recap of the 2025 Title IV-E Summit, held in Long Beach, California on April 18, 2025.

2025 California Title IV-E Summit Gallery

A group of Title IV-E Summit attendees gather in a banquet room following a plenary presentation
A group of Title IV-E Summit attendees gather around an outdoor table during a networking activity
A group of Title IV-E Summit attendees gather around an outdoor table during a networking activity
A group of Title IV-E Summit attendees smile for the camera during a networking activity on an outdoor patio
A group of Title IV-E Summit attendees gather around an outdoor table during a networking activity
Two Title IV-E Summit attendees smile and hug on an outdoor patio during a networking activity.
A group of Title IV-E Summit attendees gather in a seminar room for a presentation. Two women stand behind a lectern at the front of the room, next to a projection screen.
A group of Title IV-E Summit attendees gather in a seminar room for a presentation.
The Title IV-E Summit student organizing committee gathers on the steps of an outdoor plaza and strike a celebratory pose for the camera.
A Title Four E participant wearing a bright orange cardigan over a black dress smiles for the camera as she walks past the Summit registration table, where student organizers are helping other participants sign in
A young woman with dark hair wearing a blue and white dress speaks to a group of Title Four E Summit attendees. She stands near a lectern and is gesturing toward a projection screen with a slide displayed on it.
A panel of four speakers addresses a room of Title Four E Summit participants. The panelists sit behind a long table at the front of a seminar room.
A Title Four E presenter, Christine Mark-Griffin, addresses a room full of Summit participants from a raised stage. She is standing next to a lectern and is wearing a bright yellow blouse and dark trousers. In the foreground, Summit participants hold up colorful balloons as part of an exercise that Mark-Griffin is leading from stage.
Two Title IV-E Summit attendees gather around an outdoor table during a networking activity
Two Title Four E Summit attendees laugh and chat in a busy ballroom during a break between presentations. They are both young women and they are both wearing dark tops.
Two Title Four E Summit participants chat and laugh together during a break between presentations. The woman on the left is wearing a black jacket over a bright red shirt, and the woman on the right is wearing a long, colorful coat.
Two Title IV-E Summit attendees gather around an outdoor table during a networking activity
A Title Four E Summit participant sits at a round banquet table during a break between presentations. He is smiling for the camera and flashing a peace sign. Behind him, other participants mingle and chat.
Avni Panchal, a Title Four E Summit presenter, stands on a raised stage at the front of a crowded banquet room, addressing Title Four E Summit participants. She is wearing a blue and red patterned dress and speaks into a hand-held microphone.
Lucy Fuentes, Title Four E Project Coordinator, stands at a lectern on a raised stage at the front of a crowded banquet hall during the Title Four E Summit. Participants sit around round banquet tables as Fuentes delivers her closing remarks. She is wearing glasses and a light-colored, floral-print dress.
A Title Four E Summit student organizer wearing a navy blue staff t-shirt stands next to a large sign that reads 'Welcome to the Title Four E Summit.' She is smiling for the camera.
Two Title Four E Summit presenters, Tory Cox and Jessica Polk, stand at the front of a seminar room next to a lectern. They are smiling and speaking to a room full of Summit participants. Cox is wearing a suit and tie while Polk is wearing a floral patterned blouse.
A Title Four E Summit presenter, Michaella Conteh, smiles toward an audience member from the front of a crowded seminar room during a presentation at the 2025 Title Four E Summit. The room is full and Conteh is wearing a blue and white striped dress.
Two Title Four E Summit Presenters, Kimberly Warmsley and Dr. Teauania Charles, stand at the front of a crowded seminar room and speak to a group of Summit participants during a breakout session. They are standing next to a lectern and a projection screen, which is displaying a presentation slide.
Three Title Four E participants smile for the camera as they exit a seminar room. They are carrying coffee and various documents.
A Title Four E presenter, Christine Mark-Griffin, addresses a room full of Summit participants from a raised stage. She is standing next to a lectern and is wearing a bright yellow blouse and dark trousers.
Avni Panchal, a Title Four E Summit presenter, stands on a raised stage at the front of a crowded banquet room, addressing Title Four E Summit participants. She is wearing a blue and red patterned dress and speaks into a hand-held microphone.
2025 Title Four E Summit participants gather at a registration table where Summit student volunteers wearing dark navy t-shirts are helping to sign people into the event.
2025 Title Four E Summit participants gather in a large banquet room while a presenter, Avni Panchal, gives a presentation from a raised stage at the front of the room.
During a presentation by Title Four E Summit presenter Avni Panchal, Summit participants gather in a large banquet hall and watch the presentation. There is a large projection screen in the foreground, displaying a slide for Panchal's presentation.

2025 Title IV-E Summit Livestream Recording