2025 West Coast Child Welfare Trainer's Conference

A golden bridge with the title of the conference atop a gold ribbon.

Event Date

Location
Sacramento: Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown - Arena

Save the Dates!

The Northern Academy at UC Davis Human Services is delighted to host the 2025 West Coast Child Welfare Trainers Conference at the Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown – Arena! We hope you can join us Sept. 8-10 as we unite trainers across the West Coast to share knowledge, strengthen connections and elevate child welfare training. 

This year’s theme, Going for Gold: Bridging Connections in Training Excellence, celebrates our collective pursuit of excellence and the power of collaborative learning. Don't miss this opportunity to strike gold in training excellence and contribute to lasting positive change for our child welfare workforce and the children, families and communities we serve.

Who Should Attend

Child welfare trainers, coaches, programmers, evaluators and workforce development staff are warmly invited to attend. The conference is a perfect forum for new and experienced trainers to exchange ideas, improve skills and support each other in their efforts to improve the care provided to children, families and their communities.


Now Accepting Workshop Proposals

Proposals for the 2025 West Coast Child Welfare Trainer's Conference are being accepted through April 11, 2025.

This is your chance to shine and share your knowledge and skills with your colleagues across the West Coast! Trainers, administrators, child welfare professionals and university faculty are invited to submit your proposal in the theme of "Going for Gold: Bridging Connections in Training Excellence.” 

All Experience Levels Welcome

We welcome the voices of all presenters! Newer presenters will receive mentoring support in the preparation of their workshop from an experienced presenter who is a part of the conference committee!

Learn more and/or submit your workshop proposal.


For More Information

More details about the 2025 conference will be available on our website soon. Please watch your email inbox for announcements as they become available. If you’re not on our email list, please join here so we can keep you updated as the conference approaches.

If you have any questions, please call (530) 757-8725 or email academy@ucdavis.edu