Thank you for your interest in presenting at the June 10-12, 2026 Partnerships for Well-Being Institute in Garden Grove, CA! For two decades, the Resource Center for Family-Focused Practice at UC Davis Human Services has worked with human service agencies and communities to sustain and build support for families. We are committed to nurturing growth for individuals, agencies and their communities at this event.
Every two years, we collaborate with our state partners to host the Partnerships for Well-Being Institute. The institute offers 75 workshops over the course of 2 and 1/2 days.
Be a part of this dynamic event—submit your workshop proposal and contribute to our learning in service of children, adults, families and their communities.
Benefits of Presenting
- Share Expertise: Showcase your knowledge and insights with an engaged audience.
- Expand Your Network: Connect with professionals, collaborators and peers.
- Drive Innovation: Contribute to advancing the field by sharing fresh ideas and perspectives.
- Promote Your Work: Highlight your achievements, research and/or projects.
- Contribute to the Community: Play an active role in fostering growth and learning.
Topics
We welcome your creativity and your unique perspective! Some topic ideas may include (but do not need to be limited to):
- Family finding, engagement and support
- Family-serving systems collaboration
- Kinship
- Lived experience
- Peer partners
- Wraparound
- IP-CANS Integration
- Tiered Rate Structure: Strengths building and immediate needs
- ICPM Framework
- Trauma-informed best practices
- Early Intervention 0-5
- Developmental services
- Juvenile justice
- Tribal engagement
How to Submit a Workshop Proposal
Step 1: Submit a workshop proposal form, including your Resume, biography and learning objectives, by August 17, 2025.
Step 2: Submit your pre-timed agenda, presentation materials and citations by Jan. 1, 2026
What You Need to Know as a Presenter
- Location and Dates: Garden Grove, CA: June 10-12, 2026
- Conference Audience: Practitioners include line staff, supervisors, parent and youth partners, leadership and everyone else serving California’s most vulnerable children and families.
- Length of workshops: 90 minutes
- Workshop attendance averages: 30-50 participants.
- Be prepared to include a short Q&A session at the end of your workshop, as well as other interactive opportunities.
- Workshop support will be provided before and during the event.
- Workshops may provide Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) credits.
- Proposal Requirements: All presenters will be required to provide a current resume, biography, timed agenda, measurable learning objectives and citations.
- Presenters must provide their resume, biography and learning objectives upon submitting the workshop proposal form.
- The timed agenda, presentation materials and citations will be due on Jan. 1, 2026.
Helpful Resources
- Checklist: What is required for submitting a Workshop (coming soon)
- Sample Workshop Proposal
- 2024 Institute in Review
- A total of 861 participants attended the Institute, representing small rural counties to large urban counties
- View the main 2024 conference web page
- Review the 2024 agenda and workshops
Conference Partners
The Partnerships for Well-Being Institute is brought to you in partnership with the California Department of Social Services, Department of Health Care Services, California Department of Developmental Services, California Department of Education, and Office of Youth and Community Restoration. It is UC Davis’s honor to partner with these state agencies to provide this learning event to our valued System of Care partners throughout the state of California.
Questions?
If you are new to workshop presenting or have any questions, feel free to reach out to us at resourcecenter@ucdavis.edu.
For more general information about PWBI 2026, please visit our event page.