California Title IV-E Summit

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Burlingame, CA

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Sustaining the Work: Supporting Well-Being for Families and Social Workers

The California Title IV-E Summit is a child welfare conference that brings social work practitioners, educators, and Title IV-E students together around a pertinent child welfare theme. This year's event will be held in and streamed live from Burlingame, CA on April 24.

This year's Summit theme marks a dual commitment: 1) to sustaining the physical, emotional, and developmental needs of children and families, and 2) to imagining new strategies for supporting the well-being of social workers across the state. By envisioning new ways of embodying compassion, balance, and equity in practice, we aim to sustain both those we serve and ourselves, ensuring that individuals, families, and communities alike can thrive into the future.

Do you have research or insight to share on this year’s IV-E Summit theme? 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 by Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026.

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

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.