California Child Care Resource & Referral Network and Thriving Families California are excited to announce the Annual Hybrid Joint Conference! This conference will be developed by and specifically for APP and R&R programs in California and is a unique opportunity to learn about promising practices, innovations and partnerships that expand opportunities for families.
Registration will open in early June 2025.
The cap for this year will be 450 registered attendees. Each agency will receive a cap on their in-person registrations. You will be registering your own staff this year and we ask that you do not register more than the number listed for your agency, we will accept your registrations in the order received. For example, if your agency receives 8 registrations and you register 9, we will accept the first 8 as listed during the registration process.
Your agency's CEO/ED, AP Contact and R&R Contact will receive an email in early June 2025 with your agency's number of registrations. Please refer to that email for the registration link. This is based on agency size and contracts. This is total staff from your agency, including both AP and R&R.
About the 2025 Hybrid Joint Conference
Location:
DoubleTree Hotel Sacramento
2001 Point West Way
Sacramento, CA 95815
Tentative In-person Agenda:
Wednesday, October 15th
11:00-6:00- Registration
1:00-2:00- Intro and Welcome & Conference Kick-Off
2:15-3:30- Workshops #1
3:45-5:00- Workshop #2
5:00-6:00- Welcome/Networking Reception (optional)
Thursday, October 16th
8:00-9:45- Breakfast & Keynote
10:00-12:00pm- Workshops #3
12:00-1:15- Lunch and Exhibitor Tables Open
1:30-2:45- Workshops #4
3:00-4:15- Workshops #5
4:30-6:30- Sponsor Social Activities (optional)
4:30- Dinner and Evening on your own
Friday, October 17th
8:00-9:15- Breakfast and raffles
9:30-10:45- Workshops #6
11:00-12:00- Farewell activity
Virtual Conference:
We have the dates for the virtual conference. It will be October 29-30.
Tentative Virtual Conference Agenda
Day 1
8:30am - 9:45am - Welcome & Opening Keynote
10:00am - 11:00am - Workshops
11:00am - 11:15am - Break
11:15am - 12:15pm - Workshops
12:15pm - 1:15pm - Lunch Break / Optional - Lunch Networking Opportunities or Visit with Exhibitors & Sponsors
1:30pm - 3:30pm - Workshops On Demand / Visit with Exhibitors & Sponsors
3:30pm - 4:30pm - Virtual "Happy Hour" Networking
Day 2
8:30am - 9:45am - Welcome & Opening Keynote
10:00am - 11:00am - Workshops
11:00am - 11:15am - Break
11:15am - 12:15pm - Workshops
12:15pm - 1:15pm - Lunch Break / Optional - Lunch Networking Opportunities or Visit with Exhibitors & Sponsors
1:30pm - 2:30pm - Afternoon Keynote
2:45pm - 5:00pm - Workshops On Demand / Visit with Exhibitors & Sponsors
Emily Alexander, Community Resources for Children
Shana Bender, Infant/Child Enrichment Services, Inc.
Tiffany Phovixay, Family Resource Center
Sandra Herrera-Gonzalez, Children's Home Society of CA
Michelle Graham, Children's Resource & Referral of Santa Barbara
Nita Navarro, Child Development Resources of Ventura County
Kelli Newman, Child Action, Inc.
Emmy Shih, 4C's of San Mateo County
Julie Yip, Hively
THRIVING FAMILIES CA STAFF
Danielle Metzger
danielle@thrivingfamilies-ca.org
NETWORK STAFF
Kelly Graesch
kgraesch@rrnetwork.org