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.

Virtual Registration:

We are still working on confirming our dates for the Virtual portion of the Joint Conference. Stay tuned.

About the 2025 Hybrid Joint Conference

In-person 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 are still working on confirming our dates for the Virtual portion of the Joint Conference. Stay tuned.

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

2025 Conference Committee

Members TBD. If you have an interest in serving on the Joint Conference Committee, please reach out to Danielle Metzger or Kelly Graesch, contacts below.

THRIVING FAMILIES CA STAFF
Danielle Metzger
danielle@thrivingfamilies-ca.org

NETWORK STAFF
Kelly Graesch
kgraesch@rrnetwork.org