PRECONFERENCE OPTIONS

ACRC Member Rate

• • • $145 – Preconference Option 1: Knowing Better, Caring Better: Frontline Innovations in Transforming Youth Residential Practice
    • $145 – Preconference Option 2: The Transformative Power of Restorative Circles
    • $145 – Preconference Option 3: Communications
    • $75 – Preconference Option 4: Commitment to Knowing Better: How Integrating Peer Support Helps Us Do Better (all registration fees for this preconference go directly to support the travel of our amazing change agents and family peer supports!)

Non-Member Rate

• • • $165 – Preconference Option 1: Knowing Better, Caring Better: Frontline Innovations in Transforming Youth Residential Practice
    • $165 – Preconference Option 2: The Transformative Power of Restorative Circles
    • $165 – Preconference Option 3: Communications
    • $75 – Preconference Option 4: Commitment to Knowing Better: How Integrating Peer Support Helps Us Do Better (all registration fees for this preconference go directly to support the travel of our amazing change agents and family peer supports!)

In-Person Full Week Registration + a Preconference

Preconference ONLY 1 day Registration

VIRTUAL INDIVIDUAL RATES

ACRC Member Rate

• • $200

 Non-Member Rate

• • $275

All keynotes and select workshops held in-person will be recorded or live streamed (and recorded) and placed on the virtual platform. Preconferences, Issues Lunches, Awards Lunch, & Policy Meetings will not be recorded.

VIRTUAL GROUP REGISTRATION

ACRC Member Rate

• • $1,100
  • Also includes $100 off each In-Person Registration (register – do not pay – email Amanda)

Non-Member Rate

• • $1,500
  • Also includes $100 off each In-Person Registration (register – do not pay – email Amanda)

All keynotes and select workshops held in-person will be recorded or live streamed (and recorded) and placed on the virtual platform. Preconferences, Issues Lunches, Awards Lunch, & Policy Meetings will not be recorded.

EXHIBIT BOOTHS

*Rates Increase +$200 after February 2, 2026. 

ACRC Member Agency Exhibitors (does not include individual members)

• • $1,100
  • Includes 1 Conference Registration & an In-Person Booth

Non-Member, Non-Profit Exhibitors – 501C3 Organizations

• • $1,350
  • Includes 1 Conference Registration & an In-Person Booth

Non-Member For-Profit Exhibitors 

• • $1,600
  • Includes 1 Conference Registration & an In-Person Booth

View our Exhibitor & Sponsor Prospectus HERE

Additional Exhibitor details can be found HERE

SPONSORSHIPS

Windy City

• • $20,000
  • 8 in-person registrations
  • Virtual ‘all in’ registration for your entire organization

Chi-Town

• • $15,000
  • 5 in-person registrations
  • Virtual ‘all in’ registration for your entire organization

Magnificent Mile

• • $10,000
  • 4 in-person registrations
  • Virtual ‘all in’ registration for your entire organization

Grant Park

• • $7,500
  • 3 in-person registrations
  • Virtual ‘all in’ registration for your entire organization

Navy Pier

• • $5,000
  • 2 in-person registrations
  • Virtual ‘all in’ registration for your entire organization

Millennium Park

• • $3,000
  • 1 in-person registration
  • Virtual ‘all in’ registration for your entire organization

Riverwalk

• • $1,800
  • 1 in-person registration OR 3 virtual registrations

Voice Champion

• • $500
  • Sponsor the travel of our Change Agents and Family Peer Supports as they bring the voice of experience to the conversations and presentations in Chicago.
  • Elevating their voices reflects the value ACRC holds dear, and we are so thankful for your support.

ADVERTISING

Full-Page AD

• • $2,300

Half-Page AD

• • $1,400

Quarter Page AD

• • $750

Literature Inclusion

• • $800

Interested in advertising with us in Chicago email: Amanda

*Can also be added to your Sponsorship or Exhibit Booth Registration*

The Association of Children’s Residential and Community Services (ACRC), founded in 1956, is an international organization focused on best practices and innovation in the care and treatment of children and their families. ACRC envisions youth and families thriving in their homes and communities with uncompromised access to high-quality residential and community-based interventions in a robust continuum of care. We support the work of experts in the field of child and youth behavioral health and mental wellbeing, including provider organizations, researchers, and public agencies across the United States and in several countries.

Remember your WHY!

2025 Annual Conference

ACRC typically welcomes 600+ in-person and 1000+ virtual attendees from almost every state in the United States, with a smaller percentage attending from around the world. Conference attendees are practitioners, clinicians administrators, executive directors, evaluators, lived experts, researchers, students, program managers, supervisors, policymakers, model developers, and innovators who support quality and effectiveness in mental and behavioral health services to children, youth, and families. Cross-sector content applies to child welfare, juvenile justice, education, and mental and behavioral health leaders interested in research, policy, and practice.

Reservations
Make or Manager your Reservations HERE

Hilton Chicago 

720 S Michigan Avenue – Chicago, IL 60605 – United States

*all conference presentations will be held here*

Parking at the Hilton Chicago

More information COMING SOON

Are you a young person or family member with firsthand experience with residential intervention and want to join us in Chicago – Email Amanda

For our In-Person Annual Conference, we have committed to provide In-Person ASL to attendees who request this. ACRC does need 6 weeks’ notice to provide these services. Please Email Amanda

REGISTRATION & EXHIBIT HALL OPEN

TIME: 7:00 AM – 05:00 PM

KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS

TIME: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM

ISSUES LUNCHES

TIME: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

WORKSHOP SESSION A

TIME: 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

WORKSHOP SESSION B

TIME: 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

REGISTRATION OPEN

TIME: 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM

EXHIBIT HALL OPEN

TIME: 7:00 AM – 1:00 PM

TED TALK-STYLE PLENARY

TIME: 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

WORKSHOP SESSION C

TIME: 11:30 PM – 1:00 PM

AWARDS LUNCHEON

TIME: 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

WORKSHOP SESSION D

TIME: 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

SOCIAL EVENT

TIME: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

REGISTRATION OPEN

TIME: 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM

CLOSING KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS

TIME: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

DETAILED AGENDA

Visit our Virtual Conference Platform & View our Detailed Agenda

Here you will be able to view presenter details and read all presentation descriptions.