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ACRC hosts many events each year, offering our members and the field opportunities to connect, engage, and expand their expertise. Browse all events below.

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ACRC Webinar - Cultivating Your Culture: A Practical Framework for Intentionally Shaping Practice in Family-Serving Organizations
April 29, 2026    
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
ACRC Webinar - Cultivating Your Culture: A Practical Framework for Intentionally Shaping Practice in Family-Serving Organizations Presenter: Zachary McElgunn, BA, Education Director, Proven Quality Practices [...]
ACRC Webinar - Using Accreditation Standards to Sustain Trauma-Informed Care
May 6, 2026    
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Presenters: Patricia Wilcox, MSW, LCSW, Vice President for Strategic Development, Klingberg Family Centers and Theresa Lindberg, MSC, LPC, Managing Director, Child & Youth Services, CARF [...]
ACRC Webinar - Skills that Stick: Elevating Youth Residential Care Through Targeted Workforce Development
May 7, 2026    
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Presenters: F. Tony Bonadio, PhD, Assistant Research Professor, Innovations Institute, UConn School of Social Work; and staff from Hoyleton Youth & Family Services The session [...]
11 May
May 11, 2026    
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
This affinity group consists of individuals interested in immigration-related issues as they apply to the children and families they serve, including providers serving unaccompanied refugee [...]
12 May
May 12, 2026    
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
As a follow-up from our webinar on serving youth with problematic, harmful sexualized behaviors, ACRC will be offering a short-term affinity group to support ongoing [...]
Webinar & Report Release – Insuring Care: How Liability Insurance Access Threatens Community Services for Children
May 12, 2026    
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 1-2 pm CST Hosted by the National Child & Family Services Liability Insurance Working Group Co-chaired by ACRC, NOSAC, & FFTA [...]
13 May
May 13, 2026    
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
As the number of young people experiencing mental health crises continues to rise, what works in crisis stabilization? What does best practice look like in [...]
ACRC Webinar - Blending the DBT Models for Children, Adolescents and Adults
May 13, 2026    
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
ACRC Webinar - Blending the DBT models for Children, Adolescents and Adults Presenters: Samantha Mishne, MSW, Director of DBT Adherence, Bellefaire JCB Jamie Walker-Syph, MSW, [...]
13 May
May 13, 2026    
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Many ACRC members utilize recreation staff as education, exercise, and therapeutic interventions for the young people in their programs. As these roles are specialized and [...]
14 May
May 14, 2026    
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
ACRC’s research committee vets potential research projects and develops internal research. Recent initiatives have included EHRs (electronic health records) and serving CSEC (commercially sexually exploited) [...]
19 May
May 19, 2026    
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
As a membership organization, it is important to keep our membership diverse and connected. This committee seeks ways to promote networking, engagement and educational opportunities; [...]
20 May
May 20, 2026    
9:00 am - 10:00 am
A sub-set of ACRC’s research committee with an international focus - vets potential research projects and develops internal research. Meet our Research Committee Chair, Chris Delap! [...]
20 May
May 20, 2026    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Session #9 of the Reclaiming Youth Learning Community - 9 Session Training Series. Topic: Planning Through CLEAR | Guest Speaker: Dr. Vikki Hennard For more [...]
20 May
May 20, 2026    
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
The goal of this committee is to engage, encourage and enhance the youth and family voice within ACRC by participating in board decisions, membership, conferences, [...]
21 May
May 21, 2026    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
ACRC’s Equity Committee advances principles and practices of diversity, equity, and inclusion across the work of the Association and recommends best practices for our membership [...]
ACRC Webinar - Bringing Pride to Pleasantville: Strategies for Building a Positive LGBTQIA+ Community in a Residential Care Setting
May 22, 2026    
9:00 am - 10:00 am
For this webinar, we will discuss the challenges faced by LGBTQIA+ youth in the foster care and residential treatment center communities and general strategies for [...]
27 May
May 27, 2026    
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
The field has been evolving for some time in its understanding, support, and inclusion of young people with diverse sexual identities.  This affinity group offers the opportunity [...]
28 May
May 28, 2026    
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Let’s continue to create cultures of care! Join ACRC members in ongoing conversations around replacing coercive strategies with trauma responsive interventions. While all organizations are [...]
01 Jun
June 1, 2026    
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
A sub-committee of ACRC’s Research Committee focused on collaborative and inclusive research development — supporting co-designed projects, shared learning, and innovative research practices. Meet our [...]
From Coercion to Connection: Rounding Out the Six Core Strategies (Session #1)
June 2, 2026    
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Join ACRC for a new 4-session training series, From Coercion to Connection: Rounding out the Six Core Strategies©, designed for leaders of all disciplines and [...]
02 Jun
June 2, 2026    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Most organizations that provide residential interventions employ a solo residential director. This nuanced role has few peers with the same level of responsibility. Join ACRC’s [...]
03 Jun
June 3, 2026    
10:00 am - 11:00 am
ACRC’s program committee makes recommendations about ongoing training and webinar topics and produces our renowned annual conference. Both the annual conference and the yearly direct [...]
04 Jun
June 4, 2026    
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
To create an equitable society, we must commit to being antiracist in all aspects of our work. Whether you are starting with a personal journey [...]
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19 May

Membership Committee Meeting

May 19, 2026    
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
As a membership organization, it is important to keep our membership diverse and connected. This committee seeks ways to promote networking, engagement and educational opportunities; [...]
20 May

ACRC International Research Sub-Committee

May 20, 2026    
9:00 am - 10:00 am
A sub-set of ACRC’s research committee with an international focus - vets potential research projects and develops internal research. Meet our Research Committee Chair, Chris Delap! [...]
20 May

Reclaiming Youth Training Series (Session #9) - Planning Through CLEAR

May 20, 2026    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Session #9 of the Reclaiming Youth Learning Community - 9 Session Training Series. Topic: Planning Through CLEAR | Guest Speaker: Dr. Vikki Hennard For more [...]
20 May

Youth & Family Committee Meeting

May 20, 2026    
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
The goal of this committee is to engage, encourage and enhance the youth and family voice within ACRC by participating in board decisions, membership, conferences, [...]
21 May

Equity Committee Meeting

May 21, 2026    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
ACRC’s Equity Committee advances principles and practices of diversity, equity, and inclusion across the work of the Association and recommends best practices for our membership [...]
ACRC Webinar - Bringing Pride to Pleasantville: Strategies for Building a Positive LGBTQIA+ Community in a Residential Care Setting

ACRC Webinar - Bringing Pride to Pleasantville: Strategies for Building a Positive LGBTQIA+ Community in a Residential Care Setting

May 22, 2026    
9:00 am - 10:00 am
For this webinar, we will discuss the challenges faced by LGBTQIA+ youth in the foster care and residential treatment center communities and general strategies for [...]
27 May

LGBTQ Affinity Group Meeting

May 27, 2026    
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
The field has been evolving for some time in its understanding, support, and inclusion of young people with diverse sexual identities.  This affinity group offers the opportunity [...]
28 May

Replacing Coercive Interventions Affinity Group

May 28, 2026    
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Let’s continue to create cultures of care! Join ACRC members in ongoing conversations around replacing coercive strategies with trauma responsive interventions. While all organizations are [...]
01 Jun

Co-Designing Research Sub-Committee

June 1, 2026    
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
A sub-committee of ACRC’s Research Committee focused on collaborative and inclusive research development — supporting co-designed projects, shared learning, and innovative research practices. Meet our [...]
From Coercion to Connection: Rounding Out the Six Core Strategies (Session #1)

From Coercion to Connection: Rounding Out the Six Core Strategies (Session #1)

June 2, 2026    
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Join ACRC for a new 4-session training series, From Coercion to Connection: Rounding out the Six Core Strategies©, designed for leaders of all disciplines and [...]
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