ACRC’s 69th Annual Conference, Intentional Practice: Aligning Innovation and Expertise to Meet the Holistic Needs of Children, will be held March 24-27, 2025. Though our various systems were designed to address single areas of need for children and families, we know that mental well-being, physical health, education, housing, and other social factors cannot be siloed. We seek to highlight the difference that individualized, comprehensive, and intentional approaches can make. Whatever our individual role, if we consider the needs of the whole child and provide seamless experiences of support when needed, we can increase the likelihood of long-term success as defined by youth and families themselves.
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.
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 NOW AVAILABLE!
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Hilton Boston Park Plaza Hotel
50 Park Plaza at Arlington Street – Boston, MA 02116 – United States
*all conference presentations will be held here*
Are you a young person or family member with firsthand experience with residential intervention and want to join us in Boston – 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
MAIN CONFERENCE
Early Bird Registration Rate Cutoff: February 7, 2025
MEMBER/NON-MEMBER
- $795/$995 – EARLY BIRD SPECIAL (Cutoff February 7)
- $895/$1095 – Rates after February 7, 2025
REGISTRATION COMING SOON!
VIRTUAL INDIVIDUAL RATES
MEMBER/NON-MEMBER
- $200/$275
REGISTRATION COMING SOON!
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 ‘ALL IN’ STAFF REGISTRATION
MEMBER/NON-MEMBER
- $1,100/$1,500
- Also includes $100 off each In-Person Registration
REGISTRATION COMING SOON!
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.
Registration/Exhibit Hall
8am-5pm
Public Policy Town Hall
Preconference – The Role of Thinking and Feeling in Solving Social Problems
1-5pm
7:30am – 5pm
Keynote Presentation
Issues Lunches
Workshop Session A
Workshop Session B
Social Event
7:30am – 5pm
Exhibit Hall
7:30am-3:30pm
Plenary Presentation
Workshop Session C
Awards Luncheon
Workshop Session D
8am-11am
Closing Keynote
9am-12pm
Bean Town
$20,000
Includes 8 in-person registrations and virtual ‘all in’ registration for your entire organization
Bunker Hill
$15,000
Includes 5 in-person registrations and virtual ‘all in’ registration for your entire organization
North End
$10,000
Includes 4 in-person registrations and virtual ‘all in’ registration for your entire organization
Boston Harbor
$7,500
Includes 3 in-person registrations and virtual ‘all in’ registration for the entire organization
Seaport
$5,000
Includes 2 in-person registrations and virtual ‘all in’ registration for the entire organization
Back Bay
$3,000
Includes 1 in-person registration and virtual ‘all in’ registration for the entire organization
Boston Common
$1,800
Includes 1 in-person registration or 3 virtual attendees
Voice Champion
$500
Sponsor the travel of our Youth Advocates as they bring the voice of experience to the conversations and presentations in Phoenix.
Elevating their voices reflects the values ACRC holds dear and we are so thankful for your support.
Rates increase $200 after February 7, 2025 (Early Bird Cutoff)