Annual Conference

Remember your WHY

Your dedication to ensuring access to quality interventions for all children and all families is what brings us together, what pushes us to do better, and what ultimately improves outcomes in our communities.

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 in ACRC Block now SOLD OUT

Still need a hotel room? Cancellations may occur so please check the Hilton Boston Park Plaza Hotel reservations (outside of our room block) HERE.
Other options can be found nearby on HOTELS.COM

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

Parking at the Hilton Boston Park Plaza
Review the options and pricing here. (*Please note: The Hilton does not own these garages, therefore they cannot guarantee these prices will remain the same through March.)

Street / Additional Parking Options Nearby and in the Area
We recommend using Spot Hero to secure parking in the area. Here are some tips:
1. Go to Spot Hero
2. Put in Boston Park Plaza under Where Are You Going
3. Enter the start and end time. Leave time for walking to the venue, although there are several places very near to the hotel. You cannot park before the time you secured, so add enough time!
4. Rates vary around $20-30 per day (as of December 2024).
5. These rates will go up, lock them in early!

2025 Award Nomination Process – View Here

REGISTRATION

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

In-Person Conference REGISTER HERE

PRECONFERENCE ONLY

MEMBER/NON-MEMBER

$115/$145 – The Transformative Power of Restorative Circles
$80/$95 – The Role of Thinking and Feeling in Solving Social Problems

Preconference Only REGISTER HERE

VIRTUAL INDIVIDUAL RATES

MEMBER/NON-MEMBER

$200/$275

REGISTER HERE

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