Registration for the live NACAC conference sessions has closed. You can still register to receive access to the recorded versions of workshops, which will be available next week. If you have registered for the conference and have questions about how it will work, visit Conference FAQs. If you don’t find your answer there, email us at conference@nacac.org. We’ll respond as soon as we are able.

If you have been touched by adoption or foster care, this is the conference you will want to attend!

Join us virtually August 26–29, 2020 for this four-day educational event that covers a wide variety of foster care and adoption topics—to meet the diverse needs and levels of experience of adoptive and foster parents, child welfare professionals, and people who were adopted or in foster care.

The conference will have one session offered at a time. The first day will be aimed towards professionals, the last day towards parents, and days 2 and 3 for both parents and professionals.

Attendees can participate live, listen to a recorded version through September 30, or do a mixture of both.

We are offering workshops from expert speakers covering a range of topics, including:

The impact of trauma and loss

Core issues in adoption

Effective therapeutic techniques in adoption

Kinship care and birth family connections

Parenting children with disabilities and challenges

Older children and youth

Race, culture, and diversity in adoption and foster care

Supporting children and families in adoption and foster care

Recruiting families for children

The sessions inspire, inform, and encourage all members of the adoption and foster care community! Check out the session descriptions here.

Registration and Rates

Registration has closed. You can still register but you will only have access to recordings—and will not be able to attend the live sessions.

The four-day NACAC conference is designed with flexible registration options depending on your role. Each registration is for one person or for a parenting couple who are viewing the sessions together.

If you want to register a group of five or more people, contact us at conference@nacac.org or 651-644-3036 for a group registration form. Groups of 10 or more receive a 10 percent discount.

Early Bird Rates— After July 17, fees increase by $20 US/ $25 CAD.

Four-Day Registration —

Wednesday, August 26 to Saturday, August 29

US Rate

Canadian Rate

Member $245 US $275 CAD Nonmember $295 US $335 CAD Three-Day Registration —

August 26–28 for professionals

August 27–29 for parents

US Rate Canadian Rate Member $195 US $225 CAD Nonmember $245 US $285 CAD One- or Two-Day Registration US Rate Canadian Rate Member $145 US $175 CAD Nonmember $195 US $235 CAD

Academic Accreditation

Attendees can earn social work continuing education credits for most of the workshops as long as they attend the live sessions.

The program is approved by the National Association of Social Workers (approval #886544849-0820) for up to 24.5 continuing education contact hours.

Please verify applicability of these CEs with your professional board.

You can apply for credit once the conference is completed for an additional fee of $30 US / $35 CAD total (regardless of the number of classes you attend).

“As a child welfare professional, adoptive parent, and adoptee, I came away with tools, energy, and an increased sense of purpose to support my clients, my children, and myself.”