The only national event dedicated to enhancing the partnership between Head Start parents, families, and staff and fostering family engagement and children’s development!
Each year, this conference brings together a vibrant community of family engagement professionals for hands-on sessions addressing timely topics and providing resources tailored to Head Start. It provides fresh perspectives to connect with families, build trust, and create stronger pathways to thrive at home and in school. This year’s conference comes at a time when families need to feel seen and supported more than ever.
Why Attend?
Learn What’s Working
Gain fresh ideas and practical strategies from peers and experts tackling today’s challenges in family engagement and child development.
Discover New Tools
Explore resources you can use right away to strengthen communication, build relationships, and deepen trust with the families you serve.
Reconnect with Purpose
Reignite your passion for working alongside families and leave with a renewed sense of purpose and clarity.
Grow Together
Learn alongside peers from across the country and build lasting connections to strengthen your family engagement work.
Engage with Your Communities of Practice
At this event, you can find sessions organized by Communities of Practice — groups of peers and experts who share a passion for a specific area of work so you can connect, share, and grow alongside others who understand your challenges and goals.
The Communities of Practice are:
- Data (Management and Continuous Quality Improvement)
- Early Head Start
- Education and Child Development
- Enrollment, Recruitment, Selection, Eligibility, and Attendance (ERSEA)
- Family and Community Engagement
- Fiscal
- Health and Wellness
- Human Resources/Program Operations
- New Director
- Parents
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Exhibit and Engage the NHSA Network
There’s no substitute for face-to-face when you want to acquire new customers, effectively convey what makes your company, products, and services special, and understand what the Head Start workforce wants and needs.
Reserve your exhibit space and additional marketing opportunities for Head Start’s largest events of the year.