Thank you for attending the 2026 Shaping the Social Work Workforce in health and Behavioral Health Conference!
Please come back for information about our textbook, coming out in 2027!
National Conference on Child and Family Health and Behavioral Health
Hosted by Arizona State University’s School of Social Work, this one-day conference will feature nationally recognized speakers from across the country, bringing together higher education educators, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to examine how the social work workforce is prepared, deployed, and sustained across health and behavioral health systems.
We will examine:
- Social work workforce recruitment pathways, licensing, and training infrastructure
- Social work workforce roles across different systems of care
- Current working conditions, workforce stability, and policy directions for strengthening the health and behavioral health social work workforce
This is a ticketed event and capacity is limited.













