JUNE 1-4, 2025
APHSA National Human Services Summit
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown | Philadelphia, PA
#APHSASummit2025
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Have You Heard?
The American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) is moving the 2025 APHSA National Human Services Summit to Philadelphia! We are excited to host the 2025 Summit at Philadelphia Marriott Downtown. Stay tuned for a finalized agenda of the conference. We can’t wait to see you there!
Registration is Opening Soon!
Call for Papers
Shape the future of human services at the upcoming American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) National Human Services Summit, June 1-4 in Philadelphia. Join the nation’s brightest leaders, innovators, and changemakers as we come together to listen, learn, and inspire one another to build strategies for improving the lives of children and families across the United States and beyond.
This year’s theme, Innovate, Elevate, Lead: The Future of Human Services, will provide opportunities for state, county, and city human services leaders to connect with one another and federal officials; to learn best practices, policy insights, and technology innovations; and to develop their leadership skills.
This call for proposals seeks inspiring submissions that:
- Highlight innovative policy, practice, and system approaches to outcome measurement and impact evaluation; data analytics and interoperability; technology and service delivery; Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (EDIB); community engagement; emergency preparedness and crisis-response; funding and procurement strategies, and other pressing issue areas across the human services ecosystem.
- Elevate the important work of the human services sector in empowering and strengthening families and driving meaningful, sustainable change in our communities as demonstrated in research, program evaluations, project outcomes, and success stories.
- Showcasing leadership strategies that foster a sense of resilience, workforce well-being, productive collaboration, and deep impact.
Please submit your proposal by February 28, 2025, and join us in building a brighter future for the human services sector and the people and communities we serve.
The Summit content will be organized around the following tracks:
- Innovative Practice and Policy in Human Services
- Strengthening the Human Services Workforce and Bolstering Leaders
- Data, Technology, and Interoperability in Action
- Building Sustainable Systems and Community Partnerships
To learn more about the materials needed to submit your proposal, please view the PDF of the submission guidelines.
To get started, please click below.
Why Attend?
Attending the APHSA National Human Services Summit provides invaluable knowledge to attendees and their organizations. Attendees can network with others in the human services sector, connect with our wide range of Strategic Industry Partners, and have unparalleled access to learnings over three days of small groups and sessions. The categories of the sessions are below:
- Moving Human Services Upstream
- Advancing Social and Economic Mobility
- Strengthening the Human Services Sector
APHSA strives to create a unique experience for Summit attendees. The goal is to foster knowledge-building on emerging national policy issues affecting state, county, and city agencies delivering human services in our communities. At the Summit, we seek to highlight and showcase innovative practices and models from state and local jurisdictions, with a special focus on individuals with lived experience and leveraging community and human-centered design strategies and successes; process innovations and agile technology solutions; and strategies that center equity, inclusivity, and belonging in all the work of the human services sector.
2024 Summit Attendees by Sector
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Agenda
The agenda will be available soon! Watch this page for future updates.
Speakers
Stay tuned to see which fantastic speakers will be featured at this year’s National Human Services Summit. Please keep visiting this page for updates!
Hotel & Travel
The National Human Services Summit host hotel is the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, located in the heart of City Center. The hotel boasts that it has “delight in every corner” and features spacious and comfortable rooms, on-property dining, arcades and games (including a bowling alley), an impressive fitness center and indoor lap pool, and even an impressive art gallery.
The closest airport to Philadelphia Marriott Downtown is Philadelphia International Airport (PHL), approximately 10 Miles from the hotel. You can get to the hotel using a taxi, Uber/Lyft, and/or local public transportation, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA).
Hotel Block & Room Rates
APHSA negotiated a block of rooms for our attendees. Booking inside the association block ensures that APHSA meets its contractual obligations. Use the secure links below to book your hotel rooms for discounted rates before Wednesday, May 14, 2025.
Run of House Rates:
$259, plus applicable 15.5% state and local taxes.
Government Per Diem Rates:
$187, plus applicable 15.5% state and local taxes.
NOTE: APHSA experiences sold-out hotel block reservations for our conferences. We encourage you to make your reservations as early as possible!
Additional Information
Use of Debit Cards
When an individual uses a bank debit card to pay for their hotel room, the hotel may secure all funds for the entire reservation at check-in, plus a small daily fee for incidentals.
For questions regarding house and meeting arrangements, please contact:
Donna Jarvis-Miller, CMP, CEM, Director, Membership and Events
Cancellation Policy
You are responsible for canceling your hotel reservation. It must occur 72 hours before arrival to avoid a one-night room and tax penalty charge.
Housing Pirates
- Beware of housing pirates trying to represent that they have rooms available. APHSA does not have contracts with outside firms to book housing for any of our events. Always book directly from the event site to ensure you are securing a room within the APHSA-negotiated hotel.
Travel & Transportation Information
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) is 10 miles from our host hotel, Marriott Philadelphia Downtown. For those arriving by Amtrak, select Union Station, 30th Street, as the destination. The Visit Philly website has lots of information on our host city. Visit SEPTA for train schedules.
NOTE: APHSA does not endorse any of the listed services. This information is supplied for convenience only.
Arrive by Car
On-site parking: N/A
Self-parking across the street (not available on-site);
Public garage daily: $60.00
Daily valet: $69.50
Arrive by Taxi or Rideshare Services (Uber/Lyft)
Estimated taxi fares:
From PHL airport, about $33; From Union Transfer, about $8-15
Estimated rideshare rates: $45-100 Uber;
$25-35 for Lyft
Arrive by Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)
From PHL, about $8
Registration
Mark your calendar for June 1-4, 2025!
To register, you must log in using the email associated with your APHSA profile.
If you do not have a profile, you must create one. If you have any questions about your registration profile, contact our Member Services team.
Please make a note:
- Registering for this event is an agreement to pay the stated fees. We strongly encourage you to have your travel approved before registering. If you register before receiving travel approval and do not attend the conference, your organization is responsible for paying the registration fees. Any unpaid registration fees must be paid before arrival at the conference unless a valid purchase order is on file to guarantee payment. If your agency is paying by check, please include your confirmation notice with your payment.
If you have other questions about registration, please direct those requests to our registration specialist, Dominic Hollis.
2025 Registration Fees & Additional Information
Below are our registration fees and additional information on payment and cancellation policies. Register before May 14 to take advantage of the early bird savings!
| 2025 Registration Fees | Before May 14 | After May 14 |
|---|---|---|
| Government Member: Full Conference | $965.00 | $1,015.00 |
| Government Member: Full Conference with Continuing Education Units (CE) | $1,065.00 | $1,115.00 |
| Government Non-Member: Full Conference | $1,040.00 | $1,095.00 |
| Government Non-Member: Full Conference with Continuing Education Units (CE) | $1,140.00 | $1,195.00 |
| Private Sector Member: Full Conference | $950.00 | $1,100.00 |
| Private Sector Non-Member: Full Conference | $1,095.00 | $1,150.00 |
| One Day: Sunday | $550.00 | $590.00 |
| One Day Member: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, per day | $650.00 | $690.00 |
| One Day Non-Member: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, per day | $750.00 | $790.00 |
| Students: Full Conference | $200.00 | $250.00 |
| Guests (receptions and meals only) | $335.00 | $390.00 |
| Sponsor Personnel Registrations | $800.00 | $850.00 |
Group Discount: 4+ Participants
Bring your team of four or more and receive a $25 discount per registration!
To obtain the registration discount code and detailed information, please use SUMMIT25 as the discount code. Note: Discounts do not apply to additional sponsor personnel passes, as the price of additional sponsor passes has already been reduced.
Payment Information
All registration fees must be paid at the time of registration with a credit card (American Express, Visa, MasterCard) or an accompanying Purchase Order number on file with APHSA before the start of the conference. If you are paying by check, please include your confirmation notice with your payment.
Registering for this event is an agreement to pay the stated fees. We strongly encourage you to have your travel approved before registering. If you register before receiving travel approval and do not attend the summit, your organization will be responsible for paying the registration fees.
Cancellation Policy
All cancellation requests must be received in writing by May 13, 2025. No refunds will be available after this date. We will not accept cancellation requests by telephone. A $150 cancellation fee for pre-paid registrations and those invoiced on a purchase order will be assessed. All refunds are processed after the conference. Registration fees for attendees who do not show will not be waived or refunded. Please note that your agency is responsible for paying any fees, even if you don’t attend the conference. You are responsible for canceling your registration and any hotel reservation in accordance with the cancellation policy.
Additional Information
During registration, you are required to provide a cell phone number and email address. The event team will use your phone number to send event updates via push notifications. Your cell phone number will not be shared with any other parties.
Need Help or Have Questions?
Email our registration specialist, Dominic Hollis. Please allow 24 hours for a response during business days, Monday – Friday. Emails received on Saturday or Sunday will be responded to by the end of the day the following business day.
Thank you to our 2025 sponsors!
APHSA education events are underwritten in part by our Strategic Industry Partners.
2025 All-Conference Sponsors
2025 Summit Sponsors
Become a 2025 sponsor!
Is your company interested in strengthening your ties with our members and investing the human services to help build thriving communities? Becoming a sponsor at APHSA might be the perfect way to do so!
With a range of sponsorship packages available, Summit 2025 is the perfect place for our partners to:
• position your company as a leader in the human services sector,
• establish relationships with policymakers,
• deepen current customer relationships,
• educate state and local human services leaders about your solutions, and,
• learn about challenges and priorities from APHSA member organizations.
Don’t wait—secure an opportunity today to reach the top human service leaders.
(Link coming soon!) Download the 2025 APHSA Sponsorship Opportunities PDF to find out the details.
Are you ready?
Do you have any questions? Or would you like a customized package for your organization?
Contact the Sponsorship Sales Team directly or call 800-856-8567. We’re excited to discuss how you can be an integral partner in this exclusive event!