Shape the future of human services at the upcoming American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) National Human Services Summit, June 14-17 in Arlington, VA. 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 individuals, children, and families across the United States and beyond.  

Why Attend?

Attending the APHSA National Human Services Summit provides attendees and their organizations with invaluable knowledge and insights. Attendees can network with others in the human services sector, connect with our extensive range of Strategic Industry Partners, and gain unparalleled access to learning through three days of small-group sessions and presentations. The categories of the sessions are below: 

  • Moving Human Services Upstream  
  • Advancing Social and Economic Mobility 
  • Strengthening the Human Services Sector 

Who Attends?

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 that deliver 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 the work of the human services sector. See our breakdown of last year’s attendees by sector.

Monday, June 15 | 10:00 AM (Opening Keynote)

Award-winning musician, author of Black Sheep: Unleash The Extraordinary, Awe-Inspiring Undiscovered You, Visionary Thought Leader

Magnetic Leadership: Be the Reason They Show Up, Step Up and Stay

What if your leaders left a keynote with a clear, actionable framework for creating the kind of pull that drives performance, strengthens culture, and makes great people want to stay? That’s exactly what happens in Magnetic Leadership.

Former rock star, Top 10 Speaker and best-selling author Brant Menswar delivers a high-energy, interactive live experience giving leadership a practical how-to playbook. By combining groundbreaking research, world-class storytelling, laugh-out-loud humor, and moments of genuine emotional connection, he reminds leaders what’s possible when people aren’t pushed to perform…but pulled to it.

According to Deloitte, McKinsey, and Gallup, the current state of workplace engagement, trust, and commitment is nothing short of alarming. And the organizations feeling it most aren’t struggling because of strategy, structure, or compensation. They’re facing something far more fundamental — a belief crisis. The force that pulls people in. And there’s only one thing that solves it. A leader who knows how to build believers.

What your leaders will walk away with:

  • The Magnetic Field— the framework leaders use to build belief in the plan, the people, the purpose, and the possibilities.
  • The 4 Forces of Belief— how courage, connection, contribution, and commitment transform the way teams show up, perform, and stick together.
  • A personal values foundation— so leaders know exactly what they stand for, make decisions with conviction, and earn the trust that creates real pull.

Tuesday, June 16 | 10:00 AM (General Session Keynote)

Author of American Welfare: Reclaiming the Dream for All of U.S.

The Quiet Architecture of Democracy: What Public Human Services Make Possible

Wednesday, June 17 | 10:00 AM (Closing Keynote)

Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

Solving Problems with Generative AI: Opportunities and Challenges

If you have questions or need additional information, please contact our Conference Team. Please allow up to 48 hours for a response during business days, Monday-Friday. Emails received on weekends or federal/office holidays will be responded to by the end of the day the following business day.  


Clearspeed

Accenture

Administration for Children & Families

Beam

Child Welfare Information Gateway

Cúram by Merative

EY

FFTA

GiveCard

Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network/Generations United

IBM

InApp

Knowledge Services

KPMG

Microsoft Corp.

National Association of Welfare Research and Statistics (NAWRS)

National Center for Adoption Competent Mental Health Services

National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare

Next Chapter Technology, Inc. (NCT)

Northwoods

Public Consulting Group

RedMane Technology

Shine Early

Sivic Solutions Group

Social Current

Thomson Reuters

TuaPath

Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO) at the University of Notre Dame

Wise Care Counts, LLC

YPTC