CoP Annual Meeting

Each year, the National Community of Practice for Supporting Families (CoP) hosts a gathering of national partners and members states to:

  • Share learning between CoP states, and as a full CoP, to both:
    • Celebrate and highlight the work of the states over the past year, ensuring states can hear concrete information, updates, and ideas from one another
    • Identify potential “next steps” for states individually and the CoP collectively as part of the “supporting families movement”
  • Prepare for the year ahead by:
    • Engaging in specific, focused conversation around actionable strategies that “weave in the principles of supporting families in both grassroots and system work to support state priorities”
    • Discuss state ideas and priorities to help the National Team shape ongoing technical assistance and support

The Annual CoP Meeting is an opportunity for all CoP state teams attend and share learning on supporting families practices and policies from around the nation. Agendas will be made available via the Members Only Portal, as well as provided to state team facilitators.

For information about the Charting the LifeCourse Showcase, please visit the Showcase website.

If you a CoP state team member and need information on the annual meeting, please email us at info@supportstofamilies.org.

2021 Annual Meeting

The 2021 Annual Meeting was held virtually on May 26 and 27, from 1 to 4pm Central. Participants included representatives from the National CoP Team, all member states of the CoP, and partners from the original AAIDD funded grant which kick started the CoP in 2012.

Over the course of the two day event, attendees were able to celebrate how far we have come since the Wingspread Conference in 2011, to highlight where we are now, and to look to the future for continuing to transform policies, practices, and culture to better support families.

To learn more about the 2021 Annual Meeting, view the full report: