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2027 Partner Plan Act Conference
May 18 – 20, 2027
Equity from the Start: Leading Fearlessly
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Request for Workshop Proposals
CS3 invites collaboration leaders and potential presenters to submit Request for Proposals (RPFs) for workshop sessions.
The Partner Plan Act (PPA) Conference brings together early childhood collaboration leaders, school districts, program staff, collaboration partners, and others to learn, network, and deepen their community systems development knowledge and skills. Workshop topics from previous years include effective strategies for supporting priority populations, essential mindsets and practices for leading community systems development, coordinated intake systems, family engagement, and much more. A core theme and value of the PPA conferences is racial equity which is embedded throughout the conference design and experience.
This year’s theme is Equity from the Start: Leading Fearlessly. Illinois’ early childhood education and care (ECEC) collaborations are essential to ensuring a racially equitable ECEC system. Collaboration and family leaders are experts in understanding the needs and strengths of their communities – serving as fearless leaders in navigating uncertain and exciting times of change in the state and federal landscape. We want to hear from those that make change happen, who take their unwavering passion for racial equity into bold actions that champion every child’s success.
The conference will be held virtually May 18th, 19th, and 20th, 2027. Workshops will be 90 minutes long (75 minutes for presentation with a recommended 15 minute break). Two presenters are strongly encouraged for all workshop proposals. Selected presentations will be offered a $200 honorarium per presentation (only one individual or agency will receive the honorarium while that individual or agency may take responsibility of distributing the honorarium amongst presenters separately).
Baseline expectations are that applicants are familiar with or have explored Partner Plan Act, past conferences, and community systems development work.
Please submit all proposals to partnerplanact@actforchildren.org with the subject line “Workshop Proposal – [Workshop Title] for 2027 PPA Conference” by December 4th, 2026. For additional information or questions please contact Aziza Hummeid at aziza.hummeid@actforchildren.org Please prioritize this deadline as we will not accept any submissions afterwards. You will be notified of decisions by early February.
Submit Your 2027 Partner Plan Act Conference Workshop Proposal
