Previous Meetings & Conferences
Child Care Aware® of America has hosted many in-person events and meetings for its members and the child care community. Current events can be found here: https://www.childcareaware.org/events/
Past Events
Symposium 2026: Child Care Strong: Igniting Opportunity
Symposium 2026 was all about igniting opportunity--with advocates, lawmakers, and each other.
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Symposium 2025: Child Care Strong: From Problems to Progress
National, state, and local child care leaders; advocates; and changemakers came together to sharpen their skills and seize this pivotal moment to make high-quality, affordable child care available to all children.
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Leadership Institute 2025: CCR&R Strong: A Foundation for the Future
At Leadership Institute 2025, one theme echoed through every conversation, plenary, and hallway exchange: we are CCR&R Strong and we are building a Foundation for the Future.
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Symposium 2024: Raising Child Care, Raising America
Child Care Aware of America invites child care resource and referral staff, state administrators, and system-level leaders to attend our 2024 Symposium. When we’re raising child care, we’re raising America.
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Leadership Institute 2024: Make America Child Care Strong
Making America child care strong starts with making child care leaders stronger.
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Symposium 2023: Stand Up. Stand Together. Stand for child care.
Child care is essential. Child care is resilient. But, after years of underinvestment, that’s not enough for our nation’s children.
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Leadership Institute 2023: Building Well-Being and Connections
Symposium 2023 offered comprehensive content and conversations, while building excitement around a united voice for child care.
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