CSSP’s Virtual Summit
As children and families across the country face deepening economic uncertainty and mounting threats to their health and well-being, now is the time to come together.
The Center for the Study of Social Policy’s fall summit, Ideas into Action 2026: Shaping a Just Future for Families, will bring together leading voices, including policymakers, researchers, service providers, funders, organizers, young people, and families who are directly impacted by public policies and systems.
Over two days of engaging conversations and practical workshops, we will explore bold policy proposals and practical tools to address some of the most urgent challenges facing children and families today—from growing economic instability to making child care more affordable to safeguarding child and family well-being amid immigration enforcement and preventing involvement with the child welfare system.
Together, we can advance policy and system-change efforts that will set a new course and share a just future for families across the country.


