Agenda

The overall meeting agenda is below. Navigate to other pages to view additional details about the plenary sessions, breakout sessions, and other activities. You can download a print version of the full agenda here.

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Theme: Wear traditional attire!

9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Premeetings (by invitation only, CIRCLE-HV Pre-NHVM Meeting and ACF THV Team meeting)

5:00-7:00 p.m.

Building Connections: An ASTHVI Reception for Tribal Home Visiting Teams

7:00-8:30 p.m.

Opening Celebration and Gathering

Master of Ceremony – Chance Rush (Hidatsa, Arapaho, Dakota,
Oneida, Otoe
)

Welcome and Blessing – Kim Marcus (Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians)

 

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Theme: Rock your mocs or wear your favorite jewelry!

9:00-9:30 a.m.

Welcome and Opening

Moushumi Beltangady, Director, Tribal Early Childhood Division, Office of Early Childhood Development, ACF

Kim Marcus (Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians)

Mark Cruz (Klamath Tribes) Director, Indian Health Service

9:30-10:30 a.m.

Opening Plenary: Mariah Gladstone (Blackfeet, Cherokee), Indigikitchen

A Recipe for Resilience

10:30-11:00 a.m.

Break (light refreshments provided)

11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Community Connection Cafe

12:00-1:30 pm

Lunch On Your Own

1:30-3:00 pm

Breakout Sessions

  • Building Tribal Early Childhood Systems: Home Visiting as the Foundation for Coordinated, Culturally Grounded, Family-Led Systems - Pacific F & G
  • Rooted in What Works: Nurturing a Culture of Quality in Home Visiting Programs - Pacific A
  • How Cost Modeling Can Support and Strengthen Home Visiting Services in Native Communities - Palm 7
  • Using a Peer Network to Support MIECHV Implementation - Sunset 2
  • Sustaining the Helpers: Advancing Well-Being in Tribal Home Visiting through Culturally Informed Promotion - Palm 8
  • Using Research to Support Culture and Language Integration in Native Home Visiting - Pacific E
  • Recipe 4 Success: Supporting Family Health and Well-Being in Native Communities - Pacific C
  • Relationship Before Recruitment: Creating Multiple Pathways to Home Visiting Through Storytelling and Community Engagement - Pacific D
  • New Insights from the Multi-Site Implementation Evaluation of Tribal Home Visiting: Turning Findings into Action - Pacific H & I

3:00-3:30 pm

Break

3:30-4:10 pm

Lightning Sessions 

  • Family and Father Stories Driving Tribal Home Visiting Futures - Pacific H&I
  • Hand in Hand: Tribal and State Partners for Home Visiting - Palm 8
  • Advancing Nutrition and Wellness Through Tribal Home Visiting - Palm 7
  • Indigenous Home Visitor Competencies: Strengthening Support to Families with Children 0-5 - Pacific C
  • Strengthening the National Home Visiting Workforce Through Tribal Leadership and Input - Pacific E
  • Strong Connections, Stronger Outcomes - Pacific F&G
  • Cultural Activities in Home Visiting - Pacific A
  • Tribal MIECHV Reporting in Visit Tracker - Pacific D
  • Indigenous Food Systems and Home Visiting - Sunset 2

4:10-4:20 pm

Lightning Session Transition Time

4:20-5:00 pm

Lightning Sessions 

  • Nourishing and Nurturing Healthy Fathers and Healthy Families - Palm 8
  • Family Engagement: Centering Culture, Community, and Connection - Pacific H & I
  • Braiding Birthwork and Home Visiting: Supporting Indigenous Families Across Pregnancy, Birth and Early Childhood - Pacific A
  • Rise of the Phoenix - Sunset 2
  • Adapting Continuous Quality Improvement for Tribal MIECHV: Lessons Learned from Redesigning a Family Engagement Collaborative - Pacific F & G
  • Honoring Our Traditions and Nurturing Our Children - Pacific C
  • Partnering to Support Native Families: Findings from the Multi-Site Study of State-Tribal Collaboration in Home Visiting - Pacific D
  • Advancing Nutrition and Wellness Through Tribal Home Visiting - Palm 7
5:00-8:30 p.m. Lawn Games and Ribbon Skirt/Jewelry Swap (Optional Networking Event)

 

Thursday, September 24, 2026

Theme: Represent your program by wearing your program shirt!

9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Workshop Sessions

  • Honoring, Developing, and Sustaining the Tribal Home Visiting Workforce - Pacific E
  • Reflective Supervision: Building Your Understanding and Practice - Pacific D
  • Making the Most of Your Money - Palm 7
  • Growing Your Reach: Outreach, Messaging, and Engagement Strategies for Home Visiting Programs Serving Tribal Communities - Pacific C
  • Family Engagement that Works: Practical Strategies for Home Visiting Programs - Pacific A
  • Moving Beyond Extracting: Indigenizing and Empathizing the Data Collection Approach - Pacific F & G
  • Using Qualitative Methods in Needs Assessments and Data-Driven Decision Making - Sunset 2
  • Listening Before Leading: Motivational Interviewing for Relationship-Centered Home Visiting - Palm 8
  • Nurturing Through Attunement: An Indigenous-Centered Approach to Facilitated Attuned Interactions (FAN) in Home Visiting - Pacific H & I

12:00-2:00 p.m.

Lunch On Your Own

2:00-3:00 p.m.

Plenary: Tess Abrahamson-Richards (Spokane Tribe), Assistant Professor of Native American Community Health, University of California, Berkeley School of Social Welfare

Centering Native Knowledge in Home Visiting through Community-Led Data Storytelling

3:00-3:30 p.m.

Break (light refreshments provided)

3:30-5:00 pm

Breakout Sessions

  • Help us Improve HomVEE's Tribal Review! A Roundtable to Gather Input from Programs Serving Native Communities - Sunset 2
  • Culturally Grounded Approaches to Holistic Home Visitor Safety - Palm 8
  • Indigenous Play as Medicine: A Global Collective’s Approach to Healing, Cultural Resurgence, and Family Wellbeing Through Indigenous Play - Pacific A
  • The Circle of Fatherhood: Engaging Native Fathers and Male Role Models in FACE Programs - Pacific H & I
  • Gathering, Summarizing and Using High Quality Data to Support Tribal Home Visitation Programs - Pacific D
  • Innovations in Native Home Visiting Supported through Collaborative Research-Practice Partnership - Palm 7
  • Cultural Integration in Parents as Teachers: Adaptations to Support Indigenous Family Well-Being - Pacific C
  • Positive Indian Parenting: A Community Engaged Approach in Serving Native Parents and Communities - Pacific E
  • From the Land to the Next Seven Generations: Advancing Food Sovereignty & Family Wellness Through Tribal Program and Partnerships - Pacific F & G

 

Friday, September 25, 2026

Theme: Wear your ribbon skirts and shirts to celebrate California Native American Day!

9:00-10:30 a.m.

Rooted in Reflection and Connection: A Celebration Showcase

10:30-11:00 a.m.

Break (light refreshments provided)

11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Closing Remarks

Moushumi Beltangady, Director, Tribal Early Childhood Division, Office of Early Childhood Development, ACF

Kim Kovol, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Tribal Affairs and Principal Deputy Director of the Administration for Native Americans, ACF

Closing Plenary: Dorene Waubanewquay Day (Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe)

Cultural Reclamation and Healing

Closing Ceremony: American Samoa Cultural Presentation

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