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Call for Proposals Now Open!

Join your colleagues from across the State on April 16-17, 2026 at the Niagara Falls Convention Center in Niagara Falls, NY for the 2026 NYS Care Management Coalition Annual Training Conference.

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Each year, this conference provides space to share ideas, learn best practices and enhance care coordination to best provide quality services for the adults, children and families we serve! It is essential for us to re-connect as a community to support one another and to meet the many challenges, demands and opportunities of care coordination.

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The NYS Care Management Coalition strives to provide state-of-the-art educational programming, data/information and networking opportunities on best practices in care coordination for professionals in the behavioral health and substance use disorder community. The Coalition welcomes proposals for conference presentations on the topics listed.

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All sessions will be submitted for continuing education credits for social workers, licensed mental health counselors and CASAC. Please note the required information on the submission form.

Deadline for Submission: February 4, 2026

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Registration Information will be available on this page after February 1.

Submissions are encouraged in the following areas:

  • Work/Life Balance

  • Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging

  • Staff Retention and Recruitment Initiatives

  • Strengthening Supervisory Skills

  • Self Care: Stress Relief/Meditation/Yoga/Other

  • Role of Community Health Worker

  • Promoting Integrated Care for Whole Health

  • Workforce Initiatives/Training/Development

  • Motivational Interviewing

  • Trauma Informed Care

  • Best Practices/Proven Models in Care Management

  • Best Practices on Outreach & Engagement

  • Coordination with Primary Care/Medical Care

  • ACT: Adult and Youth

  • Crisis Stabilization

  • HCBS/CORE Services and Care Coordination

  • Children’s Services & Health Homes

  • Transition Age Youth

  • Peer Services and Family Centered Models

  • Time Management

  • Safety in the Field

  • CFTSS & HCBS and Care Management

  • Substance Use Disorder & Care Coordination

  • Suicide Prevention for Adults & Youth

  • Balancing and Managing Caseloads

  • PSYCKES & Integrated Care

  • 1115 Waiver/Social Care Networks

  • Critical Time Intervention

  • CANS 2.0

  • Health Home Plus and High-Fidelity Wrap for Children

  • Working with Social Care Networks

  • LGBTQ+

Registration Information

Full Conference Registration - April 16 & 17: $350/person

Day One Only - April 16: $275/person

Day Two Only - April 17: $175/person

Hotel Reservations

Conference Venue: 

Niagara Falls Convention Center
101 Old Falls St, Niagara Falls, NY 14303, US

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Hotel Accommodations:

Sheraton Niagara Falls

300 3rd Street, Niagara Falls, NY 14303, US

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Blocks of rooms have been set aside at a discounted rate for conference participants. Click the button below to make your reservations today!

Discounts Available for Groups

 

For 10 or More Registrations: 
The Coalition is pleased to offer the following discounts to same organization paid registrants. If your organization is sending over 10 registrants, please complete the form linked here to register a group: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CFL8TWY

 

All group registrations MUST be paid for prior to the conference. 

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REGISTRATION DISCOUNTS

10-15 Participants: One Complimentary Registration

16-25 Participants: Two Complimentary Registrations
26-39 Participants: Three Complimentary Registrations

40+ Participants:  Four Complimentary Registrations per forty

Sponsor & Vendor Opportunities

Care managers and care coordinators from community behavioral health and substance use agencies, health homes, hospitals and clinics will have the opportunity to better understand the future role of care management, the need for person-centered care coordination, how to work within the managed care environment and the outcomes needed to promote recovery. 

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This is an invaluable networking opportunity to meet with care managers, care coordinators, middle management, senior supervisors and executives from provider agencies for care management services. It is also a great opportunity to market your products and services to the behavioral health and substance use field.

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Vendors will be located in the main convention room.

Table top space includes a 6’ skirted table and two chairs.


EXHIBIT DATES & HOURS:
Set-Up: Thursday, April 16 at 7:30am
Show Begins: 8:00am
Breakdown: Thursday, April 16 at 4:00pm


Vendors cannot break down during the sessions.


AV NEEDS:
Please note that if you need electrical current for your table top display, you must contact the Niagara Falls Convention Center directly.

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Click the Learn More button below to see what's included in each sponsorship level.

The Association for Mental Health and Wellness is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (Provider #SW-0156). The Association for Mental Health and Wellness is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors (Provider #MHC-0014), licensed marriage and family therapists (Provider #MFT-0010), and licensed creative arts therapists. (Provider #CAT-0004).

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