Complimentary Enrollment Available for the First 30 Registrants
AI for Stronger Families Summit
Wednesday, August 26, 2026 • 10:00 AM–1:00 PM Pacific • 1:00 PM–4:00 PM Eastern
100% Virtual Access via WebEx • On-Demand Playback Available for Registered Attendees
Human Services Is Entering the AI Era. Will Your Organization Be Ready?
AI for Stronger Families Summit
Igniting Family Engagement, Leadership, and Innovation Through Technology
Fathers and Families Coalition of America invites affiliates, members, stakeholders, and family-serving professionals to a purpose-driven virtual-only summit focused on how ChatGPT, Claude, and other emerging AI tools can strengthen fatherhood, family engagement, organizational capacity, grant writing, ethics, communication, and human connection.
This is not a technology lecture. It is a practical training experience designed to help participants leave with tools, templates, and a 90-day implementation roadmap they can begin using right away.
First 30 virtual seats are FREE through WebEx. Registration is required to receive access details and on-demand playback.
Date
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
Time
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM Pacific
National Time
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Eastern
Format
100% Virtual via WebEx
10:00 AM Pacific • 11:00 AM Mountain • 12:00 PM Central • 1:00 PM Eastern
On-demand playback will be available for registered attendees.
Human Services Cannot Afford to Be Left Behind
AI Is Already Changing the Field. This Summit Helps You Lead With Ethics and Purpose.
Larger systems are moving quickly. Smaller nonprofits, fatherhood programs, Head Start and Early Head Start partners, community-based organizations, faith-based agencies, and grassroots leaders must not be left behind. This summit is designed for real-world professionals who need practical AI tools without replacing professional judgment, culture, lived experience, or relationships.
Practical AI Training for Human Services
Leave With Three Tools You Can Use Immediately
Participants will not simply hear about AI. They will leave with practical resources to support grant writing, family engagement, staff communication, outreach, workflow, ethics, and implementation.
1. AI Prompt Library
A starter prompt library for grant writing, family engagement messages, outreach content, training ideas, program descriptions, staff communication, and practical use of ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI tools.
2. AI Ethics & Use Policy Template
A one-page policy template your organization can adapt for privacy, accuracy, transparency, cultural humility, staff guidance, and responsible AI use.
3. 90-Day Implementation Roadmap
A simple action roadmap for using AI to strengthen communication, reduce administrative pressure, support storytelling, improve workflow, and expand family engagement.
Featured Speaker & Core Summit Trainer
Chandra Lopez-Brooks
Owner, Powerhaus Strategies
TikTok: @storytomoneycoach
Chandra Lopez-Brooks is an award-winning leader, speaker, and consultant who helps nonprofits, educators, and family-serving organizations harness technology for impact. She helps professionals use artificial intelligence to reduce burnout, streamline operations, strengthen communication, and deepen engagement with fathers and families.
Chandra will guide participants through practical uses of ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI-supported tools for grant writing, family engagement content, organizational communication, training development, ethical decision-making, and implementation planning.
Additional Training Leadership
Fatherhood, Technology, and FFCA’s Innovation Vision
Bryan Evans
The Father Center of New Jersey
Bryan Evans will lead Fatherhood in the Digital Age, a focused session on how technology can strengthen fatherhood engagement, digital outreach, workforce development, mobile learning, dashboards, online support, and program innovation.
Dr. James C. Rodríguez, MSW, CADC
President and Chief Executive Officer, FFCA
Dr. Rodríguez will open the summit by connecting technology, innovation, AI, fatherhood, family engagement, ethics, and FFCA’s purpose-driven professional development pathway.
Virtual Summit Flow
Three Hours. Practical Tools. Clear Next Steps.
10:00–10:15 AM
Welcome, purpose, and FFCA innovation vision
10:15–11:00 AM
Fatherhood in the Digital Age with Bryan Evans
11:00 AM–12:45 PM
AI for Stronger Families with Chandra Lopez-Brooks
12:45–1:00 PM
Reflection, next steps, and implementation pathway
Ethics, Equity, and Community Responsibility
AI Must Support Human Connection, Not Replace It.
The summit will address responsible AI use, privacy, bias, misinformation, cultural humility, staff guidance, children and families, and how organizations can use AI while protecting dignity, trust, and professional judgment.
Who Should Attend
Designed for Real-World Family-Serving Professionals
Fatherhood practitioners, family engagement professionals, Head Start and Early Head Start leaders, parent educators, nonprofit executives, program directors, case managers, social workers, educators, trainers, faith-based leaders, community-based organizations, researchers, evaluators, and anyone ready to use technology to strengthen families and communities.
Future Professional Development Pathway
AI-Led Family Engagement Practitioner Certificate
This summit is part of FFCA’s emerging pathway to equip family-serving professionals with credible, practical, ethical, and human-centered skills in using technology and artificial intelligence to strengthen family and father engagement.
Limited Opportunity | First 30 Virtual Seats Are FREE
Claim Your Seat and Leave With AI Tools You Can Actually Use.
Complimentary enrollment is available for the first 30 registrants through WebEx. After the first 30 free seats are claimed, registration is $30 through August 25. Same-day virtual registration on August 26 is $50.
100% virtual access via WebEx. On-demand playback available for registered attendees.
The Future of Family Engagement Must Be Innovative and Deeply Human.
FFCA is choosing to lead with wisdom, purpose, ethics, and love. Join us and be part of a growing movement to ensure technology strengthens people, families, organizations, and communities.
ChatGPT with purpose. AI with ethics. Technology with humanity.