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2027 WASHINGTON BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE CONFERENCE
June 16-17*, 2027    Kennewick, WA
Rooted in Resilience

*The 2027 WBHC will be held Wednesday & Thursday due to the celebration of Juneteenth on June 18.*

We invite you to join us in presenting innovative workshops at the 37th annual Washington Behavioral Healthcare Conference! This year our focus is on the remarkable abilities of people to adapt, recover, and thrive.

Ready to get started? Visit the website HERE! Submissions are due December 7, 2026.

The conference brings together a diverse group of presenters to share information about therapeutic interventions, recovery supports, promising programs, and policies that advance best practices. Our goal is to provide a learning experience that expands professional knowledge, promotes community partnerships, and helps make recovery a reality. We’re interested in sessions that are practical, replicable, and relevant to our attendees. We anticipate over 600 attendees in Kennewick—this is a great opportunity to share your knowledge and experience, and inspire others! We also want community behavioral health to join together in Kennewick to celebrate all the amazing people, programs, and agencies who are doing their utmost to provide quality services to those who need them, despite all the unknowns we’re facing.

As a presenter at the 2027 WBHC, you’ll gain visibility and have the opportunity to interact with a broad audience. Conference attendees include clinical staff, program managers, people with lived experience, family members, peers, nonprofit staff, and staff of system partners and state agencies including the Health Care Authority and the Department of Corrections.

Each proposal chosen will receive a complimentary conference registration and one night hotel accommodations for each presenter (up to the limit of speakers as noted). Travel expenses and per diem are not provided.

For more information on submitting an application and what’s required for an application, visit the submission website HERE.

Looking for slides or handouts from a 2026 WBHC session? You can find them HERE.

Stay tuned for more info on keynote speakers! 

Questions? Contact Alison Avery at aavery@thewashingtoncouncil.org.

The Washington Council for Behavioral Health is grateful for funding from the Health Care Authority & the Department of Corrections.

Funding for this conference was made possible (in part) by SAMHSA. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services, nor does the mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Questions?

Contact Alison Avery, Director of Conference Planning & Project Management at (206) 628-4608 x12 or aavery@thewashingtoncouncil.org

If you’d like to be added to the email list to receive info on attending or exhibiting at the WBHC, contact Alison at aavery@thewashingtoncouncil.org and specify which email list you’d like to be added to.

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