Inside the 2026 Connect Summit: Key Sessions You Won’t Want to Miss
The Connect Summit is Findhelp’s annual social care conference, featuring 40 sessions from healthcare, policy, government, education, and nonprofit leaders.
More than 2,600 people have already registered for this year’s Summit on May 13-14 to learn directly from peers delivering and managing social care in real-world settings 👉 Grab your free seat.
Taking place May 13-14, the 2026 Connect Social Care Summit is shaping up to be one of our most dynamic yet, bringing together leaders across industries and geographies for two days of practical, real-world learning.
This year’s featured sessions spotlight organizations actively using Findhelp to coordinate care, strengthen partnerships, and improve outcomes. Whether you’re focused on implementation, policy, or frontline service delivery, the agenda is packed with insights you can apply immediately.
Keynote spotlight: Teri Takai
We’re honored to welcome Teri Takai, Chief Programs Officer at e.Republic and former CIO for the U.S. Department of Defense, State of Michigan, and State of California. She leads e.Republic’s mission-driven programs and national research institutes focused on technology policy and innovation in the public sector.
Her keynote, Driving Connection: Technology for a Human-Centric Government, explores how modern technology infrastructure and leadership strategies can better connect systems of care. As federal and state policy levers push for rapid modernization, government technology must evolve to be more accessible, nimble, and resident-centered.
Teri Takai
Chief Programs Officer at e.Republic
Teri explores how interoperable frameworks and emerging tools like AI can better connect government to its constituents.
Drawing on her decades of public sector leadership, she will dive into the practical impacts of technology on service delivery and how leaders are being challenged to build more resilient, data-intelligent systems.
It’s a powerful opening to a Summit centered on connection in action.
Featured sessions by theme
Collaboration & cross-sector partnerships
Advancing Awareness & Collaboration Through Find Help Georgia & Beyond
This session explores how organizations can increase visibility of services while strengthening collaboration across partners to better support children and families.
Beyond Help Me Grow: Scaling WV Connections Across Systems
Learn how West Virginia is expanding coordinated care efforts across systems to improve access and outcomes for residents statewide.
Building a Healthier Tomorrow: A Comprehensive Approach to Food Insecurity through Education, Navigation & Access
Cooper University Health Care is taking a holistic, system-wide approach to integrating social care into patient support strategies.
Healthcare integration & outcomes
Closing the Loop on Behavioral Health: Leveraging Data Exchange to Integrate Medical, Behavioral, and Social Care
Cedars-Sinai and Pacific Clinics demonstrate a high-impact collaborative care model that uses data exchange to manage complex behavioral health needs post-hospitalization.
How NYC Health + Hospitals Cares for Complexity: Addressing Medical and Social Needs in Sickle Cell Disease & HIV Prevention
Join NYC Health + Hospitals to explore how they address the intersection of medical and social complexity within HIV prevention and Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) care.
How Advocate Health Uses Data to and Power BI to Drive Strategic Staff Engagement and Community Outreach
Discover how Advocate Health leverages geographic mapping to visualize the alignment between their Trusted Network and community social needs.
Empowering Heart Failure Management: The Interdisciplinary Role in Enhanced Patient Outcomes
Northwestern Memorial Hospital presents an evidence-based pathway that integrates clinical heart failure treatment with social determinants of health.
Implementation & operational excellence
Empowering Frontliners: Reducing Emergency Department Visits by Connecting Patients to Community Organizations and Primary Care
Connxus highlights the vital role of Community Health Workers in shifting patients from emergency care to sustainable primary and community-based support.
Healthier Students, Stronger Districts: Medicaid Expansion for Indiana School Nursing
Explore how integrated Medicaid billing functionality captures often-missed reimbursement opportunities without adding to nurse burnout.
Scaling Inpatient Social Needs Screening Across a Multi-State Health System
Trinity Health shares the strategy behind achieving a five-fold increase in systemwide inpatient social needs screening across 92 hospitals in just one year. Discover how one of the nation’s largest health systems is scaling screening efforts at scale.
Paired perspectives
Advancing Rural Access Through Regional Partnerships and Trusted Community Networks
Explore how MaineHealth and the Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts are tailoring the Findhelp platform to meet the unique needs of rural and regional communities.
Building Pennsylvania’s Connected Social Care Ecosystem
Explore how Pennsylvania is transforming social care through a unified statewide ecosystem and forward‑thinking health system strategies that strengthen coordination, expand access, and improve outcomes for residents.
Closing the Loop: A CHW-Driven Model for Connecting Patients to Social Care
Discover how Orlando Health and Parkland Health leverage Community Health Workers and integrated technology to reduce readmissions and bridge the gap in social care coordination.
From City to County: Public Sector Leadership in Social Care
Discover how public sector leaders at the town and county levels are transforming service delivery by building robust, sustainable social care networks.
From Go-Live to Growth: The Operational Playbook for Merging Findhelp Platforms and Scaling System-Wide
Discover how CommUnityCare and Sanford Health-Marshfield Clinic move beyond “go-live” to scale social care operations and navigate the complexities of organizational growth.
Register to attend the 2026 Connect Summit
Whether you’re coming to learn, connect, or share, registration for the Connect Summit is free and open to all. Attendees can build a custom agenda across 40+ sessions, engage with peers across sectors, and explore timely topics ranging from policy and technology to implementation and collaboration.
For answers to common questions about the event format, sessions, and participation, visit the Summit FAQ.
Thank you to our sponsors!
A special thank you to our Connect Summit sponsors for supporting this event and helping bring together a national community committed to advancing social care. Their partnership makes it possible to elevate real-world voices, share innovation, and foster meaningful collaboration across sectors.
MHK partners with leading health plans, pharmacy benefit managers and other managed care organizations—delivering solutions that streamline workflows, support compliance and lead to better outcomes for all members.
RxDiet partners with health plans and at-risk organizations to engage the most vulnerable, chronically-ill, members or patients with medically tailored, fresh ingredient delivery and behavioral & dietary guidance.
