THE APPLICATION FOR THE 2026 FAMILY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE IS HERE

REMINDER: APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BY JULY 31, 2026.

The recording from June 30 2026 informational webinar can be found HERE. 

 Please use the following Passcode: xBY=37!E

The Family Leadership Institute is an annual gathering of system-impacted families from across the country. Selected participants come together for two and a half days to build skills, find community, and step into their power as advocates.

FLI offers hands-on training, coaching, and peer support to help families navigate child welfare and (in)justice systems, heal from trauma, and become leaders who move change forward — for their own loved ones and for other families like theirs.

Together, participants learn how systems work (and don't work), strengthen their voice, and develop organizing skills rooted in equity and social justice.

At its core, FLI is about growth — personal growth, community growth, and the growth of collective movements — so that we can interrupt cycles of incarceration and harm, and build something better for the next generation.

• Systems' education includes history, reform strategies, and policy tools.
• Participants build advocacy skills rooted in trauma awareness and healing practices.
• Training addresses structural racism and systemic inequality.
• Organizing modules explore mobilization, base-building, and policy action.
• Sessions explore how trauma affects youth and families across systems.
• Families gain tools to lead, support others, and engage decision-makers.
• Fosters lifelong commitment to justice and equity through empowered leadership.