ABHPC Action Lab 2026
Prevention in Action: Everyday Heroes
May 12-14, 2026
Anaheim, CA
Embassy Suites by Hilton Anaheim South
11767 Harbor Boulevard, Garden Grove, CA 92840
This annual gathering offers in-person training and technical assistance opportunities for prevention professionals throughout California. The three-day event will feature a diverse range of training topics that support emerging, intermediate, and advanced preventionists. The 2026 event space will focus on workforce expansion and sustainability, engaging transitional age youth populations, understanding the role of the social drivers of health in primary prevention, supporting the prevention field and efforts through collaboration, community, compassion, and care, and more. 16 hours of Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will be provided free of charge for all participants who attend the full three-day training event.
All prevention providers in California are welcome! If you support behavioral health prevention efforts at the state, county, or community level, we invite you to attend. Community sectors ideal for participation include county-level prevention professionals; state-level prevention professionals; Tribal governments and organizations; community coalition members and local champions; school-based and higher education behavioral health professionals; youth-serving organizations; community-based organizations; California primary prevention partners (such as Elevate Youth California and Friday Night Live grantees!); and sector partners who support primary prevention, including peers, those with lived experience, young adults, parents, caregivers, and community members.
There is no cost associated with registering for the training event. Some meals are also automatically covered as part of attending. Costs not included are travel (e.g., mileage, flights, tolls, etc.), meals outside of the training space, lodging, and other associated travel expenses. If you are a county-level prevention provider, the Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant (SUBG) is eligible to cover the costs associated with attending the ABHPC Action Lab Training Event. Refer to your county SUBG contract for travel allowability and per diem rates. Beyond the SUBG, many other prevention grants and funding sources also allow for attending training spaces. We suggest that you talk to your grants officer or leadership team to see if your funding source is applicable to support attending the ABHPC Action Lab Training Event.
Yes! During the morning of May 12th, three supplemental spaces will be offered:
- First, county-level prevention staff will have the opportunity to gather during the County Prevention Provider Collaborative, where they will learn about California’s current statewide projects and priorities in behavioral health primary prevention. This training space is free to attend, and an additional 3 hours of CEUs will be offered.
- Additionally, new and emerging professionals in prevention are welcome to join Prevention Foundations. This space is designed for professionals who have been in the field for two years or less, this space will review essential topics in primary prevention, including the Strategic Prevention Framework, national and state prevention priorities, prevention acronyms, and more. This training space is free to attend, and an additional 3 hours of CEUs will be offered.
- Finally, we are excited to offer an in-person gathering space for Tribal partners and SUD primary prevention providers, including those who work directly with providing Tribal prevention programming. This gathering will be held to further plan for the collaboration and development of the California Native Prevention Collaborative for training, technical assistance, and culturally-centered primary prevention outreach efforts.