Schedule
2025 Conference | Sept 9–12 at Hershey Lodge
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Monday
RCPA PAC Golf Outing to be held at Colonial Golf & Tennis Club, 4901 Linglestown Rd, Harrisburg, PA 17112
11:00 am | Golf Outing Registration and Lunch |
12:00 pm | Golf Outing Shotgun Start |
8:00 pm – 11:00 pm | RCPA Hospitality Suite (Hershey Lodge) |
Tuesday
7:30 am – 9:30 am | Coffee Break sponsored by Sigmund Software |
8:00 am – 4:30 pm | Registration sponsored by Community Care Behavioral Health Organization |
9:15 am – 10:30 am | Keynote: Building Organizational Culture and High Performing Healthy Teams, Karen Weeks |
10:30 am – 10:45 am | Coffee Break sponsored by Sigmund Software |
10:45 am – 11:15 am | Plenary: State of the State, DHS Secretary Valerie Arkoosh |
11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Boxed Lunch sponsored by Hearten and Wesley Family Services |
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm | Workshop Session A |
2:00 pm – 2:15 pm | Coffee Break sponsored by Inglis |
2:15 pm – 3:45 pm | Workshop Session B |
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm | Refreshment Break sponsored by Inglis |
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm | Workshop Session C |
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm | Welcome Reception sponsored by OneWell Health Care |
8:00 pm – 11:00 pm | RCPA Hospitality Suite |
Wednesday
6:30 am – 7:30 am | Gentle Yoga and Breathwork (All Levels) |
8:00 am – 4:30 pm | Registration sponsored by Community Care Behavioral Health Organization |
8:00 am – 9:30 am | Breakfast Buffet sponsored by Brown and Brown Insurance |
9:00 am – 10:15 am | Keynote Speaker: Applying Resilience and Mindfulness to Enhance Leadership, Judge Victor Reyes (Ret.) |
10:15 am – 11:15 am | Coffee Break sponsored by Carelon |
10:30 am – 12:00 pm | Workshop Session D |
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm | Association Awards Luncheon sponsored by Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health |
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm | Workshop Session E |
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Carelon Connections Hall Opening Reception sponsored by Embolden WC Trust, Holcomb Behavioral Health Systems, Hope Enterprises, Inc., Horizon House, and Venango Training and Development Center, Inc. – Team game sponsored by Staunton Farm Foundation – Exhibitor Game Grand Prize sponsored by Magellan Behavioral Health of Pennsylvania |
8:00 pm – 11:00 pm | RCPA Hospitality Suite |
Thursday
7:30 am – 9:00 am | Breakfast in Carelon Connections Hall sponsored by Greenspace Health |
7:30 am – 2:00 pm | Carelon Connections Hall Open |
8:00 am – 3:45 pm | Registration sponsored by Community Care Behavioral Health Organization |
9:00 am – 10:15 am | Keynote Speaker: The EEOC is NOT Messing Around: Harassment Prevention in 2025 and Beyond, Michael Cohen |
10:15 am – 10:30 am | Carelon Connections Hall Coffee Break sponsored by Corporation for Independent Living (CIL) |
10:30 am – 12:00 pm | Workshop Session F |
12:00 pm – 1:45 pm | Carelon Connections Hall Luncheon sponsored by CAB, CareLink Community Support Services, and Community Behavioral Health with Prize Giveaways |
1:45 pm – 3:15 pm | Workshop Session G |
3:15 pm – 3:30 pm | Coffee Break sponsored by Step By Step, Inc. |
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm | Workshop Session H |
5:00 pm – 7:30 pm | Dinner on Your Own |
7:30 pm – 11:00 pm | RCPA Hospitality Suite |
Friday
8:00 am – 9:00 am | Registration sponsored by Community Care Behavioral Health Organization |
8:00 am – 10:00 am | Breakfast Buffet sponsored by Merakey |
9:00 am – 10:30 am | Plenary Session: National Outlook: The Turbulent Landscape of 2025/26, Donna Martin and Mohini Venkatesh |
10:30 am – 11:30 am | Keynote Speaker: Rediscovering You: How to Reconnect, Recharge, and Rise, Kory Shrum |
11:30 am – 12:00 pm | Travel Snacks sponsored by Berks Counseling Center |