Health & Human Service Conference

39th Annual St. Louis County Health & Human Services Conference

Wednesday - Friday October 13 - 15, 2021
Duluth Entertainment Convention Center
Duluth, MN

Important Dates 2021:

April 1 - August 31 - Call for Sponsor Registration

June 1 - Conference Registration opens

We continue to move forward during these difficult times and pursue celebrating our resiliency and announce Love is Key, it Begins with Me as the theme for the 39th Annual St. Louis County Health & Human Services Conference. We will continue to share knowledge, help others and support each other through training, networking & engagement. Please mark your calendar and join us in October!

Conference Registration is now open!

Register to attend in person or virtually. Please note the virtual conference will offer a smaller menu of available workshops.

Early Bird $60 Ends July 31st 2021
Regular $75 Begins August 1st 2021
Walk In $100
Student/Vets $50

In-Person Registration Virtual Registration

Sponsor Registration is now open!

Sponsor Registration

Conference Registration

Registration is open!

In-Person Registration Virtual Registration

Register to attend in person or virtually. Please note the virtual conference will offer a smaller menu of available workshops.

Early Bird $60 Ends July 31st 2021
Regular $75 Begins August 1st 2021
Walk In $100
Student/Vets $50

For more information contact:
Michelle Nelson 218-726-2248 or email

For HHSC Accounting or online registration questions:
call: 218-726-2292 or email

No registration refunds after Monday September 13, 2021.

The fee covers attendance for all days of the conference and admittance to the exhibit hall. Participants can attend the institutes and workshops of their choice throughout the conference. Minnesota Board of Social Work continuing education units (C.E.U.s) will be available; some C.E.U.s may also fulfill Minnesota Board of Nursing requirements.

Online registration ends Wednesday September 30, 2021 at 4:00 p.m.

Make your check payable:
SLC Human Service Conference Fund

Mail checks to:

320 West 2nd Street
GSC 4 West, Attn: Cori Helget
Duluth, MN 55802-1495

Call for Presenters

Call for Presenters is open!

Proposal Form

Workshop proposals are due by MAY 31, 2021. Presenter proposals will be reviewed by the Program Conference Committee, and presenters will be notified of their acceptance by the end of June.

We encourage proposals that qualify for clinical clock hours towards LICSW licensure. Please indicate on your proposal form if your workshop meet any of the criteria below.

Differential diagnosis and biopsychosocial assessment including normative development and psychopathology across the life span
Assessment-based clinical treatment planning with measurable goals
Clinical intervention methods informed by research and current standards of practice
Evaluation methodologies
Social work values and ethics including cultural context diversity and social policy
Culturally specific clinical assessment and intervention

2021 Conference Keynote Speaker

Opening KeyNote

Sonya Renee Taylor is an author, poet, spoken word artist, speaker, humanitarian and social justice activist, educator, and founder of The Body is Not An Apology movement. She has won multiple National and International poetry slams, and has performed for audiences across the US and Canada, New Zealand and Australia, the British Isles and and the Netherlands. Her writing explores the intersections of race and gender on the topic of body positivity, critiquing the current ideas society has around the movement, making it more inclusive and claiming space for those who have been noticeably left out of the conversation.

Closing Keynote
Dr. Maryam M. Jernigan-Noesi is a licensed psychologist, professor, clinician-scientist, and equity and inclusion consultant with a particular emphasis on race and culture. She focuses on the investigation of the social determinants of racial health disparities among marginalized populations, culturally-responsive assessment and treatment models, child and adolescent social-emotional development, and Black maternal health. As an educator, Dr. Jernigan-Noesi has over 15 years of formal instructional experience in higher education, graduate, and professional schools where she has earned recognition for exceptional teaching.