We want you to be comfortable. Casual or business casual attire is perfect. Consider dressing in layers as conference rooms in hotels can be cool and the temperature can vary among rooms. Be sure to bring your walking shoes. Fall weather in Washington, D.C., is usually cool with daytime highs in the mid-50s. Be sure to check the forecast before you arrive!

You may indicate on your registration form if you are vegetarian or require a gluten-free diet. We’ll work with the venue to address any and all food allergies, but we are limited to what they can provide. Our lunch selections have always included vegetarian, gluten and dairy free options and we’ll strive to make sure this year’s menu will, too. We appreciate your patience with this. Be sure to notify us of more severe allergies.

With the exception of an occasional private workshop (for survivors or law enforcement only, for example), there is no pre-registration for workshops. All seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Once a workshop has reached its capacity, facilitators will close the doors and direct attendees elsewhere.

Due to the sensitive, and sometimes graphic, nature of content provided during our workshops and presentations, we require that all attendees be age 18 or older.

You, your new friends, and Shared Hope staff will have the chance to connect over beverages and light local faire. Access is complimentary for General Admission ticket holder, but attendance is optional.

If there are any concerns, frustrations, or grievances you experience leading up to or during our event, we want to hear about it. You can always include that in your conference evaluation, which is read by our staff each year. If there’s something you’d like to address directly with our staff, contact the conference organizer at conferences@sharedhope.org. Include your full name and organization/company. You may also reach us in other ways: visit our website for more information, contact Shared Hope International headquarters by calling 1-866-437-5433, or send us a note via snail mail: P.O. Box 1907, Vancouver, WA. 98668.

We have in-person workshop available at this year’s JuST. We have decided to keep all programing in-person in 2023 so we will not be offering a virtual component like we have done in recent years.

Visit our change request form.

Yes! Presenters have been asked to make their materials available to attendees a week before the conference. Look for an announcement with a special passcode for downloading resources a few weeks before the event.

Yes! This year there will be internet access available in the meeting rooms.

All CEU or credit applicants are required to sign in and out of workshops in each session and complete the session surveys in the mobile app. This program is approved by the National Association of Social Workers (Approval # 886539647-8661) for 11.5 continuing education contact hours. NASW are the only pre-approved CEUs offered at this year’s JuST Conference. If you would like a general certificate of attendance with details regarding your sessions to submit to another governing body, please sign in/out of the NASW CEU sign-in sheets so that we have record of your unique session attendance.

will be made available to any attendees upon request following the conclusion of the conference. Please contact conferences@sharedhope.org to request your certificate.