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The Family Café
Collaboration * Advocacy * Friendship * Empowerment
The 28th Annual Family Café
June 12-14, 2026 * Orlando, FL
Online Registration for The 28th Annual Family Cafe Now Open!
Online registration for The 28th Annual Family Cafe is Now Open!
Register here!
As always, there is no registration fee for individuals with disabilities and their families.
We also offer Financial Assistance to cover the cost of hotel accommodations to a limited number of qualified applicants. Requesting Financial Assistance is easy! Just check the box on the form when you register. That assistance is awarded by lottery.
In addition to registering for The Annual Family Cafe, you’ll also be able to register for either of our pre-conference events, the Women’s Summit and the Family-Run Organization Movement training. You’ll see details about those events on the registration form.
We’re hard at work putting together the best Annual Family Cafe yet, with dozens of informative sessions, a series of engaging keynotes, a packed Exhibit Hall, and all kinds of disability-friendly activities. We can’t wait to see you there!
In the meantime, you can find all the latest updates on our conference page here, or by following us on Facebook and Instagram.
See you soon!
Fundraising in a New Era: How Fundraising Is Different Now and How to Set Yourself Up for Success
The Family Cafe invites you to attend the next FROM webinar!
Fundraising in a New Era: How Fundraising Is Different Now and How to Set Yourself Up for Success
Monday, March 9th, 10 am – 11:30 am
Register here!
Fundraising used to be a somewhat straightforward experience: identify organizations and people who care about your cause, ask them for money, and repeat. But in this new era of less predictability about who will fund your work, we need to change our approach. This includes building authentic relationships with potential funders and finding creative ways to engage people in your work to become partners and champions. Sign up for this webinar to learn more about the changed landscape of fundraising and how to set yourself and your organization up for success in 2026 and beyond.
Presenter Mary Kingston Roche is an experienced policy leader and advocate who has effectively secured new funding, champions, and partners for the organizations she has been involved in during her career. She is also currently on a local nonprofit Board and understands firsthand the challenges and opportunities for fundraising in today’s climate. She shares her experience and insights from identifying, pursuing, and securing funding; building relationships; and creating partnerships to help individuals and organizations successfully navigate fundraising in this new era.
This webinar is the first in a two-part series on fundraising, with part two set for April. Stay tuned for details about part two!
The “Let’s Talk!”
Legislative Update
Returns for 2026
It’s a new year, and that means a new annual legislative session in Florida. And it also means that The Family Cafe’s “Let’s Talk!” Legislative Update is back to keep you connected with what’s happening in Tallahassee, and what it means for Floridians with disabilities!
The Family Cafe believes that it’s critical for people with disabilities, their families, and advocates to stay informed about changing laws and policies. That’s why we host a weekly Zoom session to share updates and answer questions every Friday at 4:00 ET throughout the sixty-day legislative session!
The first meeting for 2025 is set for Friday, January 23rd at 4:00 ET.
Click here to register to attend!
Find recordings of all of the 2026 “Let’s Talk!” Legislative Updates here!
Exhibit Hall Space at
The 28th Annual Family Cafe
Now Available!
Exhibit Hall space at The 28th Annual Family Cafe is now available!
With over 15,000 registrants, including individuals with disabilities of all ages, their families, and professionals, The Annual Family Café offers exhibitors an opportunity to connect directly with the unique target audience that is the disability community. Our Exhibit Hall offers an unparalleled opportunity to share products and services with attendees looking for resources to improve their lives on a grand scale.
Learn more and reserve your space here!
We also have space set aside for Micro-Enterprises, which are small businesses owned and operated by people with disabilities. Learn more about the Micro-Enterprise program and apply here.
There’s also space available for authors with disabilities and writers engaging with the disability experience in our Book Fair. Learn more and apply here.
Donate to The Family Café
Since 1998, The Family Café has been connecting Floridians with disabilities and their families with information, training, resources, and networking opportunities. The families that came together to create The Family Café, and our signature event, The Annual Family Café, believed that by coming together, Florida families could support each other, connect each other with critical resources, and build inclusive, disability-friendly communities.
To realize our vision of a future where people with disabilities are truly valued, we rely on the investment of those that share our beliefs. If you want to help us build a future where people with disabilities can thrive in their communities, we invite you to support our work my making a donation today.
The Family Café is a 501c3 nonprofit organization, and your contribution will be fully tax deductible.
Offline donations can be made by mailing a check to:
The Family Cafe
713 E Park Ave.
Tallahassee, FL, 32301
Contact The Family Café
713 East Park Ave., Tallahassee, FL 32301
Phone: (850) 224-4670
Toll Free: (888) 309-CAFE
Fax: (850) 224-4674
Email: info@familycafe.net
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