About This Conference
Come join us!
Thursday, April 17, 2025
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
410 E Michigan Avenue
Lansing, MI 48933
Learn, grow, connect and have FUN!
You’re invited to join our NEW and IMPROVED Michigan Scaling Up Conference on Thursday, April 17 with an AFTER CONFERENCE MIXER sponsored by Guardian Pharmacy!
Learn strategies to save wasted time, increase facility income, reduce frustration, and win AMAZING prizes.
Whether you want to improve your current organization or open one or more new locations, we will show you how to streamline your staffing, audits, residents, and licensing procedures.
Drastically reduce your stress and re-discover the joy of caring for your residents, staff – and yourself!
The Regular Way
The Best WayEast Michigan’s Scaling Up Conference elevated AFC operators to the next level!
Care Provider Solutions and Enriched Living are proud to announce this year’s only Scaling Up Conference with multiple breakout session choices and an AFTER CONFERENCE MIXER!
Join us as we teach and train adult foster care (AFC) owners and operators how to scale up their operations through resources, connections, and best industry practices.
Join us to learn, grow, connect, and have FUN!
This conference is for you
if you are a current AFC owner, licensee, administrator, or manager who………
What You’ll Learn
It doesn’t have to be this hard!
Whether you are experienced or new to owning an AFC, this course is for you if…
Meet your keynote speakers
Nadine Carlson
Co-Founder and Consultant for Care Provider Solutions.
My passion is to help owners and operators reduce the stress associated with running and operating Specialized Licensed Adult Foster Care homes. I understand running an AFC home and providing care can be overwhelming. My 12 years of experience running award-winning homes and 3 years of AFC consulting have given me an in-depth understanding of many common issues AFC residential assisted living homes face.
It is my privilege to partner with Enriched Living and other industry experts to help AFC owners grow and collaborate at the Scaling up Conference. This event is fun and filled with the tools to prevent burnout and eliminate the fake-it-until-you-make-it syndrome. It is so valuable to have many AFC Owners supporting each other, sharing resources and encouragement.
Laurie Labie
Executive Director of Enriched Living
& Breakout Session Presenter
Enriched Living was founded in 2017 with the mission of making premium care accessible to all and to create warm and welcoming homes for adults with disabilities.
She and her team create communities of support for their residents through advocacy, education, and activities. They foster hope for vulnerable adults and their families by offering premium care and opportunities for growth.
Through Scaling Up and her collaboration with Care Provider Solutions, she uses her skills to mentor and teach. We share some of what we and other industry experts have learned over the many years of being in the business. This helps the attendees avoid wasting time figuring it out on their own.
Breakout Session Presenters
Community of Mental Health Panel
AFC owners with a specialized certification to serve the mentally ill and developmentally disabled sometimes find the CMH terminology confusing and best practices when working with a CMH frustrating and not clear.
Our panel of CMH experts, Traci Smith from MCCMH, Tony Maniscalco from Network 180, Rhea Freitag from Summit Pointe and Connie Swain from GHS are joining together to answer questions and provide insight on some of the most frequently asked questions:
Dementia Training
We welcome Suzy, certified Dementia Practitioner and owner of SilverTree Memory Partners to Scaling Up.
Her interest in dementia care stems from spending time with her grandfather as he progressed through the stages of dementia. Finding ways to connect with him took on many forms, from playing pool to having simple conversations. As his care needs changed so did my approaches for communication, planning our activities and maintaining safety within his environment.
Learn from Suzy as she teaches:
Communication and Leadership Skill Training
We welcome Amy Leep, owner of Comply and Co-Coach at Care Provider Solutions.
With over 20 years of experience in AFC/HFA and Skilled Nursing, Amy Leep is passionate about collaborating with leaders and team members to implement processes and policies that foster a successful and supportive environment.
As part of her ongoing commitment to providing the best care and support, she will teach effective communication and leadership skills to help create a supportive atmosphere, build trust and ensure we meet the needs of those we care for in a respectful and compassionate manner.
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Frequently Asked Questions
If you don’t find the answer to your question below, reach out to us and we’ll happily help you find the answer!
We heard the suggestions and are applying them to this Scaling Up Conference.
Our new and improved format has coffee, topics to address the pain points of many providers and an after conference mixer!
Science shows it takes the average person 2-7 time to hear the same message before taking action. Join us again because “repetition is the mother of learning, the father of action, which makes it the architect of accomplishement.” Zig Ziglar
Care Provider Solutions courses are for any soon to be or existing, AFC Owner, CFO, AFC Director of Operations, Director of Admissions, or House Facility Manager operating one or more adult foster care facilities.
Have you ever said, “I have too many things to work on, I don’t have time to go to this event”
Consider the quote from Albert Einstein, “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
Scaling Up can provide a resource roadmap to getting your life back.
If you value learning and continuous improvement for both you and your staff, this course will benefit your organization.
If you’re like most adult foster care home owners, you started your business because you wanted to…
But now that your business is up and running, you’re stuck in an endless cycle of tasks.
The “big dream” feels more like a big burden that keeps you up at night.
How can you start enjoying the fruits of your labor – instead of just “laboring” all the time?
Well… you know how to open and run AFC homes, but is it enough to accomplish your goals and continuously improve?
That’s what Scaling Up is designed to help you do.
Whether you are new to the adult foster care industry or are an experienced owner/operator, we can help. We know the frustration of not having enough time in a day to get everything done.
Your time is short and precious. Let us shorten the learning curve so you experience more financial success sooner. For experienced owners/operators, let us save a valuable resource, time, to maximize your financial success.
Conveniently located in Lansing. Come join us at the Studio @ 414. Lansing’s New Intimate Venue.
The location is at 410 E Michigan Ave, Lansing, MI 48933
Coffee and lunch is provided at NO extra charge and is included in the price of the ticket.
Testimonials
Hear how Scaling Up training impacted participating residential assisted living homes.
At Care Provider Solutions we’re here to help you succeed!
These downloadable free resources are a great place to start if you haven’t taken the “Scaling Up – Adding Additional Homes” Mentor Led Course yet.
The time is now to benefit from “How to Make Money and A Profit at Your AFC”.
Looking for more?
Care Provider Solutions offers a variety of courses tailored to the most common pain points of new and experienced AFC owners. Check out these additional courses to help you succeed.
Free downloads and tips to reduce operating stress and increase profitability.
Our free resources vault contains downloads and tips to help you reduce operating stress and increase profitability.
