2026 DFSS PreService: Full Schedule

Welcome to the 2026 3-Day DFSS PreService

📍Palmer House Chicago
17 E Monroe St, Chicago, IL 60603

Breakfast and Registration open at 8:00am
Conference programming from 9:00am -4:10pm

You will be able to validate your attendance (Check-In to sessions) using your personal schedule.

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9:20am CDT

Budget Ready

LIMITED

Wednesday August 5, 2026 9:20am - 11:00am CDT

Salon 3

Limited Capacity seats available

Do you want to know how not to have you budget help up in the city process? Do you know all the right documentation to send in along with your budget? Come let's talk about the documentation and allow us to explain the reasoning why?

Speakers

Angel Jones-Dotson

Simple Servant, DFSS

Dr. Jones-Dotson has worked in the field of H/R, Grants Management, & Auditing for over 30+ years. She is found of learning new things and helping others bridge the gap to what they thought numbers were to what the possibilities of what they could be.

Jacinta Passamentt

AD Program Admin/Fiscal, CSD

Wednesday August 5, 2026 9:20am - 11:00am CDT
Salon 3

DFSS

11:00am CDT

Gateways Credentials Overview

LIMITED

Wednesday August 5, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT

Salon 3

Limited Capacity seats available

This presentation will provide a general overview of Gateways Credentials and the application process. We'll go over the three Credential components, the Gateways career lattice, how to apply, and what happens after an application is received. A brief walk through the website and the Registry Professional Development Record will be shared. General questions can be addressed but please, no applicant specific questions during the presentation.

Speakers