Linkages is a collaboration between CalWORKs and Child Welfare to serve families who are involved with Child Welfare or at risk of future involvement. 

Allow parents, former foster youth, foster parents, and others to contribute to improving the Child Welfare system. 

Current or former foster youth who engage in local projects to improve Child Welfare policies, programs and practices. 

Helps county cross-system teams access training, technical assistance, and implementation tools.

Guides Child Welfare practice, service delivery, and decision-making. 

Works to prevent child maltreatment by supporting Comprehensive Prevention Plan implementation.

Works to implement a statewide cross-coordination model to address child trafficking.

Supports recently appointed county Child Welfare agency directors in California.

Works with public human services agencies to support their efforts to meet the growing needs of vulnerable adults in California.

Supporting efforts to reduce congregate care and enhance services for children in foster care.

Supporting CDSS' work to streamline foster care, adoption, and guardianship processes for new resource families.

Additional work supported by CFPIC.