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Linkages
Linkages is a collaboration between CalWORKs and Child Welfare to serve families who are involved with Child Welfare or at risk of future involvement.
Citizen Review Panels
Allow parents, former foster youth, foster parents, and others to contribute to improving the Child Welfare system.
Youth Engagement Project
Current or former foster youth who engage in local projects to improve Child Welfare policies, programs and practices.
Capacity Building & System Integration
Helps county cross-system teams access training, technical assistance, and implementation tools.
California Child Welfare Core Practice Model
Guides Child Welfare practice, service delivery, and decision-making.
Prevention
Works to prevent child maltreatment by supporting Comprehensive Prevention Plan implementation.
Preventing & Addressing Child Trafficking
Works to implement a statewide cross-coordination model to address child trafficking.
New Child Welfare Directors
Supports recently appointed county Child Welfare agency directors in California.
Adults
Program
Works with public human services agencies to support their efforts to meet the growing needs of vulnerable adults in California.
Continuum of Care Reform
Supporting efforts to reduce congregate care and enhance services for children in foster care.
Resource Family Approval
Supporting CDSS’ work to streamline foster care, adoption, and guardianship processes for new resource families.
Other
Programs
Additional work supported by CFPIC.
LATEST NEWS
CFPIC reaches its 20th Anniversary milestone!
Learn more about our journey over the past 20 years and our plans for the future by reviewing our 20th Anniversary Report and Strategic Plan!
Initial Linkages Evaluation Results: Families Share their Perspective!
December 10, 2024 As part of our larger Linkages evaluation, we recently worked with 3 participating Linkages counties and our evaluation partner RDA to design and administer a…
Join the CFPIC Team in 2025!
November 26, 2024 CFPIC is excited to announce that we are hiring for multiple positions in early 2025: Program Director: Linkages Program Associate: Prevention Program Associate: Adults Each…
Integrate 2024: PACT Statewide Convening
October 15, 2024 Last month we gathered over 130 PACT cohort members from across the state to build connections with peers, explore innovations from the field, and hear…