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Written by: Stacy Shwartz Olagundoye & Melissa Connelly Racial disparities persist in California’s Child Welfare System. Black and African American youth in California’s foster care are overrepresented (21%) when compared to California’s 2022 total population of Black youth (5%)[1]. This trend persists across the United States, where 22% of the total youth in foster care…
Read More >CFPIC recently hosted the 2025 Adult Services MDT Convening in Sacramento, California. This event brought together human services professionals and their partners to exchange knowledge, develop new skills, share experiences and innovative ideas, and foster connections with teams across the state to enhance services for older adults. We are proud to have organized this event…
Read More >By Stuart Oppenheim, Director Emeritus, and Melissa Gomez, PACT Program Director Thanks to the incredible efforts of our PACT (Preventing and Addressing Child Trafficking) team, I had the honor of spending an unforgettable day at the State Capitol on January 21, 2025. I truly wish all our staff could have been there to witness the…
Read More >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 survey for mutually involved families who received coordinated case planning. The survey captured insights on the effectiveness of the program, identified challenges, and highlighted successes in meeting family needs and…
Read More >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 from survivors with valuable expertise on human trafficking at the annual Preventing & Addressing Child Trafficking convening. Our PACT staff did an incredible job of not only hosting a successful…
Read More >CFPIC will be undergoing some exciting changes in the coming year! Click here to read a memo from our Board of Directors regarding the appointment of Juliet Cox as Chief Executive Officer effective January 1, 2025.
Read More >CFPIC thanks all of our colleagues, past and present, for a wonderful twenty years of partnership in CFPIC’s evolution. Our 20th Anniversary Report and Strategic Planning Report were released earlier this month, detailing our last twenty years and our plans for the next twenty! You can read both of the reports here. We were so…
Read More >The Youth Engagement Project (YEP) is excited to launch additional support for our Youth Ambassadors via the YEP Skills Coaching Institute! We are seeking passionate individuals who experienced the foster care system as a youth to support and coach a current or former foster youth in developing or strengthening their skills in Expected benefits of…
Read More >From May 20-22, 2024 in San Diego, California’s Citizen Review Panels hosted the 2024 National Citizen Review Panel Conference. The event welcomed 180 colleagues from across the country and throughout California to learn about, and celebrate, the power of children, youth, families and communities who are leading changes to the Child Welfare system. Participants represented…
Read More >Download the Engaging Voices Program Brochure CFPIC’s Youth Engagement Project (YEP) and the Preventing and Addressing Child Trafficking (PACT) project involve youth and young adults with experience in the child welfare or juvenile justice system, including those who have been harmed or exploited. These programs allow participants to share their experiences to guide and influence positive changes in…
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