Prevention
CFPIC partners with the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) to help support development and implementation of Family First Prevention Services (FFPS) across California. Our work is focused on clarifying, coordinating and communicating the broad array of information, resources and supports available to assist implementation of Comprehensive Prevention Plans (CPPs). Read more about the FFPS work CDSS is doing on their Family First Prevention Services page.
The Family First Prevention Services (FFPS) Advisory Structure
CFPIC works with CDSS and others to build and sustain the FFPS Advisory Structure which provides a forum for IV-E agencies (Child Welfare, Probation, and Tribes with a IV-E agreement), Tribes, state government partners, community partners, people with lived experience, and others to contribute to the California Prevention Ecosystem. Together we are working to achieve California’s vision of a community, family, and child well-being system that provides safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments.
The FFPS Advisory Structure is comprised of one committee that advises CDSS and four subcommittees that provide input and recommendations based on their scope. See below for more details about each committee.
FFPS Advisory Committee
Within the implementation oversight structure, the FFPS Advisory Committee supports the use of ongoing feedback cycles between all of the FFPS Advisory subcommittees in an effort to analyze and strengthen implementation and program performance, to identify needed implementation changes, to ensure that data related to both Evidence-based Practice (EBP) model fidelity and child/family outcomes is utilized as a central mechanism for evaluation and improvement.
Community Pathway Advisory Subcommittee
The Community Pathway Advisory Committee is a standing advisory subcommittee of the FFPS Advisory Committee. Embedded within California’s FFPS governance and CQI (Continuous Quality Improvement) structure, it provides key information to the FFPS Advisory Committee based on implementing Community Pathways for prevention statewide.
IV-E Advisory Subcommittee
The IV-E Advisory Subcommittee is a standing subcommittee of the FFPS Advisory Committee. The Subcommittee includes IV-E Agency representation (County Child Welfare, County Probation, and Tribes with a IV-E Agreement) and its role is to provide key information to the FFPS Advisory Committee and subcommittees regarding IV-E Agency implementation of the FFPS Program.
Training & Technical Assistance Subcommittee
The Training and TA Subcommittee is a standing subcommittee of the FFPS Advisory Committee and exchanges key information with the FFPS Advisory Committee and Community Pathway Advisory, IV-E Advisory, and CQI Subcommittees to inform statewide training and technical assistance needs, while deploying strategies to support the needs of IV-E agencies and community partners within the FFPS Program.
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Subcommittee
The purpose of the CQI Subcommittee is to leverage the experiences, expertise, and insight of key individuals and organizations to support the (1) assessment of current CQI capacity and CQI activities; (2) development of a comprehensive statewide FFPS CQI plan; and (3) the development of an implementation plan.
Family First Prevention Services IV-E Agency Contacts
Each IV-E Agency with an approved Comprehensive Prevention Plan (CPP) has identified leads. Contact information for each CPP lead can be found here. Please contact Derek Slama at CFPIC to update the information for your county.