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About Us
We Started in 1999 | Meeting Needs in Many Fields
Offering Professional Credit | Partnerships | Vision | Mission
We Started in 1999 top
The Resource Center for Family-Focused Practice was established in 1999 in response to multi-disciplinary human services evolution and the desire for family-centered practice. In partnership with the California Department of Social Services, a variety of services are provided, including
Research in
- residential treatment in a family-centered environment
- family assessment
Conferences
- California Wraparound Institute
Training
- family group decision making
- juvenile probation officers
- Division 31 training for child welfare
- wraparound services
- customized training for best practices
Meeting Needs in Many Fields top
Resource center programs address issues associated with bringing together a variety of local resources to more holistically serve vulnerable families including
- public child welfare agencies
- private children and family services agencies
- mental health
- education
- law enforcement
- probation
- juvenile courts
- developmental disabilities
- public health
Offering Professional Credit top
Upon request qualifying workshops may be offered for the following types of professional continuing education credit
Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS)
Board of Registered Nursing (BRN)
Partnerships top
The Resource Center for Family-Focused Practice works in partnership with many human services providers and associations including
- California Department of Social Services
- California Welfare Director's Association
- Practice experts from many California county human services agencies
- Chief Probation Officers of California
- Judicial Council
- Child Welfare Training Resources
- Inter-University Consortium, UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Responsibility
- Central California Public Social Services Agency Training Academy
- Southern Regional Training Academy
- Bay Area Training Academy
- The Northern California Children & Family Services Training Academy
- California Social Work Education Center, University of California, Berkeley
- CalWORKs/Child Welfare Project
- Family Partnership Institute
- National Family Group Decision Making Project, American Humane Association
- California Practitioners Roundtable
These partnerships are continually expanding to reflect the state's diversity. These relationships are mutually enriching, providing fertile ground for the growth of new research, policy and practice.
Vision top
The Resource Center for Family-Focused Practice is the leader in supporting communities in providing safe, stable and healthy environments for children and families.
Mission top
The resource center's mission is to develop, promote and sustain family-centered practice. Through the dissemination of knowledge and partnerships that enhance implementation and evaluation, agencies and communities are supported to provide integrated services together with families. We are dedicated to accessible, responsive services because of our commitment to the well-being of children, families and communities.
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