The California Department of Social Services, in partnership with the Resource Center for Family-Focused Practice, offers coaching and consultation to county agencies and service providers who are part of the California Children and Youth System of Care.
To request TA and coaching, please complete the form below. Requests will be reviewed by the CDSS and the RCFFP to determine the level of coaching or technical assistance which may be provided
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For immediate assistance with the California High Fidelity Wraparound Approval and Certification Portal, please contact our support team at [email protected].
Center for Excellence in Family Finding, Engagement and Support
The Center for Excellence, led by the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) and implemented in partnership with the UC Davis Resource Center for Family-Focused Practice (RCFFP), provides consultation, technical assistance, and implementation support to county child welfare and probation agencies, as well as Tribes. Services are designed to strengthen family finding, engagement, and support practices across the continuum of care.
The Center promotes policies and practices that center family as lifelong connections for children and youth—helping agencies operationalize a kin-first system and embed family-centered approaches into daily practice—advancing reunification, permanency, and the sustained involvement of family and kin.
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Fiscal Academy
The UC Davis Resource Center for Family-Focused Practice (RCFFP) in partnership with the California Department of Social Services (CDSS), provides county-specific coaching and consultation to strengthen fiscal and programmatic management of child welfare and foster care initiatives.
Technical assistance focuses on core fiscal competencies, including foster care eligibility, claiming and compliance requirements, and the strategic use of blended and braided funding to support child welfare priorities. Subject matter experts deliver tailored support through technical assistance, training, fiscal strategy development, and implementation support, helping counties align program goals with sustainable funding approaches.
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System of Care
- Wraparound/Peer Partners
- Whether you are navigating the ins and outs of the California High Fidelity Wraparound (CA-HFW) County Approval or the Provider Certification process, you don’t have to do it alone. The California Department of Social Services (CDSS), in partnership with the UC Davis Resource Center for Family-Focused Practice (RCFFP), offers a flexible and responsive Technical Assistance (TA) system designed to meet you where you are—whether you’re just starting out or troubleshooting complex implementation needs.
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The Peer Partner Program at the Resource Center for Family-Focused Practice offers training designed to strengthen the role of youth and parent partners in child welfare, Wraparound, child abuse prevention and systems of care. These courses build a solid foundation for practice, blending lived experience with professional collaboration to create more effective, family-centered systems.
Learn More - Complex Care: Child-Specific Complex Care Coaching
Access and Share Our Video In partnership with the California Department of Social Services (CDSS), the UC Davis Resource Center for Family Focused Practice provides child specific complex care coaching to support county teams working with youth whose needs feel especially challenging or where traditional approaches have been exhausted. Coaching sessions offer a collaborative, real time space for multidisciplinary teams to pause, reflect, and recenter on the child or youth—honoring their story, culture, and community. Nationally recognized permanency and trauma experts guide teams in reframing “we’ve tried everything” moments into new possibilities by focusing on underlying needs, strengths, and relational connections rather than surface level behaviors.
The coaching emphasizes trauma responsive and healing centered approaches that address complex trauma, grief and loss, and pain based behaviors, while advancing relational and cultural permanency. Each session is dedicated to one identified child or youth and is learning focused, equipping participants with fresh perspectives, creative strategies, and actionable next steps that can be applied immediately to strengthen belonging, stability, and lifelong connections.
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Wraparound-Specific Technical Assistance
California High Fidelity Wraparound Technical Assistance (TA) System
Whether you are navigating the ins and outs of the California High Fidelity Wraparound (CA-HFW) County Approval or the Provider Certification process, you don’t have to do it alone. The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) in partnership with the UC Davis Resource Center for Family-Focused Practice (RCFFP), offers a flexible and responsive Technical Assistance (TA) system designed to meet you where you are—whether you’re just starting out or troubleshooting complex implementation needs.
ECHO Family-Focused Practice
ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes)
The Resource Center for Family Focused Practice at UC Davis Human Services is excited to introduce the ECHO model as a new approach to stepping outside the traditional classroom learning environment to increase collective knowledge and improve outcomes across our California System of Care.
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