CA FFPS Learning Series: FFPS Overview

The California Family First Prevention Services learning series prepares child welfare, juvenile probation, county, and community partner agency staff for the statewide implementation of Family First Prevention Services (FFPS), which marks an exciting shift to supporting children and families by promoting safety and well-being through prevention efforts.

This introductory course provides an overview of the Family First Prevention Services Act Part I (federal legislation) and California Family First Prevention Services, the two primary forces driving California’s prevention plan. The overview will include an exploration of tribal engagement requirements, including co-development of comprehensive prevention plans and compliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA).

After attending this training, participants will be able to:

Describe the vision of Family First Prevention Services (FFPS)
Name the main components and goals of the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) Part I
Differentiate between FFPS and FFPSA
Acknowledge the importance of utilizing comprehensive prevention efforts to prevent child abuse and neglect in California.
Recognize the importance of Evidenced-Based Practice fidelity in prevention services provision.

CEUs

0.3

Section Number

234SSA856

Instruction Method

Online class

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Section Schedule

Tues., Jun 11th, 2024, 9:00am to 12:00pm

Fees

Instructors

Kate Bedwell

Kate Bedwell is a social worker, trainer, and a certified Gallup Strengths Coach with more than 20 years of practice and leadership success. Her professional career has spanned the realms of public child welfare, juvenile justice, family self-sufficiency and workforce development. As a supervising practice coach within public child welfare for more than seven years, she developed mastery of coaching, training, and simulation facilitation to support implementation of best practices across all levels of the workforce in public child welfare. She specializes in facilitating safe, challenging, dynamic and interactive learning processes which vitalize, inspire, and motivate teams and individuals. Deeply inspired by her work training and coaching within child welfare, Bedwell strongly believes training and coaching of the child welfare workforce is fundamental to the implementation of evidenced based child welfare practice.