CA FFPS Learning Series: ICPM Overview

Prerequisite: Completion of FFPS Overview is required prior to attending this training.

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.

As part of the California Family First Prevention Services Learning Series, this overview is intended to extend awareness and understanding of California’s Integrated Core Practice Model (ICPM) to a wider audience of county and community agencies that serve family, children and youth in an effort to expand this collaborative effort, align practice behaviors and values, and achieve a true integrated comprehensive system of support rooted in the goal of preventing child maltreatment and improving child and family well-being.

This half-day course will include an overview of the ICPM, including its history and evolution and practice model components; and the application of practice elements and behaviors to uphold the ICPM as a foundational framework for practitioners and leadership across county and community systems.

After attending this training, participants will be able to:

• Recall how the ICPM encompasses the California Child Welfare Core Practice Model (CPM) and the Pathways to Wellbeing/Katie A. and includes practice behaviors to be used across child welfare, behavioral health, probation and other child/youth serving systems.
• Describe the shared values, core components, and standards of practice the ICPM establishes for child welfare, juvenile justice, behavioral health and other child/youth serving systems.
• Recognize how the ICPM is comprised of theoretical frameworks, values and principles, practice elements practice behaviors and implementation.
• Identify how ICPM aligns with FFPS and the three levels of prevention: primary, secondary, and tertiary.
• Recognize the importance of viewing and applying the ICPM through a culturally responsive lens.   
• Endorse the ICPM as a foundational guide for trauma-informed, culturally responsive, child/youth- and family-centered practice that supports safety, permanency and well-being.
• Endorse the ICPM as a practical guide to improve delivery of timely, effective and integrated prevention services to children, youth and families.