RFA Academy Series (Virtual - May '25)

About the RFA Academy Series:

The Resource Family Approval (RFA) Academy is a four-day training for county staff who will be implementing or using the RFA process. The training provides an overview of RFA and Continuum of Care Reform (CCR) and focuses on providing a unified, family-friendly, child-centered RFA process to replace the previously multiple processes for licensing foster family homes and approving relatives and non-relative extended family members as foster care providers, as well as approving families for legal guardianship or adoption.

Series Topics

• Overview of RFA and CCR
• Application Requirements
• Assessing the Resource Family
• Comprehensive Assessment Components
• Child Trauma
• Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standards
• Quality Parenting Initiative
• Pre-Approval Process / Emergency Placement
• The Written Assessment
• Approving the Resource Family
• Relative/NREFM Families Out of County/Jurisdiction
• Post Approval
• Post Approval Training
• Child’s Personal Rights
• Complaint Process
• Administrative Actions
• Statement of Facts
• Practicing Cultural Humility
• Teaming & Collaboration

Series Schedule

Day 1: May 14, 2025. 9:00am - 4:00pm
Day 2: May 15, 2025.  9:00am - 4:00pm
Day 3: May 21, 2025.  9:00am - 4:00pm
Day 4: May 22, 2025.  9:00am - 4:00pm