Supporting provider and county collaboration and partnerships to
serve children and youth.
The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), in collaboration
with the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) and the
California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions (CIBHS), is
conducting regional convenings to support provider and county
collaboration and partnerships on the implementation of efforts
and initiatives related to the following topics:
Short Term Residential Therapeutic Programs (STRTPs);
Presumptive Transfer; and
Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC) and Intensive Services Foster
Care (ISFC)
Additionally, DHCS and CDSS will provide updates and answer
questions from participants. We are asking all participants to
fill out a questionnaire after registering for this event to
obtain questions in advance of the event.
Who Should Attend:
County representatives from Mental Health Plans (MHPs), Child
Welfare Departments, and Juvenile Probation. (Program
Managers/Supervisors, Quality Improvement Coordinators, etc.)
We encourage counties to send their point of contact
for Presumptive Transfer.
Representatives for Foster Family Agencies (FFA) and STRTPs.
This regional convening is for Foster Family Agency (FFA), STRTP,
County Mental Health Plan, County Child Welfare, and Juvenile
Probation representatives working within the following counties:
Alpine; Amador; Calaveras; Colusa; El Dorado; Nevada; Placer;
Sacramento; San Joaquin; Sierra; Stanislaus; Sutter/Yuba; and
Yolo.
Additional Regional Convenings for outside these counties
will be posted in December.
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
DoubleTree Sacramento
2001 Point West Way
Sacramento, CA 95815
This regional convening is for Foster Family Agency (FFA), STRTP,
County Mental Health Plan, County Child Welfare, and Juvenile
Probation representatives working within the following counties:
Imperial, Kern, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino,
San Diego, Santa Barbara, Tri-City, Ventura.
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Riverside Convention Center
3637 5th Street
Riverside, CA 92501
This regional convening is for Foster Family Agency (FFA), STRTP,
County Mental Health Plan, County Child Welfare, and Juvenile
Probation representatives working within the following counties:
Amador, Calaveras, Fresno, Inyo, Kings, Madera,
Mariposa, Merced, Mono, Placer, San Luis Obispo, Stanislaus,
Tuolumne, Tulare.
Thursday, March 7, 2019
9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Visalia Marriott at the Convention Center
300 South Court Street
Visalia, CA 93291
This convening is currently sold out. Contact
Kelly Bitz to be added to the waitlist.
Materials for the meeting are posted below. Click here for supplemental materials
posted for additional reference on STRTP, Presumptive Transfer,
and Therapeutic Foster Care at the first convening.
This regional convening is for Foster Family Agency (FFA), STRTP,
County Mental Health Plan, County Child Welfare, and Juvenile
Probation representatives working for the Bay Area Region,
including the following counties: Alameda, Berkeley
City, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San
Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano,
Sonoma.
This regional convening is for Foster Family Agency (FFA), STRTP,
County Mental Health Plan, County Child Welfare, and Juvenile
Probation representatives working for Los Angeles
County.
Tuesday, June 4, 2019
9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Hilton Long Beach
701 W. Ocean Blvd.
Long Beach, CA 90831
Registration is closed, please contact the organizer, kbitz@cibhs.org
This regional convening is for Foster Family Agency (FFA), STRTP,
County Mental Health Plan, County Child Welfare, and Juvenile
Probation representatives working for Superior
Region, including the following counties:Butte, Colusa, Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake
Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra,
Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity.
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
The Gaia Hotel and Spa
4125 Riverside Place
Anderson, CA 96007
Registration is closed, please contact the organizer, Kelly
Bitz.
