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.
For registration, questions contact Kelly Bitz, 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 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.
Materials will be posted prior to event day. Please check back if you would like to bring copies to the meeting. Hard copies will not be provided at the event.
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
Materials will be posted prior to event day. Please check back if you would like to bring copies to the meeting. Hard copies will not be provided at the event.
This regional convening is for Foster Family Agency (FFA), STRTP, County Mental Health Plan, County Child Welfare, and Juvenile Probation representatives working forSuperior 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
Materials will be posted prior to event day. Please check back if you would like to bring copies to the meeting. Hard copies will not be provided at the event.
