Linkages Convening 2024
Linkages Upstream
Applying the Prevention Framework
View any of the workshop documents by clicking on them on the agenda below.
- Main Slide Deck
Includes the keynote and general session presentations.
Day 1 - April 23rd
Keynote
- Race Equity, Child Welfare, & Linkages
Keynote Speaker: Sabrina Forte, Assistant Director, Equity and Inclusion, Office of Equity, CA Department of Social Services
Workshops
- Prevention & Early Intervention
Stuart Oppenheim, Juliet Cox, CFPIC; Taryn Massey, Ventura County - Coordinated Case Planning
Maithanh Nguyen, Jacqueline Jimenez, Jim Boyd, Orange County; Esther Herrera, Amy Lopez, Santa Barbara County; Tonya Jones, Marion Reid. Yolo County - Linkages & Transition Age Youth (TAY)
Andrea Lewis & Melissa Connelly, CFPIC - County Linkages Evaluation
Dina de Veer & Sarah Farrell, RDA Consulting - Addressing Racial Equity with Linkages
Sabrina Forte, CDSS
Day 2 - April 24th
General Sessions
- Protective Factors
General Session Speaker: Cailin O’Connor - Linkages By the Numbers
General Session: Melissa Connelly & Andrea Lewis, CFPIC
Workshops
- Linkages Upstream
Felix Minjarez, Mary (Joy) Go, and Michelle Wohl, Riverside County; Jeffrey Oxford, Elizabeth Docksteader, and Jennifer Meyer, Kern County - Compassion Fatigue 101
Deminika Spears, EdD - Building Families’ Concrete Support & Other Protective Factors Through Program Implementation
Cailin O’Connor - Updated Linkages Training
Dawn Carini, Laura Shorzbarger & Tami McCalip, Northern Training Academy at UC Davis
Lunch Session
Workshops
- Prevention & Linkages
Jennifer Meyer, Kern County; Alicia Finley, Mariposa County; Stephanie Meek, Ventura County; Kevin Morgank, Implematix; Stuart Oppenheim, CFPIC - Compassion Fatigue 101, Part 2
Deminika Spears, EdD - Safety Organized Practice (SOP) - Integrated Core Practice Model (ICPM) & Linkages
Tami McCalip & Dawn Carini, Northern Training Academy at UC Davis and Child Welfare Development Services - FAST-LC: CW and CWS Partnering in a Learning Community
Melissa Connelly, CFPIC & Matt Franklin, LaFatima Jones, Damien Ladd, Lisa Witchey & Hillary Konrad, CDSS - C5: AB 135: State Policy Guidance and County Implementation Planning
Danna Fabella, CFPIC; Octavio Galvan, Joseph Sapp, Julia Perez, Celeste Hinojos, CDSS
Day 3 - April 25th
General Session
- CalWORKs Child Only Families: A Vulnerable Population
General Session Speaker: Richard Spieglman, PhD, Spieglman Associates
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