Family First and Beyond: A Mindful Look at Serving Children and Families in a Post-Waiver Environment
This session will explore the current landscape of federal and
state-level efforts to implement the Families First Prevention
Services Act (FFPSA), including prevention efforts already
underway, activities to implement the prevention components of
FFPSA as well as opportunities to build upon California’s
Continuum of Care Reform (CCR) work. Discussion will include
county-level efforts to transition from a waiver environment and
the implications to both waiver and
non-waiver counties, and potential impacts on special populations
including kin caregivers, homeless youth, pregnant-parenting
foster youth, children impacted by commercial sexual exploitation
(CSEC) and parents in residential treatment programs. This
session will encourage discussion of how best to leverage FFPSA
to improve outcomes for children and families through a
collaborative process.
- Moderator – Diana Boyer: Director of Policy, Child Welfare and Older Adult Services, CWDA
- Angie Schwartz: Policy Director, Alliance for Children’s Rights
- Dan Kaplan: Deputy Director for Administration, San Francisco Human Services Agency
- Joan Miller: Deputy Director Family and Children’s Services Division, City and County of San Francisco Human Services Agency
- Greg Rose: Deputy Director, CDSS