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CFPIC is pleased to co-sponsor the upcoming Parent Leadership Conference in Ontario, CA, on 2/26/10. The conference is an important component of the work being done to strengthen families in the Child Welfare and related systems and will offer speakers and workshops that highlight innovative strategies and models for peer mentoring and support.
Download the announcement.
Registration is now open
Developing Permanent, Supportive
Connections While in Care:
Foster Youth’s Perspectives: a just completed a research study
on the experiences of foster youth who have received permanency and family finding
services in their counties of origin. The goal of the study was to examine youths'
perspectives on the services they received from their county child welfare agency.
Youth were recruited from Alameda, Contra Costa and Santa Clara counties. This
study was funded by the Zellerbach Family Foundation and ran from June 2009-June
2010. Administrative oversight for the grant was provided by the Child and Family
Policy Institute of California.
Download the corrected report
(PDF)
Spending on County Human Services Programs in California: An Evaluation
of Economic Impacts
This report by Beacon Economics and Berkeley Policy Associates found
that county human services programs play an important role in our economy, generating
on average $1.32 in economic activity for every $1 spent. In addition, federal
matching funds currently available through the American Recovery and Reconciliation
Act make cuts in state spending especially costly. Further, the results indicate
that the hidden and indirect costs of reducing these expenditures are also substantial.
Methods of analysis include an input-output analysis of program expenditures,
and a literature survey of the hidden costs of expenditure reductions.
Download the report.
Foster Youth Education Task Force
Fact Sheets
Updated versions of the Education Law Fact Sheets and
Education Rights Wallet Cards are now available.
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