CFPIC | Child & Family Policy Institute of California

Fairness and Equity
The Child and Family Policy Institute of California is working in partnership with CalSWEC, the California Department of Social Services, CWDA, and Casey Family Programs to help counties confront the issue of the disproportionate representation of children of color in the Child Welfare system. This coalition is working to achieve Fairness and Equity in the system through a number of efforts including convening Leadership Symposia on Fairness and Equity in November, 2005 and November, 2006. Information about these events is posted on the CalSWEC website.

The Child and Family Policy Institute of California supports the work of county Children’s Services programs that are delivered within the Human Services Agencies of each county. Children’s Services are those programs that work to prevent child maltreatment, intervene early in the development of family problems that pose a risk to child safety and well-being, and respond to reports of actual child maltreatment. Each county provides basic Child Welfare Services through the delivery of child protective services, in-home family supervision, foster care, adoptions, and transitional living services to youth who will be leaving the foster care system. In addition each county provides an array of discretionary programs that support and enhance families within their communities.