Conferences
CPOC Foundation’s 8th Annual Foster Care Conference
The CPOC Foundation is excited to announce the open registration for our 8th Annual Foster Care Conference, Advancing Opportunities: Empowering Youth and Families through Engagement to be held at the Anaheim Marriott on April 1-2, 2025. This event will provide opportunities to explore ways to enhance services and supports for foster youth on probation and their families.
Location: Anaheim Marriott, 700 W Convention Way, Anaheim, CA 92802
Registration Link: https://cvent.me/ODo07O
Cost: $275 ($187.50 STC reimbursable)
STC Certification # 01653914 (10 hours)
Hotel Room Rate: $209 per night (NOT including taxes and fees). The deadline to book under the discounted conference rate is March 17, 2025.
- Reservation link: https://book.passkey.com/go/ChiefProbationOfficers2025
Breakout sessions to be featured at this year’s conference cover the following topics:
- Strategies to achieve permanency
- Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) – methods to assist in family preservation
- Wraparound services as a prevention and aftercare program
- Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) Harm Reduction strategies
- Enhancing resources and improving education outcomes for foster youth in the juvenile justice system
- Utilizing Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) and Child and Family Teams (CFTs) to support comprehensive case planning
If you have questions, please email ccrtraining@cpoc.org.
Some Highlights of Our Breakout Sessions and One of Our General Sessions!
Day 1 of our conference will feature a general session by the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) covering California’s new Permanent Foster Care Rate Structure. Starting July 2025, a key part of this rate structure will take effect, requiring the use of standardized high-fidelity Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) assessment for all youth and non-minor dependents (NMDs) in foster care. This important CANS update will be explored in depth during a breakout session later that day.
Breakout Session Highlight: Strategies to Support the Preservation of Indian Children and Their Families
CPOC Foundation is excited to announce that on Tuesday afternoon our conference will feature Supervising Probation Officers Yvonne Salgado and Clara Lapastora with San Diego County Probation who will be sharing successful strategies in working with Indian children, their families and tribal leaders to enhance family preservation efforts. Effective strategies focusing on engagement, collaboration and strong partnerships which support their efforts to adhere to ICWA mandates will all be highlighted.