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The Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA)

Many questions have arisen regarding the Family First Prevention Services Act and how the CEBC is connected to it. The CEBC has created the Comparison of the CEBC Scientific Rating Criteria with the FFPSA Evidence resource to address questions.

CEBC Training and Technical Assistance

The CEBC provides California-based agencies with free individualized support on using the CEBC program registry and implementation materials to best meet their needs. Services are typically provided via internet or phone. Click here to download the Training and Technical Assistance flyer for more information.

New Programs and Programs with Significant Updates

The CEBC has recently added these programs or significantly changed the program listing (e.g., added to new topic area, full program information received from program rep, Scientific Rating change, etc.):

Alternatives to Long-Term Residential Care Programs
Depression Treatment (Child & Adolescent)
Resource Parent Programs
Substance Abuse Prevention (Child & Adolescent) Programs
Substance Abuse Treatment (Adult)
Teen Pregnancy Services
Trauma Treatment - Client-Level Interventions (Child & Adolescent)
Visitation Programs

Newest Topic Areas

The CEBC launched the Supporting Sexual and/or Gender Minority (SGM) Youth: Programs topic area in November 2019. The topic area has 10 programs highlighted in it. The CEBC also launched the Substance Abuse Prevention (Child & Adolescent) Programs topic area in July 2019. The topic area has 16 programs highlighted in it.

Most Recently Added Recorded Webinars

Race and Equity in Child and Family Serving Systems - June 2020
The presenter, Brenda J. Allen (PhD, Professor Emerita) is a former Chief Diversity Officer (University of Colorado Denver and Anschutz Medical Campus) and author of Difference Matters: Communicating Social Identity. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the need to focus on race and equity in child and family serving systems has been magnified. As employees within those systems strive to address that need, they also must adjust their ways of working. This webinar focuses on ways that employees can cultivate equity and inclusion among themselves, in order to better serve children and families. The importance of equity and inclusion to child- and family- serving systems and workers is discussed. Dr. Allen explores how race and equity matter in the workplace (in-person and virtually). She shares strategies for how workers can better support one another by being more equity-minded. Please access https://www.cebc4cw.org/resources-new/cebc-webinars/race-and-equity/ for more information and to view the webinar.

Minding the Implementation Gap: Variability in Fidelity Measurement and Pre-implementation Supports within Evidence-Based Psychosocial Treatments - May 2020
The presenter, Cricket Mitchell, PhD, is a clinical research psychologist with 15 years of experience as a research, evaluation, and implementation consultant. Evidence-based psychosocial treatments are heavily featured in recent legislation, including the Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018. While proliferation of such interventions holds promise for improving behavioral health, there is a well-documented 'voltage drop' in effectiveness once interventions are transported outside of research studies. Further, many implementation efforts fail altogether. Using programs rated by the CEBC, this presentation explores the extent to which program purveyors leverage implementation science to support implementation efforts. Please access https://www.cebc4cw.org/resources-new/cebc-webinars/minding-the-implementation-gap/ for more information and to view the webinar.

Working with Gender-Expansive and Transgender Children - March 2020
In this webinar, Darlene Tando, LCSW, who is a gender therapist, educator, ally, and advocate, explores how it is crucial to have a compassionate understanding of how one’s gender identity or gender expression and how it impacts the gender-expansive and transgender child and their ability to be authentic. In this webinar, participants are taught (or able to review) basic language for discussing and understanding gender-expansive and or transgender youth and the differences between and interactions of various aspects of children’s gender identity and gender expression. The concept of gender dysphoria, how it impacts transgender youth, and interventions available to them including social transition and beyond are explored. Most importantly, the best ways to support, affirm, and advocate for these young individuals are described. Please access https://www.cebc4cw.org/resources-new/cebc-webinars/working-with-gender-expansive-and-transgender-children-march-2020/ for more information and to view the webinar.

Compassion Fatigue/Secondary Traumatic Stress: This Is Hard, This Work That We Do, AND We Are Making A Difference - January 2020
In this webinar, Alan O’Malley-Laursen, MSW, LICSW, who is certified as a Compassion Fatigue Educator/Therapist and a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, explores secondary traumatic stress/compassion fatigue (STS/CF) and other human services workplace stressors and how we can ultimately experience “compassion satisfaction,” which is the key to thriving in the midst of this difficult work that we do. Real-time, on-the-job strategies will be examined, including self-awareness, self-regulation, emotional reflection, and the elicitation and amplification of good work. Please access https://www.cebc4cw.org/resources-new/cebc-webinars/compassion-fatigue-secondary-traumatic-stress-this-is-hard-this-work-that-we-do-and-we-are-making-a-difference-january-2020/ for more information and to view the webinar.

Most Recently Added Resources:

Working with Immigrant Families - July 2020
It is important that child welfare agencies understand and respond to the unique needs of immigrant families so that all families experience positive outcomes. This 4-page resource provides information on how agencies and staff can work more effectively with immigrant families.

Addressing Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS) - July 2020
This 4-page resource provides a summary of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network's (NCTSN) Secondary Traumatic Stress in Child Welfare Practice: Trauma-Informed Guidelines for Organizations report to review what is known about concrete strategies to address STS and provides links to additional information and resources.

Creating an Inclusive, Equitable, Anti-Racist Workplace - June 2020
This 2-page resource summarizes information from a CEBC webinar on Race and Equity in Child and Family Serving Systems and provides concrete actions that can be taken at the organizational and individual levels to create a more inclusive, equitable, and anti-racist workplace.

Implementing Evidence-Based Practices in Rural Areas: Challenges & Strategies - June 2020
This 4-page resource summarizes what is known about the implementation needs of rural areas and provides some strategies to address them and increase the likelihood of successful and sustained changes

Does that School-Based Program Have Research? - February 2020
This 2-page resource gives a list of the programs on the CEBC that are delivered in a school setting with key facts including the CEBC Scientific Rating, topic area, and ages/grades in school.

2019 CEBC Year in Review

This two-page summary highlights what the CEBC accomplished in 2019. The first page highlights the changes to the program registry including specifics on the 2 topic areas that were added in 2019. The second page highlights CEBC activities that occurred and resources that were added on the selection and implementation of evidence-based practices during the 2019 calendar year, including webinars, presentations, exhibiting, tools & resources, and manuscripts. Click here to access the summary document.

Page last updated on 7/23/2020.