Resources, Forms & Trainings

This town hall recording introduces the fundamental components of Family First.

This handbook provides a detailed description of the standards used to identify and review programs and services for the Prevention Services Clearinghouse. It also provides a detailed description of the procedures followed by the staff of the Prevention Services Clearinghouse (which is part of the Administration for Children and Families).

This letter from the Department of Health and Human Services provides clarification about the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) requirements for Qualified Residential Treatment Programs (QRTPs), Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program facilities (STRTPs) in California and their intersection with the Medicaid Institution for Mental Diseases (IMD) exclusion.

This letter concerns California’s implementation of the Family First Prevention Services Act1 (FFPSA) requirements for Qualified Residential Treatment Programs (QRTPs).

This document provides a detailed flow chart that shows the process for adding QRTP Designation to an RCCF license

This document provides a detailed flow chart that demonstrates the process for moving from Specialized Group Facility (SGF) to Residential Child Care Facility (RCCF)

This flowchart shows the key steps in the OBH Trauma Informed Care Model Review process.

This flow chart highlights when (in the process of gaining QRTP designation) residential child care reviews will take place.

This flow chart highlights when (in the process of gaining QRTP designation) quarterly reviews will take place.

This folder contains meeting agendas, minutes and other related documents from 2020 Implementation Team meetings.

This tool helps child welfare professionals, both within and outside the legal community, understand, value, and address legal implications of the Act to further the legislation’s goal of ensuring children live in families.

This folder contains documents that focus on ways that Family First can be utilized to advance racial equity.