Central California Training Academy
Introducing the Central Regional Implementation Support Team
The Central Regional Implementation Support Team (IST) is part of a state-wide system of CPM implementation support. We are linked to the CFPIC faculty team that support the Directors’ Learning Sessions and other vital efforts, and our fantastic implementation experts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Franklin Porter Graham’s Impact Institute. Our Central Implementation Support Team was designed and initiated in 2017 to ensure that our central counties receive tailored and onsite support as they implement and integrate CPM as a foundation for all practice and system improvement. All IST members have experience supporting implementation efforts in local counties and have supported all levels of child welfare. For help getting started, contact Kate Acosta at kacosta@mail.fresnostate.edu.
We see CPM as foundational to other contemporary efforts such as the Continuum of Care Reform, Safety Organized Practice, and counties’ efforts to become trauma-informed organizations. In partnership with key county stakeholders, CCTA Implementation Support Team members can provide facilitative coaching and consultation so that counties meet their desired implementation objectives. We can tailor our coaching and support the four key implementation domains, or we can support a county’s deep dive into any one of them! We know that effective implementation requires clarity and agreement about the explicit, stated intervention and how it fits within the county context and serves the organization's mission. Any change effort must be defined, clearly understood, realistic, and possible to implement, and we can certainly support counties’ efforts to engage folks in their specific planning and messaging and actively involve others in implementation activities. The Focus Areas in this document describe the tangible implementation support our IST can provide.
LINK TO CPM IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT
Leadership/Implementation Teams are an integral part of the Child Welfare organization. Leadership/Implementation teams are tasked with meeting the needs of children/youth and families in the community, as well as executive leadership and staff. This responsibility includes an elevated level of management oversight, reflective supervision, coaching, application of leadership behavior, and worker retention. The training series concentrates on the science and practice associated with effective implementation. It aims to introduce and facilitate implementation skills by directors, managers, analysts, staff development, and other leadership and/or implementation team members. Each topic includes Part 1 - training with brief experiential exercises to present and discuss concepts and tools, including breakout sessions for real-world application and problem-solving, and Part 2 – a skill-development session (coaching to help apply skills). Each content and coaching session emphasizes thinking about READI (race, equity, accessibility, diversity, inclusion) principles and how to infuse them throughout implementation practices.
The IST hopes to build a network of support, learning, and teaming for our Central Regional Managers and Key Leaders as they embrace their unique role with implementation!
The Central Region Implementation Support Team (IST) believes that leadership at all
levels of the child welfare organization is critical to implementation success. Leaders
are essential to modeling CPM Leadership Behaviors and cultivating the system needed
to nurture CPM practice at the family level. The Central IST aims to provide child
welfare leadership opportunities to learn and grow in their capacity to host effective
change within their counties.
