Linkages Overview: CalWORKs and Child Welfare Collaboration – Empowering Families through Partnership

This course will provide participants with an in-depth exploration of the Linkages program, focusing on its essential components, collaborative partnerships, services and eligibility criteria. Participants will gain insights into the referral process, case management, coordination strategies and family engagement guidelines. Through interactive sessions and discussions, participants will examine historic barriers to collaboration and engagement and explore opportunities to strengthen partnerships between child welfare and CalWORKs. 

In this course, participants will learn: 

  • Understand the role of the Linkages program in strengthening families and preventing child maltreatment 
  • Identify historic barriers to effective collaboration between child welfare and CalWORKs and develop strategies to overcome them 
  • Identify the intersections of requirements between CalWORKs and child welfare and understand how to navigate overlapping mandates to streamline service delivery 
Course Code
510060