CPOCF Training
CPOCF Training Program
The Chief Probation Officers of California Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. CPOCF supports and conducts research, provides educational and training activities relative to the development of the probation industry.
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Foster Care Training: California’s Integrated Core Practice Model for Children and Youth- Interagency Training Virtual
September 10, 2026
This 6.0-hour virtual cross system training is intended to provide attendees with background, history, and practice-level content about California’s Integrated Core Practice Model (ICPM) as it relates to the installation of both effective child and family practices, and to support interagency System of Care implementation under AB 2083.
Project Management in Probation – Virtual
This three-day virtual course will focus on the concepts of Project Management to include an in-depth review of strategies designed to implement projects effectively. The training will be based on a combination of discussion, lecture, and group exercises. Topics covered in the training include identifying characteristics of a successful project manager, developing a project charter, reviewing the nine knowledge areas of Project Management, and the communication plan used to ensure that stakeholders are aware of the nature of the project. Participants will be required to complete a Project Charter and Stakeholder Analysis and present the information to the group. This highly interactive course is designed for any staff who handles project management activities in their role, and/or would like to further expand their knowledge to be effective in project teams.
Target Audience: Probation at all levels who currently undertake various projects.
Cost: $600
Date: August 25 -27, 2026
Times: 9:00am to 4:00pm
STC Credits: 18 Hours (01073622)
Instructors: Donna Robinson, Retired Solana County Probation Asst. Chief and Ronesh Mistry, CPOC
Register here: https://cvent.me/NyBm8y
Juvenile Court Report Writing for Probation
This 12-hour, two-day course is designed to provide attendees with a comprehensive understanding of the role and responsibilities of juvenile probation officers, with a focus on the essential skills needed to write accurate, clear, and effective reports. Through a combination of lectures, group discussions, and hands-on exercises, participants will learn about various types of juvenile probation reports. The course will explore critical elements of preparing a juvenile dispositional report, including gathering information from multiple sources, conducting interviews, incorporating assessments, and understanding the background and needs of the youth. Interactive group activities and writing exercises will allow participants to practice applying these skills in order to prepare them to create thorough, professional reports that balance accountability with support.
Cost: $300
Date: August 11-12, 2026
Times: 9:00am to 4:00pm
STC Credits: 12 Hours (#03334382)
Instructors: Melanie Esque, Placer County Probation and Agustina Simms, Solano County Probation
Register here: https://cvent.me/2zO11q
Adult Court Report Writing for Probation – Live Webinar Training
This course provides an overview of adult court writing for new probation officers or anyone transitioning into an adult investigations assignment. Day-one content includes probation’s investigative expectations defined in the Penal Code and Rules of Court, evidence-based practices guiding sentencing recommendations, dispositional options, strikes and Romero motions, victim considerations, and information gathering and interviews. The basic determinate sentencing block on day-two covers probation eligibility, suitability, aggravation, mitigation, 654 PC evaluations, and multi-crime/multi-case punishment calculations. Active student participation is critical, and all students will be expected to engage, despite the remote-learning environment.
Cost: $300
Date: April 6 & 7, 2027
Times: 9:00am to 4:00pm
STC Credits: 12 Hours (00388899)
Instructor: Lorie Nicholson, Riverside County Probation
Register here: https://cvent.me/XYyNd1
Adult Court Report Writing for Probation – Live Webinar Training
This course provides an overview of adult court writing for new probation officers or anyone transitioning into an adult investigations assignment. Day-one content includes probation’s investigative expectations defined in the Penal Code and Rules of Court, evidence-based practices guiding sentencing recommendations, dispositional options, strikes and Romero motions, victim considerations, and information gathering and interviews. The basic determinate sentencing block on day-two covers probation eligibility, suitability, aggravation, mitigation, 654 PC evaluations, and multi-crime/multi-case punishment calculations. Active student participation is critical, and all students will be expected to engage, despite the remote-learning environment.
Cost: $300
Date: December 1 & 2, 2026
Times: 9:00am to 4:00pm
STC Credits: 12 Hours (00388899)
Instructor: SPO Lorie Nicholson, Riverside County Probation
Register here: https://cvent.me/v4V3W3
Domestic Violence Core Training For Probation Officers – San Mateo
Probation Officers who supervise individuals convicted of domestic violence offenses encounter issues that are not common in other types of supervision caseloads. For example, these Probation Officers interact more with victims, work directly with Batterer Intervention Programs, and need to understand the unique dynamics of interpersonal relationship violence. This two-day (16 hour) intensive, highly interactive, victim-centered trauma-informed core training is specifically designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of Probation Officers responsible for the supervision of individuals convicted of domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.
Basic Felony Sentencing – Live Webinar
This course explores the power of evidence-based sentencing; the probation sentence; basic rules of sentencing of single and multiple count cases to state prison and under PC section 1170(h); the strategies of sentencing after realignment; an introduction to the calculation of custody credits; and victim restitution. The class is presented with a combination of lecture, PowerPoint, and hypothetical case problems.
Includes access to instructor’s virtual office hours a few weeks after the conclusion of the live webinar for detailed Q&A.
Instructor: Judge J. Richard Couzens, Retd.
NOTE: At this time, this webinar class is limited to probation staff ONLY.
Cost: $150
Platform: Zoom
STC Credits: 6 hours (#03998873)
Webcams are required.
Register Here: https://cvent.me/2oG2KG
Supervisors Leadership Academy – Sacramento
The Supervisors Leadership Academy (SLA) is designed to prepare first line Probation Department supervisors for their new role as change leaders. Leadership can be defined as a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal. Whether this is your definition or not, being an effective leader is key for any supervisor. This SLA program is designed to take participants to the next level as a leader in their department. Topics that will be covered in week 1 include Real Colors temperament tool, leadership roles, organizational culture, learning organization, Evidence-Based Practices (EBP), Leading and Managing Change, understanding cycle of conflict and workforce diversity. Topics covered in week 2 include workforce diversity, conflict management, performance measures, data-decision making, reward & recognition, and coaching and mentoring.
Location: Sacramento, CA (training location address will be provided upon completion of registration)
Week One: April 20 – 24, 2026
Monday | 10:00am to 5:00pm
Tuesday – Thursday | 8:00am to 5:00pm
Friday | 8:00am to 12:00pm
Week Two: May 18-21
Monday | 10:00am to 5:00pm
Tuesday – Wednesday | 8:00am to 5:00pm
Thursday | 8:00am to 2:00pm
STC Certification: 04447812 (60 Hours)
Cost: $1500 ($1125 STC Reimbursable)
Endorsement and essay: SLA Endorsement & Essay
Registration link: https://cvent.me/L1xQOz
Supervisors Leadership Academy – Sacramento
The Supervisors Leadership Academy (SLA) is designed to prepare first line Probation Department supervisors for their new role as change leaders. Leadership can be defined as a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal. Whether this is your definition or not, being an effective leader is key for any supervisor. This SLA program is designed to take participants to the next level as a leader in their department. Topics that will be covered in week 1 include Real Colors temperament tool, leadership roles, organizational culture, learning organization, Evidence-Based Practices (EBP), Leading and Managing Change, understanding cycle of conflict and workforce diversity. Topics covered in week 2 include workforce diversity, conflict management, performance measures, data-decision making, reward & recognition, and coaching and mentoring.
Location: Sacramento, CA (training location address will be provided upon completion of registration)
Week One: January 12 – 16, 2026
Monday | 10:00am to 5:00pm
Tuesday – Thursday | 8:00am to 5:00pm
Friday | 8:00am to 12:00pm
Week Two: February 9-12, 2026
Monday | 10:00am to 5:00pm
Tuesday – Wednesday | 8:00am to 5:00pm
Thursday | 8:00am to 2:00pm
STC Certification: 04447812 (60 Hours)
Cost: $1500 ($1125 STC Reimbursable)
Endorsement and essay: SLA Endorsement & Essay
Registration link: https://cvent.me/r3nLW0
Supervisors Leadership Academy – Tehama
The Supervisors Leadership Academy (SLA) is designed to prepare first line Probation Department supervisors for their new role as change leaders. Leadership can be defined as a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal. Whether this is your definition or not, being an effective leader is key for any supervisor. This SLA program is designed to take participants to the next level as a leader in their department. Topics that will be covered in week 1 include Real Colors temperament tool, leadership roles, organizational culture, learning organization, Evidence-Based Practices (EBP), Leading and Managing Change, understanding cycle of conflict and workforce diversity. Topics covered in week 2 include workforce diversity, conflict management, performance measures, data-decision making, reward & recognition, and coaching and mentoring.
Location: Red Bluff, CA (training location address will be provided upon completion of registration)
Week One: September 8-12, 2025
Monday | 10:00am to 5:00pm
Tuesday – Thursday | 8:00am to 5:00pm
Friday | 8:00am to 12:00pm
Week Two: October 6-9, 2025
Monday | 10:00am to 5:00pm
Tuesday – Wednesday | 8:00am to 5:00pm
Thursday | 8:00am to 2:00pm
STC Certification: 04447812 (60 Hours)
Cost: $1500 ($1125 STC Reimbursable)
Endorsement and essay: SLA Supervisor Endorsement & Essay
Registration link: https://cvent.me/z3An03
Extended Foster Care – A Comprehensive Overview For Probation
In-Person
This course will explore all aspects of Extended Foster Care for probation supervised youth, including but not limited to governing federal and state laws, court and legal requirements, case management techniques and best practices to better serve non-minor dependents (NMDs). Resources, including housing options, will be discussed for youth people in and exiting extended foster care. This course will incorporate various learning styles that promote participant engagement.
Target Audience: This course is designed for placement probation officers and supervisors who have attended placement or supervisor core and managers/directors who oversee probation placement units who support probation foster youth in or entering extended foster care.
Location: Sacramento, CA (CPOC Training Center)
Course Schedule:
April 30- May 1, 2025
April 30, 2025 | 8:30am to 4:00pm
May 1, 2025 | 8:30am to 4:00pm
Cost: No Cost
STC #: 09484462 (13 Hrs.)
Lunch will not be provided
Registration link: https://cvent.me/wA3ozZ
Foster Care Training: Identifying Family Connections and Building Support Networks for Youth- Sacramento
In-Person
The Continuum of Care Reform has increased the need for California’s juvenile probation departments to find ways to meaningfully engage immediate and extended family members in helping youth to succeed on probation. This eight-hour training is designed for line staff, supervisors, and managers interested in learning new family finding strategies and techniques for locating and effectively engaging family and involving them in case planning activities to benefit the youth. The goal of engagement is to ensure these family members play a supportive role in the youth’s life, regardless of where the youth resides. The training will help staff and supervisors develop approaches to integrate this work into their daily activities of case management without becoming an extra burden.
Location: Sacramento, CA (CPOC Training Center)
Course Schedule:
April 29, 2025
STC Certification: 01263890 (8 Hours)
Cost: No Cost
Lunch will not be provided
Registration link: https://cvent.me/1eBBWb
Practical Leadership in Probation – Sacramento 2025
In - Person Training
This course will provide management-level staff with pragmatic solutions to real-world issues in their leadership roles. Topics will include leadership vs. management, thinking like a Chief, implementing new processes, dealing with personnel issues, overcoming challenges, running productive meetings and systems, and effective team building.
Location: Sacramento, CA (training location address will be provided upon completion of registration)
Course Schedule:
March 19 & 20, 2025
Wednesday and Thursday
8:30am – 4:00pm
STC Certification: 00606050 (15 Hours)
Cost: $500 ($281.25 STC Reimbursable)
Lunch will be provided
Registration Link: https://cvent.me/0ZnPRx
Foster Care Training: Child and Family Team Meetings: Facilitation Training – Sacramento County
In-Person
This 3-day in-person training provides participants with the basic knowledge and skills to facilitate a Child and Family Team (CFT) meeting. Utilizing the Integrated Core Practice Model (ICPM) as the foundational guide for CFT meeting facilitators, trainees will learn: 1) key elements of team meetings for safety and case planning 2) procedural basics of team meeting facilitation 3) the role and skills needed to be an effective CFT facilitator 4) structured problem-solving and solution-focused dialogue within team meetings. Although probation is not required to complete the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS), probations’ involvement of sharing and receiving foster youths’ information from the CANS are crucial components in assisting in the safety, permanency, and well-being of foster youth. This course will provide an overview of CANS and cover the main areas that are applicable to probation.
Location: Sacramento, CA (CPOC Training Center)
Course Schedule:
February 18 -20, 2025
February 18 & 19, 2025 | 8:30am to 4:30pm
February 20, 2025 | 8:30am to 3:30pm
STC Certification: 00053433 (20 Hours)
Cost: No Cost
Lunch will not be provided
Registration link: https://cvent.me/ODYbV0
Self Care and the Probation Officer – Live Webinar
This presentation provides trauma-informed approach to self-care and the professional, specifically the probation officer. The trauma-informed framework, based on the public health model, sets the stage for a safe, effective, and job-related investigation into the professional self at work. In the first half of the presentation, attendees will learn how to understand self-care as a skill developed in early childhood and that can be learned in later life. The second half looks at the workplace and the environment needed for employees to be able to care for their needs at work. A specific review of the literature related to probation officers will highlight the research and best practices.
Instructor: Gabriella Grant, Director of California of Excellence for Trauma Informed Care
Platform: Zoom
STC Certification: 02437608 (6 hours)
Cost: $150 ($112.50 STC Reimbursable)
Registration Link: https://cvent.me/NgDmVv
Supervisors Leadership Academy – Sacramento
REGISTRATION CLOSED
The Supervisors Leadership Academy (SLA) is designed to prepare first line Probation Department supervisors for their new role as change leaders. Leadership can be defined as a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal. Whether this is your definition or not, being an effective leader is key for any supervisor. This SLA program is designed to take participants to the next level as a leader in their department. Topics that will be covered in week 1 include Real Colors temperament tool, leadership roles, organizational culture, learning organization, Evidence-Based Practices (EBP), Leading and Managing Change, understanding cycle of conflict and workforce diversity. Topics covered in week 2 include workforce diversity, conflict management, performance measures, data-decision making, reward & recognition, and coaching and mentoring.
Location: Sacramento, CA (training location address will be provided upon completion of registration)
Course Schedule:
Week One:
March 3-7, 2025
Monday | 10:00am to 5:00pm
Tuesday – Thursday | 8:00am to 5:00pm
Friday | 8:00am to 12:00pm
Week Two:
April 7-10, 2025
Monday | 10:00am to 5:00pm
Tuesday – Wednesday | 8:00am to 5:00pm
Thursday | 8:00am to 2:00pm
STC Certification: 04447812 (60 Hours)
Cost: $1325 ($1125 STC Reimbursable)
Lunch will not be provided, with exception for the last day (April 10, 2025)
Endorsement and essay: SLA Supervisor Endorsement & Essay
Self Care and the Probation Officer
This presentation provides a one-day onsite trauma-informed approach to self-care and the professional, specifically the probation officer. The trauma-informed framework, based on the public health model, sets the stage for a safe, effective, and job-related investigation into the professional self at work. In the first half of the presentation, attendees will learn how to understand self-care as a skill developed in early childhood and that can be learned in later life. The second half looks at the workplace and the environment needed for employees to be able to care for their needs at work. A specific review of the literature related to probation officers will highlight the research and best practices.
Instructor: Gabriella Grant, Director of California of Excellence for Trauma Informed Care
Location: Visalia, CA (training location address will be provided upon completion of registration)
STC Certification: 02437608 (6 hours)
Cost: $180 ($112.50 STC Reimbursable)
Lunch will be provided.
Registration Link: https://cvent.me/5Q0vda
Supervisors Leadership Academy – San Mateo County
This Academy is full - Registration is closed.
The Supervisors Leadership Academy (SLA) is designed to prepare first line Probation Department supervisors for their new role as change leaders. Leadership can be defined as a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal. Whether this is your definition or not, being an effective leader is key for any supervisor. This SLA program is designed to take participants to the next level as a leader in their department. Topics that will be covered in week 1 include Real Colors temperament tool, leadership roles, organizational culture, learning organization, Evidence-Based Practices (EBP), Leading and Managing Change, understanding cycle of conflict and workforce diversity. Topics covered in week 2 include workforce diversity, conflict management, performance measures, data-decision making, reward & recognition, and coaching and mentoring.
Location: San Mateo, CA (training location address will be provided upon completion of registration)
Course Schedule:
Week 1: December 9 -13, 2024
Monday | 10:00am to 5:00pm
Tuesday – Thursday | 8:00am to 5:00pm
Friday | 8:00am to 12:00pm
Week 2: January 13 – 16, 2025
Monday | 10:00am to 5:00pm
Tuesday – Wednesday | 8:00am to 5:00pm
Thursday | 8:00am to 2:00pm
STC Certification: 04447812 (60 Hours)
Cost: $1325 ($1125 STC Reimbursable)
Lunch will not be provided, with exception for the last day (Jan. 16, 2024)
This Academy is full – Registration is closed.
Public Safety Officer’s Procedural Bill of Rights Act (POBR) – Tulare County
This course provides the students with a contextual understanding of the origin of the Act and its statewide purpose. We then proceed through the various facets of the Act, noting where and how it may arise and apply or not apply to hypothetical scenarios. The teaching objective is to have students leave the course understanding this body of law and with confidence in their ability to properly administer it. Review and analysis of the Public Safety Officers’ Procedural Bill of Rights Act (Gov Code sec. 3300-3312), including statutory modifications, court decisions impacting on the statute, and how the Act is to be applied.
Instructor: Paul Coble
Location: Visalia, CA (training location address will be provided upon completion of registration)
STC Certification: 76772922 (7 hours)
Cost: $180 ($131.25 STC Reimbursable)
Lunch will be provided.
Registration Link: https://cvent.me/wnzKN9
Managers Leadership Academy – San Bernardino County 2025
Rescheduled Dates
The 80-hour intensive training course is designed to prepare current probation managers for executive positions. The course blends practical skill building, individualized leadership development, and a focus on ethical, data-driven decision-making to cultivate California’s future probation leadership. The course is comprised of two weeks of classroom training, an intersession practicum assignment, self-paced learning modules, peer study groups, and a 360-leadership assessment.
Location: Rancho Cucamonga, CA (training location address will be provided upon completion of registration)
Course Schedule:
MLA LPI Webinar:
March 11, 2025 – 9:00 am to 11:00am
Week 1:
April 28 – May 2, 2025
Monday to Thursday – 8:00 am to 5:30 pm
Friday – 8:00 am to 12:30 pm
Week 2:
June 2 – 6, 2025
Monday 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Tuesday to Thursday: 8:00 am to 5:30 pm
Friday – 8:00 am to 1:00 pm
STC Certification: 80 Hours (STC # 09957046)
Cost: $1500 (STC Tuition)
Lunch is provided daily EXCEPT on May 2nd, and June 2nd due to half-day training.
Supervisor Endorsement Page: MLA San Bernardino Supervisor Endorsement Page
Register Here: https://cvent.me/YZBkd0