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.
For more information regarding upcoming trainings, please click on Training Calendar.
Seconds Command Leadership Academy (SCLA) – Sacramento 2026
The CPOC Foundation is excited to announce the launch of the “Seconds in Command Leadership Academy,” scheduled for Spring 2026. This academy focuses on two main objectives: enhancing succession planning and ensuring that the second-in-command leaders fully understand their roles and responsibilities in driving the organization
Target Audience:
This academy is specifically designed for chiefs’ sworn direct report (i.e., Assistant/Deputy Chiefs).
CPOC & CPOC Foundation 2025 Statewide Conference
Invest in People
Invest in Safety
CPOC and CPOC Foundation are excited to announce registration is open for our upcoming 2025 Statewide Conference INVEST IN PEOPLE, INVEST IN SAFETY! This conference highlights the importance of investing in California Probation officers and staff so you can be best equipped to protect communities and connect those in the justice system to transformative rehabilitation. By investing in you, we strengthen the foundation of our justice system. By investing in those we supervise, we break cycles of recidivism and build safer communities for the long term
Dates: October 22-24, 2025
Cost: $650
Register Here: https://cvent.me/m2e59D
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. Topics include: understanding victim and offender profiles and behavior; victim-blaming; history of trauma and abuse; power and control issues; legal role and authority of probation; restraining orders; domestic violence courts; supervision techniques, including awareness about LGBTQ issues; risk assessments; investigation issues; the expectations and requirements of Batterer Intervention Programs; evidence-based interventions and fidelity; data collection; and secondary trauma and toxic stress.
Target Audience: This course is designed for Probation Officers responsible for the supervision of individuals convicted of domestic violence, dating violence and stalking court case.
Due to high demand, please contact CPOC if you’d like to enroll more than 3 people.
Location: Orange County, CA
Date and Time: December 2-3, 2025 | 8:00am – 5:00pm
STC Cert # 07297763 (16 STC Hours)
No Cost to Attend this training
Registration Link: https://cvent.me/1aWXz3
Managers Leadership Academy – Orange County 2026
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.
This demanding course is designed for future probation executives – participants must be highly motivated and focused in order to be successful. Given that the course is intended for future executives, work products are expected to be comprehensive, high quality, and reflect the complexity of county-level probation management. Once accepted to the course, participants are expected to participate in order to advance their own learning and complete all course requirements.
Location: Orange County
Course Schedule:
MLA LPI Webinar:
March 24, 2026 – 9:00 am to 11:00am
Week 1:
April 27 – May 1, 2026
Monday to Thursday – 8:00 am to 5:30 pm
Friday – 8:00 am to 12:30 pm
Week 2:
June 8-12, 2026
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 1st, and June 8th due to half-day training.
Supervisor Endorsement Page: [file:5169]
Register Here: https://cvent.me/Wy4zQE
Reviewing Reports in Probation: Techniques and Considerations – Live Webinar
Reviewing Reports in Probation: Techniques and Considerations is a nine (9) hour course, facilitated over two days. The structure of the course includes lectures, group discussions, individual and group exercises. The course is designed for those who approve reports (and other documents) in Probation and focuses on enhancing writing skills by utilizing appropriate writing mechanics and techniques. Participants will also gain practical experience in reviewing documents and providing and receiving feedback.
Foster Care Training: Child and Family Team Meetings: Facilitation Training – Orange County
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.
Foster Care Training: Child and Family Team Meetings: Facilitation Training – Sacramento County
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.
Foster Care Training: Navigating Mental Health Services for Youth on Probation
This course will orient attendees to the essential landscape of the state’s Mental Health delivery system, including the Specialty Mental Health Services (SMHS), California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM), Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI) and other services to help support Probation-involved youth in foster care. Topics will include but not limited to understanding the impacts of trauma, key terms of mental health, and the role of the probation in treatment and case management.
California Probation Writing Workshop – Sacramento 2026
Hybrid
The California Probation Writing Academy (Academy) is a 21-hour course, facilitated over three days. The structure of the Academy includes lectures, group discussions, individual and group exercises. The Academy is designed to improve writing skills for staff by utilizing appropriate writing mechanics and techniques and providing practical experience in writing reports and case notes.
Foster Care Training: Identifying Family Connections and Building Support Networks for Youth- Sacramento
In 2017, Continuum of Care Reform brought together a series of existing and new reforms to California’s child welfare services program, which was designed out of an understanding that children who must live apart from their biological parents do best when they are cared for in committed nurturing family homes. This reform along with other initiatives 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.
Foster Care Training: California’s Integrated Core Practice Model for Children and Youth- Interagency Training Webinar
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.
Within that System of Care partnership, a multi-agency guide, containing the essential principles and values for all staff from all child and family service agencies who seek to serve young people and their families, is the cornerstone of implementation. This learning experience orients attendees to the essential values, principles, and practice behaviors of a System of Care for children and youth and why it has been chosen by the state as the county-level structure for integrated services. Attendees further will explore the evidenced-based elements of the ICPM and will have awareness about how the practice model can be used to improve service delivery and support a trauma-informed partnership.
Instructor: Rob Doty, CPOC Consultant /Retired Juvenile Division Director from Santa Cruz County Probation Department
Date: Thursday, March 5, 2026
Time: 8:30am to 3:30pm
Platform: Zoom
STC Credits: 6 hours (STC # 02501430)
Webcams are required.
Register Here: https://cvent.me/D1AVPg
Project Management in Probation – San Diego 2026
This three-day 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.
Foster Care Training: Quality Matters – Enhancing Caseworker Visits for Foster Care Youth to Succeed – Live Webinar
Quality engagement is essential when visiting youth in out-of-home care as this crucial component assist with ensuring positive outcomes for foster care youth. Since the federal passage of the Child and Family Services Improvement Act of 2006, the state of California has upgraded the performance standards for caseworker visits to be in accordance with federal guidelines that includes frequency, location, and quality of caseworker visits. This 4-hour webinar will assist in understanding the key elements of quality caseworker visits while also incorporating federal/state guidelines with current probation research and practices. The target audience for this webinar is all those working in juvenile placement.
Target Audience: Probation officers working in placement units, and/or those who work with candidacy youth who have been identified as at-risk for removal from their family home and placed into foster care.
Instructor: Robert Edmisten – Sacramento County
Probation &
Celeste Hinojos – California Department of Social Services
Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Time: 8:00am to 12:00pm
Platform: Zoom
STC Credits: 4 hours (STC # 08372167)
Webcams are required.
Register Here: https://cvent.me/Xz2AoZ
California Probation Writing Workshop – Sacramento 2026
Hybrid
The California Probation Writing Academy (Academy) is a 21-hour course, facilitated over three days. The structure of the Academy includes lectures, group discussions, individual and group exercises. The Academy is designed to improve writing skills for staff by utilizing appropriate writing mechanics and techniques and providing practical experience in writing reports and case notes.
Foster Care Training: Concurrent Planning -Webinar
This course provides a thorough review of concurrent planning practice for probation officers working with foster youth in California including definitions, legal basis, implementation strategies, best practices, and documentation requirements.
Instructor: Rob Doty, CPOC Consultant
Date: Thursday, February 5, 2026
Time: 8:30am to 3:30pm
Platform: Zoom
STC Credits: 6 hours (STC # 06840226)
Webcams are required.
Register Here: https://cvent.me/9MAng4
Project Management in Probation – Sacramento 2026
This three-day 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.
Foster Care Training: Navigating Mental Health Services for Youth on Probation
This course will orient attendees to the essential landscape of the state’s Mental Health delivery system, including the Specialty Mental Health Services (SMHS), California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM), Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI) and other services to help support Probation-involved youth in foster care. Topics will include but not limited to understanding the impacts of trauma, key terms of mental health, and the role of the probation in treatment and case management.
California Probation Writing Workshop – San Diego – 2025
Hybrid
The California Probation Writing Academy (Academy) is a 21-hour course, facilitated over three days. The structure of the Academy includes lectures, group discussions, individual and group exercises. The Academy is designed to improve writing skills for staff by utilizing appropriate writing mechanics and techniques and providing practical experience in writing reports and case notes.
Foster Care Training: Quality Matters – Enhancing Caseworker Visits for Foster Care Youth to Succeed – Live Webinar
Quality engagement is essential when visiting youth in out-of-home care as this crucial component assist with ensuring positive outcomes for foster care youth. Since the federal passage of the Child and Family Services Improvement Act of 2006, the state of California has upgraded the performance standards for caseworker visits to be in accordance with federal guidelines that includes frequency, location, and quality of caseworker visits. This 4-hour webinar will assist in understanding the key elements of quality caseworker visits while also incorporating federal/state guidelines with current probation research and practices. The target audience for this webinar is all those working in juvenile placement.
Target Audience: Probation officers working in placement units, and/or those who work with candidacy youth who have been identified as at-risk for removal from their family home and placed into foster care.
Instructor: Robert Edmisten – Sacramento County
Probation &
Celeste Hinojos – California Department of Social Services
Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Time: 8:00am to 12:00pm
Platform: Zoom
STC Credits: 4 hours (STC # 08372167)
Webcams are required.
Register Here: https://cvent.me/m2emZr
Foster Care Training: California’s Integrated Core Practice Model for Children and Youth- Interagency Training Webinar
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.
Within that System of Care partnership, a multi-agency guide, containing the essential principles and values for all staff from all child and family service agencies who seek to serve young people and their families, is the cornerstone of implementation. This learning experience orients attendees to the essential values, principles, and practice behaviors of a System of Care for children and youth and why it has been chosen by the state as the county-level structure for integrated services. Attendees further will explore the evidenced-based elements of the ICPM and will have awareness about how the practice model can be used to improve service delivery and support a trauma-informed partnership.
Instructor: Rob Doty, CPOC Consultant /Retired Juvenile Division Director from Santa Cruz County Probation Department
Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Time: 8:30am to 3:30pm
Platform: Zoom
STC Credits: 6 hours (STC # 02501430)
Webcams are required.
Register Here: https://cvent.me/Xz2G94