Integrated Core Practice Model (ICPM)

The ICPM is an articulation of the shared values, core components, and standards of practice expected from those serving California’s children, youth, and families. ICPM provides practical guidance and direction in the delivery of timely, effective, and collaborative services. Additionally, the ICPM helps create a culturally relevant and trauma-informed systems of care that strengthens the voice and choice of the child, youth, and family and builds consensus around their strengths and needs in service planning and delivery. The practice of working together as a team is at the heart of ICPM.

Is Integrate Core Practice Model a required component of the Comprehensive Prevention Plan? YES.

ACL 22-23 (March 10, 2022), page 10, strategies for use of the Integrated Core Practice Model (e.g., candidacy assessment, family engagement, service delivery and transitioning).

Resources

CDSS ICPM Website
The CDSS ICPM site offers an overview of the values, practices, and principles of ICPM and contains multiple links to ICPM resources.

CDSS ICPM Training and Resource
This website includes training material centered on the ICPM primers.

ICPM Brochure
This brochure provides an overview of ICPM and addresses the ICPM theory of change and the five foundational behaviors.

Integrated Core Practice Model Guide
The ICPM provides practical guidance and direction to support county child welfare, juvenile probation, behavioral health agencies, and their partners in delivery of timely, effective, and collaborative services to children, youth, and families.

ICPM Training Guide
The training implementation outlined in this guide prepares leaders from partnering organizations to enact coordinated, systemic changes and to empower staff to collaborate, build relationships, and form practice teams that fully engage families and tribes.

Guiding Questions

1. These guiding questions are provided to assist in the development of the comprehensive prevention plan.
2. What is the baseline knowledge of ICPM for partner agencies?
3. How is the Title IV-E agency working with partner agencies and Tribes to have collective awareness of ICPM, which increases effectiveness across the entire continuum of prevention? Is there a need to cross-train partner agencies and Tribes on ICPM?
4. What conversation are Title IV-E agencies having with partner agencies and Tribes regarding incorporating ICPM in a more informed and intentional manner?
5. What resources and support are needed to fully implement ICPM into practice countywide?
6. Who are the current stakeholders incorporating the Integrated Core Practice Model (ICPM) in day-to-day activities? Are there any other public systems, Tribes, prevention partners, and community-based organizations that the Title IV-E agency can collaborate with to enhance the CPP planning and the implementation of services?
7. What are some examples of how ICPM has fostered the teaming process in the development of the CPP?
8. How is the Title IV-E agency incorporating and planning to implement strategies for the use of the Integrated Core Practice Model (e.g., candidacy assessment, family engagement, service delivery and transitioning)?
9. What steps, assessments, and evaluation processes will be completed to ensure effective service delivery and accountability for sustaining the ICPM practice?