Sihcs geographic area covers SAN diego county of the southeast for sihcs service area of 1,490 square miles, which is 33 of the countys 4,526 square miles

The program will o provide awareness workshops with the strengthening families program (SFP) that will include a childrens groups focus on social and life skills (e.g., peer-resistance skills, problem solving, conflict resolution, decision making, and communication skills). The parent groups focus on increasing family strengths, appreciation of positive changes, holding family meetings, increasing positive family time together and unity, developing new family rituals and chore charts, effective discipline, and family resources for positive changes. The project objectives are the activities and services that will reduce future maltreatment of children because the SFP provides a dual learning approach that both the child(REN) and the parent(s) are to participate in building their individual life skills, increase resilience, and reduce risk factors for their family. These will be supported with the SFP program receiving the curriculum for four different age groups between the ages of 3-17 that will be offered to the specific families receiving icss services. Part of the training will include referrals to our behavioral health team as SFP includes a therapeutic component for the program to be successful. SFP has been evaluated many times by independent researchers in randomized control trials or health services research with very positive results. Hence, SFP is rated at the top of the list by international and national review groups: program will also provide home readiness supplies to eligible families to support foster homes, families in process to adopt, and reunification. Footnotes: 1 karol l. Kumpfer ctia magalhes (2018) strengthening families program: an evidence-based family intervention for parents of high-risk children and adolescents, journal of child adolescent substance abuse, 27:3, 174-179, DOI: 10.1080 1067828X.2018.1443048 2 strengthening families foundation. Description of the strengthening families program (SFP 7-17): https: strengtheningfamiliesfoundation.ORG program-overview : :text the 20LOW 2DCOST 20SFP 207,downloadable 20HANDOUTS 20AND 20TRACKING 20SHEETS.