California Family Resource Association

02/11/2026

💜 CFRA is pleased to share an upcoming learning opportunity from CVCA 💛

CVCA is hosting a free, virtual symposium for professionals and community members who support trauma-exposed individuals and communities:

Surviving Compassion Fatigue: Help for Those Who Help Others

🗓 Tuesday, March 11, 2026
⏰ 9:00–11:00 AM (PST)
💻 Virtual | Free to attend

🎤 Featuring Dr. Beverly Kyer, nationally recognized trauma-informed educator, Certified Compassion Fatigue Specialist, Certified Compassion Fatigue Specialist, and Founder & CEO of The Kyer Group Corporation, with over 35 years of experience supporting helping professionals.

This symposium will offer practical, trauma-informed tools to strengthen resilience, recognize early signs of compassion fatigue, and support long-term workforce sustainability.

Participants will learn how to:
• Differentiate between compassion fatigue, secondary traumatic stress, vicarious trauma, and burnout
• Understand the neurobiological and physiological impacts of prolonged trauma exposure
• Identify early warning signs of chronic stress
• Practice in-the-moment strategies to regulate the nervous system
• Build sustainable, ethical, and trauma-informed practices

👥 Open to advocates, professionals, caregivers, and community members serving trauma-impacted populations.

🔗 Free registration:

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CVCA Symposium: Surviving Compassion Fatigue: Help for Those Who Help Others. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

02/06/2026

When Family Resource Centers come together, we urge the State of California to pursue budget solutions that safeguard our most vulnerable children and families. 📢💛💜

02/04/2026

💪Stronger Together 💪

Family Resource Centers transform families and communities by fostering reciprocity, connection, and asset development. When we work together across California, we strengthen economic well-being and ensure no community is left behind. 🤝

📢 This Month of Advocacy, our state cannot afford to lose ground—we’re raising our voices for families and communities statewide.

02/02/2026

💪 Family Resource Centers show up every day across California.

📍 From north to south, east to west, California’s FRCs are connected by shared values, common goals, and a commitment to prevention. When one community finds what works, families across California benefit. ❤️

🤝 We collaborate, not compete.
🔄 We share, not hoard.
🚀 We rise together, not alone.
✨ That’s our power. That’s our impact.

Because we’re 🌉🌴🌲

02/01/2026

💜 It’s here! CFRA Month of Advocacy begins TODAY! 💜

Family Resource Centers across California are coming together under one powerful theme: Better Together Statewide.

Family Resource Centers strengthen children, families, and communities every day and together, we’re lifting up that impact while advocating for the policies and investments that allow FRCs to thrive.

📣 Follow along and join us along the way!

01/30/2026

🎉 GREAT NEWS! SB 557 passed the Senate floor yesterday with unanimous, bipartisan support!

SB 557 strengthens child abuse prevention by modernizing how California defines Family Resource Centers. These are trusted, community-based centers that help families access support before challenges turn into crises. The bill cuts red tape, aligns state law with federal standards, and ensures California remains eligible for long-term federal funding, without creating new mandates.

Thank you to our Senators and to everyone who reached out and made their voices heard. Your advocacy made a difference.

Next stop: The Assembly! We expect SB 557 to be set for hearing in June when Assembly Committees begin reviewing Senate bills.

We'll keep you updated on next steps. Stay tuned!

01/21/2026

⏰ Don’t wait! Registration is open for the
2026 Statewide Collaborative Prevention Convening

📅 March 18 (Virtual) | March 19 (Hybrid)
🗓️ Day 2 registration closes March 6

Join prevention leaders and partners across California to strengthen collaboration, center community voices, and align our work for impact.

👉 Register today: https://bit.ly/490MFjE

12/22/2025

As we close out this year, we're reflecting on all the incredible people who make our communities stronger.

Thank you for the work you do, for the families you uplift, and for being the glue that keeps our communities whole. 💛💜✨

Wishing you a peaceful holiday season and a bright New Year ahead. 🎊🎉

12/19/2025

🚨 REGISTRATION IS NOW LIVE! 🚨
2026 Statewide Collaborative Prevention Convening

Join California Comprehensive Prevention Planning Teams and partners this March to move Prevention in Action by:

• Deepening partnerships
• Uplifting community-led strategies
• Sharing leadership with Lived Experts and Tribal Nations
• Aligning prevention efforts across California’s ecosystems

📅 March 18 (Virtual) | March 19 (Hybrid)
⏰ 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

👉 Register now: https://bit.ly/490MFjE
Day 2 registration closes March 6

12/16/2025

🎉 Big News for California Family Resource Centers!

CFRA is launching a new membership structure in January 2026. Making it easier than ever for FRCs and family-strengthening professionals to join our statewide movement. 💜✨

Whether you’re a single-site FRC, part of a network, or an individual professional, there’s a place for you in CFRA!

💡 What You’ll Gain as a CFRA Member
✅ Advocacy at the Capitol — lifting up the essential role of FRCs
✅ Peer networking + communities of practice
✅ Training & professional development
✅ Tools to help you strengthen families
✅ Visibility and statewide leadership opportunities

🌟 New Membership Options:
🏠 Family Resource Centers
• $300 with certification in NFSN Standards*
• $500 without certification
*At least 1 leader + 1 staff trained within last 2 years

🤝 FRC Networks
• First 5 FRCs: $100 each
• Additional FRCs (6+): $50 each

👤 Professionals, Retirees & Consultants
• $100

🎓 NEW!
• Students & Interns: $50
• Parent Leaders: FREE 🙌

📅 For current members, membership renews on your current schedule
↪ We’ll send a reminder 30 days before renewal with tier details & pricing.

Join us in strengthening families and communities across California. Together, we advocate louder and impact more lives. 💪🏽🏡

🔗 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/4nDgVXG

12/09/2025

🎊 20 Years of Impact. 20 Years of Advocacy. 20 Years of Family Strength. 🎊

Today we proudly celebrate 20 years of community, advocacy, and impact. And there’s no better way to mark this milestone than by reflecting on our defining moments along the way. 💜 We are grateful to everyone who joined us at CFRA’s FRC Learning Lab 20th Anniversary Celebration and to the partners, members, parent leaders, and families who have shaped CFRA over the past two decades.

As Janay Eustace, President and CEO of The Child Abuse Prevention Center, so passionately reminded us:
“When systems shrink, community becomes even more essential, and there is no statewide network more trusted or prepared than Family Resource Centers. You are the connectors, the navigators, the advocates, and the steady hands that hold the community together. When we ask, ‘Who will keep families connected to support?’ The answer is you. It has always been you. FRCs are the safety net behind the safety net. ”

📊 Check out the graphic to see how far we’ve come, from statewide recognition to historic investments in families and communities. Thank you for 20 years of collective impact. Here’s to the next chapter! 🥂💛💜

12/03/2025

🚀 Level Up Your Skills!

Join our Open CA NFSN Standards Training on Feb 19–20, 2026!

This training is open to all types of family-strengthening and family-support programs. Learn the latest standards, get practical tools, connect with peers, and boost your professional growth.

✅ What you’ll gain:
Learn the latest NFSN standards and best practices
Get practical tools to improve your services
Network with peers and field experts
Boost your professional development and credentials

📌 Register now- CFRA NFSN Standards Training Registration Form: https://bit.ly/3Mbyctn