Quality Parenting Initiative

What is Sonoma County’s Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI)?

QPI, the Quality Parenting Initiative, is a call to action to improve the lives of kids and families involved in the foster care system. It is a national movement for foster care change to ensure that all children in care receive excellent parenting and have lasting relationships so they can thrive and grow. 

Research has demonstrated that strong, positive relationships are the best intervention we can offer children to enable them to heal as they grow up to become adults. Through policy and practice change, QPI strives to create a system where caregivers, parents, and social workers partner to put the child first because all children in foster care deserve to reach their full potential.

It’s okay to not know.

It’s more than okay to ask questions. The purpose of these pages is to create a space to share information with all involved in this process. We are continuing to add information and your feedback is key. What questions do you have that aren’t answered here? What would be helpful to have available here? Link to google form

Helpful Websites – 

• Act Early – help your child grow & thrive
  • CDC program offering many free services & materials
• California Family Urgent Response System (Cal-FURS)
  • 24/7 phone & in-person support
• Child Parent Institute (CPI)
• Early Learning Institute (ELI)
• Judicial Court of California Dependency Guides

• Our Village Closet (OVC)
• QPI4Kids.org
• Redwood Empire Foster Parent Association (REFPA)