Family Partner Certification Virtual Training: June 9-13, 2025

This virtual training is being sponsored by HHSC Peer and Recovery Services Programs. Family Partners have priority for this training.

Eligibility Requirements

• Applicants must be age 18 or older.

• Applicants must be a high school graduate or have completed a G.E.D.

• Applicants should be the parent or Legal Authorized Representative (LAR) of a child/youth with behavioral health needs and have at least one year of experience navigating a child-serving system.

• Applicants must be willing to publicly identify as a parent or caregiver with lived experience parenting a child with behavioral health needs.

• Applicants must complete the FP Certification Training application. The FP Certification Training Application is made available to you on your Centralized Training account once you have registered.

• Applicants must complete a pre-training phone call from one of our trainers to confirm eligibility.

A Certified Family Partner (CFP) is a parent or guardian who has lived experience raising a child with behavioral health challenges and who has at least one year successfully navigating a child serving system. The CFP is trained to use this lived experience to help other parents and guardians for the purpose of assisting with navigation of a child serving system, providing education, and instilling hope throughout the recovery process. CFPs offer a variety of important and helpful services for families, such as introducing the family to the mental health treatment process, modeling advocacy skills, providing information, making referrals, providing skills training and helping to identify supports for the child and family. These services are not provided directly to the child, but to the primary caregivers of the child. The Family Partner (FP) Certification Training is a 5-day virtual course conducted via Zoom. The training will be an intense, interactive, and fun-filled week spent exploring learning objectives to prepare participants for the Certification Exam on Day 5 of training. Successful completion of this training and passing the final Certification Exam is required to apply to become a Certified Family Partner with the Texas Certification Board (TCB).

This virtual training is intended only for those seeking Family Partner Certification status, not for those that are already certified.

Please note that acceptance is not guaranteed.

Cancellations, Substitutions and Refunds Policy:

Live In Person/Virtual Trainings:

• A colleague may be substituted at no extra charge if Centralized Training is notified at least two business days before the training.

• Requests for refunds for an in-person/virtual workshop must be received 72 hours prior to the workshop.

Self-Paced Online Trainings:

• No refunds are offered for self-paced online trainings.

Please forward detailed requests regarding this training to CTI Helpdesk at ctihelp@uthscsa.edu.

Training Location: Zoom Meeting
Webcam and audio are required for participation.
9:00am-4:30pm CST
Trainers: Angie Jackson, CFP-M, MBA, CPC and Shea Meadows, Master Level CFP, MHPS, PSS
CEUs Offered: None

Registration will open 4-6 weeks before the training dates.