About Us
The The Children's Section of the California Emergency Management Agency (CalEMA), Victim Services Division funds two training centers: The Northern and Southern California Child Abuse Training and Technical Assistance (CATTA) Centers. The aim of the collaboration between OES (formerly the Office of Criminal Justice Planning) and the two CATTA Centers is to ensure that every child and family in California has access to state-of-the-art prevention, investigation, diagnosis, treatment, and prosecution of child maltreatment.
CATTA provides training and technical assistance to child advocacy centers; multi-disciplinary interview centers or teams; and child abuse prevention, intervention and treatment service providers.
The northern 48 California counties are served by the Northern CATTA Center at the California Institute on Human Services, Inc. in Rohnert Park, CA.
The 10 southern California counties are served by the Southern CATTA Center at the California Institute on Human Services, Inc. in Ventura, CA.
California Organizations We Serve
Child Advocacy Centers (CACs) and Multi-disciplinary Interview Centers/Teams (MDIC/Ts)
Child Abuse Treatment Centers (CHAT)
Technical Assistance
The CATTA Centers provide information development and dissemination and capacity building assistance to programs throughout the state.
Our staff and consultants are available to provide assistance and resources via the phone, fax and email. We can also arrange to visit your program to work with you in a face-to-face meeting.
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Our Funding Partner
This website is developed and maintained by the CATTA Center at the California Institute on Human Services, Inc. Funding is provided by the California Emergency Management Agency (CalEMA), Victim Services Division, Children's Section. However, the opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the position of CATTA or OES. No official endorsement of materials, resources, or referrals should be inferred.