The Child Abuse Training and Technical Assistance Project
The Child Abuse Training and Technical Assistance Centers provide training and technical assistance to child advocacy centers; multi-disciplinary interview centers or teams; and child abuse prevention, intervention and treatment service providers.
Visit the CATTA website for more information.
Statewide Multidisciplinary Centers Coordinator Program
To further the goals of the Children’s Justice Act, the CJA Task Force has recommended the funding of a Statewide Coordinator for the California Network of Child Advocacy Centers for 2009. The primary thrust of this program effort is to fund and support the work of one part-time key consultant, who serves as the Statewide CAC Coordinator (SCC) formerly called the Statewide MDIC Coordinator.
In 2009, CIR Staff, along with the Statewide Coordinator, will develop a data collection tool and correlate data to provide relevant information between multidisciplinary child abuse investigations and the number of allegations of abuse statewide.
Child Abduction Intervention and Resource Training
Since 1999, the California Child Abduction Task Force has presented seventeen trainings throughout California. These trainings have attracted over 2,000 participants, primarily professionals who are first responders to reports of child abduction. According to the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) training evaluations, participants have found the training worthwhile and the trainings have provided relevant and pertinent information.
Visit the Child Abdutions Intervention and Resource Training website for more information.
The California LGBTQ Out-of-home Youth Project
Provides training to community-based organizations, child welfare providers and foster family agencies on the protection of out-of-home LGBTQ foster youth from violence, discrimination, harassment and increasing equal access to appropriate and relevant services as mandated by California AB 458 (the Foster Care Non-Discrimination Act). Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth face significant challenges in developing a positive identity, gaining acceptance and support for who they are, and making a successful transition to adulthood. These issues are often compounded by their involvement with the child welfare system as they struggle with family issues, out-of-home placements, and achieving permanency. The LGBTQ Youth Project promotes understanding of who out-of-home LGBTQ youth are, the issues and problems that they face and how providers can work with them more effectively in the foster care system. Presenters offer best practice guidelines and skills for individual counseling with LGBTQ youth, working with families, residential care guidelines, supporting the transition to adulthood, and providing appropriate resources and referrals.
California LGBTQ Out-of-Home Youth Project is currently funded by the Tides Foundation.