Q: What counties does each academy serve?

A: A list of the counties served and coordinating partners follows. You can also view a map of the Regional Training Academies and the counties they serve.

• Bay Area Academy
• Central California Child Welfare Training Academy
• Inter-University Consortium
  
• Northern California Training Academy
  
• Public Child Welfare Training Academy—Southern Region
• Resource Center for Family-Focused Practice

• The academy operates under the leadership of a collaborative Board of Directors composed of county welfare directors; a representative of the California Department of Social Services; the Dean of CSU, Fresno, College of Health and Human Services; and the Director of the MSW Program at CSU, Stanislaus. Additionally, the County Welfare Directors Association Regional Children’s Services Sub-Committee operates as an advisory body to the academy staff and board.
  
  David Foster is the project director

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• The Inter-University Consortium serves the County of Los Angeles. It is a collaboration of four universities: UCLA, the University of Southern California, CSU, Long Beach, and CSU, Los Angeles. It works closely with the Los Angeles Department of Children's and Family Services.
  
  William Donnelly is the director.

The academy is part of The Center for Human Services located at the UC Davis Extension.

Susan Brooks is the director.

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• The Public Child Welfare Training Academy—Southern Region is a collaborative venture of San Diego State University; CSU, San Bernardino; and Imperial, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego Counties. The academy operates under a Board of Directors composed of the directors of county social services agencies, the directors of the region’s three schools of social work (San Diego State University, Loma Linda University, and CSU, San Bernardino), and academy Training Planning Committee representatives.
  
  Donald E. Dudley is the director.

• The Resource Center for Family-Focused Practice serves the state of California. It is part of of The Center for Human Services located at UC Davis Extension.
  
  Deborah Yip is the director.

Download:

• Map of California's Regional Training Academies
• RTA Coordination Project fact sheet
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