Unifying, Growing & Sustaining California’s Child Welfare Workforce
Through a collaborative approach, CalWISE is strengthening the careers of child welfare professionals — providing safe & healthy communities for California’s children & families.
Our Vision
The child welfare workforce delivers equitable, data-informed services and supports that achieve child safety, permanency and child and family wellbeing.
Our Mission
To develop, facilitate and evaluate innovative, culturally responsive and trauma-informed services and supports to cultivate and build a competent, committed, confident and resilient statewide child welfare workforce.
Our Workgroups
CalWISE operates through a series of workgroups to drive statewide collaboration and strategic alignment. Workgroup members represent all the CalWISE partner organizations. Each workgroup established processes, priorities, and accountability mechanisms through a charter and group agreement. They meet regularly to execute on key deliverables in support of CalWISE’s strategic priorities.
Our Values
- Partnership
- Equity and Cultural Humility
- Accountability
- Workforce Empowerment and Wellbeing
- Intentionality