CACI (Child Welfare Central Index) Overview (Virtual Training)

This training provides child welfare workers, supervisors, managers and CACI hearing coordinators with the foundational legal history, principles and issues related to the Gomez v. Saenz settlement. In addition, the training explores how the Gomez v. Saenz settlement relates to child welfare investigations and dispositions.

After attending this training, successful participants will be able to:

Provide background information and history on the Gomez v. Saenz settlement
Cite Division 31 regulations
Identify investigations, referral and disposition thresholds
Understand statutory definitions of abuse/neglect for the Child Abuse Central Index (CACI)
Fulfill noticing requirements for CACI hearings and procedural/hearing timeframes

Further, the course will explore professional conduct during the hearing, as well as ways to prepare for the hearing process.

CEUs

0.6

Section Number

244SSA472

Instruction Method

Online class

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Section Schedule

Tues., May 20th, 2025, 9:00am to 4:00pm

Fees

Instructors

Roger Coffman

Roger Coffman, J.D., is a retired senior deputy county counsel for Placer County. He served as a deputy for 39 years in Placer, Tulare and El Dorado Counties. Coffman has 34 years of experience representing county child welfare agencies, providing court representation, general legal advice, appellate representation and on-going training to child welfare staff. He has been an instructor with the Northern Academy at UC Davis since 1989, the Bay Area Academy for approximately 15 years and an occasional instructor with the Central Academy. He has practiced in state trial and appellate courts and in the federal district courts and the Federal Court of Appeal.