CARES Screening and Referral

This course introduces participants to CARES navigation of Screening and Referral processes.

CEUs

0.35

Section Number

262SYS437

Instruction Method

Online class

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Section Schedule

Mon., Nov 9th, 2026, 1:00pm to 4:30pm

Fees

$0.00

Instructors

Nyal Homsher

Nyal Homsher, M.S., has 15 years of experience as a social worker and supervisor. His work has focused primarily on emergency response, juvenile law and the development and testing of the CWS/CMS application. Nyal has trained help desk staff and been the county administrator for CWS/CMS in two California counties. He has also been one of the primary trainers for the Northern Training Lab Consortium since 2001.

Tomas Loarca

Tomas Loarca, M.S.W., has worked as a California child welfare social worker for 10 years. His experience spanned from front-end prevention to adoptions/permanency. Loarca worked to build collaborative relationships with community organizations that resulted in a reduction of local child welfare intervention. Loarca has been an instructor for UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education for over 5 years. He specializes in CWS/CMS, SDM, SafeMeasures, CANS, SOP, team facilitation and other child welfare subject areas.