Learn more about the workshops offered by the
REIB Statewide Initiative

For a downloadable version of the workshop descriptions, click here: 

Updated 09/17/2024

Executive Leadership Learning Collaborative
(3-part series)

For CalWORKs & CalFresh
Executives

Virtual & In-person | varies

REIB Bold:
Learning Collaborative

(5-part series

For CalWORKs & CalFresh
Supervisors & Managers 

Virtual & In-person | varies

Connecting Identity to Social Services &
County Connections

For All CalWORKs & CalFresh
County Staff

In-person | 3 hours 

REIB The Change:
Racial Equity Workshop

(2-part series)

For All CalWORKs & CalFresh
County Staff

Virtual | 2 hours

D&I Compass Toolkit
&
Inclusion in Action Toolkit

For All CalWORKs & CalFresh
County Staff

Virtual | 90 minutes

Bias Through the Lens of Dominant and Counter Narratives
 

For All CalWORKs & CalFresh
County Staff

Virtual | 90 minutes

Microaggressions:
Understanding Intent & Impact to Create Inclusion

For All CalWORKs & CalFresh
County Staff

Virtual | 90 minutes

Triggered:
Building Emotional Agility for a Trauma-Informed Workplace

For All CalWORKs & CalFresh
County Staff

Virtual | 2 hours

Unpacking Our Baggage:
The Impact of Systemic Trauma
in the Workplace  

For All CalWORKs & CalFresh
County Staff

Virtual | 2 hours

Cultivating Inclusive & Equitable Data Cultures
 

For All CalWORKs & CalFresh
County Staff

Virtual | 90 minutes

Data Equity in Action:
Strategies for Building Equitable Data Systems and Structures

For All CalWORKs & CalFresh
County Staff

Virtual | 2 hours

REIB Collaborative

The REIB Statewide Initiative has brought together a collaborative of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)
experts to design our training curriculum. This curriculum will be used to provide training to county welfare
department staff touching the CalWORKs and CalFresh programs. The workshops will be presented in a variety
of modalities, including in-person, instructor-led online classes, and longer-term learning collaboratives. 

California Department of Social Services (CDSS)

The mission of the California Department of Social Services is to serve, aid, and protect needy and vulnerable children and adults in ways that strengthen and preserve families, encourage personal responsibility, and foster independence.

CalWORKs

CalWORKs is a public assistance program that provides cash aid and services to eligible families that have a child(ren) in the home. The program serves all 58 counties in the state and is operated locally by county welfare departments.

CalFresh

CalFresh, the California SNAP, provides monthly food benefits to individuals and families with low-income and provides economic benefits to communities. CalFresh benefits can help buy nutritious foods for a better diet and stretch food budgets, allowing individuals and families to afford nutritious food, including more fruit, vegetables and other healthy foods.

Anavo Solutions

Anavo Solutions works to create equitable environments where all people have the opportunity to belong and thrive by focusing on leadershifts to inspire transformational change in individuals, teams, and organizations. Anavo is the principal consulting group for the REIB Statewide Initiative and works closely with the REIB Collaborative to facilitate the internal planning process. They also support and manage service providers, subcontractors, and consultants responsible for the curriculum design and delivery to all counties.

The Justice Collective

Transforming organizations by empowering the leaders within.

The Justice Collective is a social impact consulting firm that brings a racial equity lens to traditional organizational development. The Justice Collective's holistic, relationship-centered approach supports organizations to build an equitable environment where everyone is seen, heard, and supported.

The Nova Collective

Transforming Organizations Through a Lens of Equity

The Nova Collective is a Black-owned, women-owned DEI Consulting and Learning firm. Nova partners with organizations to lay the foundation, evolve practices, and build capacity for more inclusive environments. Nova is deeply committed to eradicating oppression and seeing bold transformation across companies, nonprofits, higher education, and government. 

Kenequity Consulting

Kenequity Consulting is a Latina-owned research and evaluation firm that provides support to organizations in various spaces like philanthropic, higher education, K-12 schools, government agencies, and fortune 100 companies. Their work is grounded in dismantling harmful environments, practices, and policies that amplify the opportunity gap and/or disparities for marginalized groups and communities. They utilize rigorous, accessible, and equity-minded methodologies to support organizations to realize their potential for excellence in equity, diversity, and inclusion practices through equity-centered, data-driven, and action-oriented recommendations.