About CalCRN
The mission of the California Career Resource Network (CalCRN) is to provide all persons in California with career development information and resources to enable them to reach their career goals.
The primary duty of CalCRN is to distribute career information, resources, and training materials to middle school and high school counselors, educators, and administrators, in order to ensure that middle schools and high schools have the necessary information available to provide a pupil with guidance and instruction on education and job requirements necessary for career development.
Information and resources distributed by CalCRN shall provide all of the following:
- Encouragement to completing a secondary education.
- Career exploration tools, provided in written and multimedia format, that offer an introduction to the nature of career planning, self-assessment, methods of investigating the work world, methods of identifying and meeting education and training needs, and methods of creating a career action plan.
- Relevant information on the labor market and career opportunities.
- Assistance to a pupil in the acquisition and development of career competencies including the appropriate skills, attitudes, and knowledge to allow a pupil to successfully manage his or her career.
(See Section 53086 of Chapter 17.5 of the California Education Code.)
Since 1997, CalCRN has been part of a nationwide program called the America's Career Resource Network (ACRN) authorized and funded through Carl D. Perkins Act, Section 118. Beginning in Program Year 2006-07, CalCRN will receive Carl D. Perkins Administrative and Leadership funds, and state general funds from California Department of Education (CDE).
At present the agencies that participate on the CalCRN Advisory Committee include:
- Bureau for Private Post-Secondary and Vocational Education
- California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (Division of Juvenile Justice, and Adult Operations and Adult Programs)
- California Department of Developmental Services
- California Department of Education
- California Workforce Investment Board
- Chancellor's Office of California Community Colleges
- Department of Rehabilitation
- Department of Social Services
- Employment Development Department