Get Involved in CERFHigh Road Transition Collaboratives (HRTC)
HRTCs represent California’s 13 distinct regional economies and bring together diverse community, labor, industry, and business interests.
On October 20, 2022, the CERF Leadership team announced the CERF Planning Phase awards. As part of CERF’s initial planning phase, 13 economic development entities known as High Road Transition Collaboratives (HRTCs) received $5 million each to develop roadmaps, including a strategy and recommended series of investments, for their region. HRTCs represent California’s 13 distinct regional economies and bring together diverse members of the labor, industry, and business sectors as well as community interests.
Each region will be supported by an OPR CERF team member and a GO-Biz Regional Economic Recovery Coordinator (RERC). Contact information for each HRTC, OPR CERF staff, and GO-Biz RERC can be found below.
Northern California
Valley Vision, Inc.
California Center for Rural Policy
Arcata Economic Development Corporation
North State Planning and Development Collective
Sierra Institute for Community and Environment
North State Planning and Development Collective
All Home
Bay Area Good Jobs Partnership for Equity, with the San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development as the Fiscal Lead
Central and Inland California
Merced County Workforce Development Board
Merced Community College District
Central Valley Community Foundation
valleyCERF@centralvalleycf.org
Sierra Business Council
Kern Coalition, a partnership between Better Bakersfield and Boundless Kern, Community Action Partnership of Kern, Kern Inyo and Mono Central Labor Council, Building Healthy Communities, and Kern Community College District
Kern Community College District
Dr. Jessica Grimes
jessica.grimes@kccd.edu
Norma Rojas Mora
norma.rojas@bakersfieldcollege.edu
Uplift Central Coast Coalition
Economic Development Collaborative
uplift@reachcentralcoast.org
Southern California
Economic Development Corporation of Lost Angeles County (LAEDC)
California Community Foundation
Orange County Business Council
Charitable Ventures of Orange County
Inland Economic Growth & Opportunity (IEGO) & Inland Empire Labor Institute (IELI)
Inland Empire Community Foundation (IECF)
Hillary Jenk
hjenks@ielabor.org
951-315-0493
Matthew Mena
mmenaiego@iegives.org
951-505-1003
San Diego State University