The Mission of California’s Citizen Corps Program is to harness the power of every individual through education, training, and volunteer service to make communities safer, stronger, and better prepared to respond to disasters and emergencies. We accomplish this mission through a network of county, local and tribal Citizen Corps Councils. These councils build on community strengths to implement California’s vision of the Citizen Corps program and will carry out a local strategy to engage all Californians in being better prepared to respond to all types of disasters.

California’s councils include leaders from emergency management, law enforcement, fire and emergency medical services, businesses, volunteer and faith-based organizations, and other relevant groups such as schools, places of worship, health care institutions, and the transportation sector. While each neighborhood, community and region will determine its own Citizen Corps council membership, the primary qualification to participate in a council is the commitment to educate the public on safety, to help citizens take an active role in protecting themselves from harm, to teach citizens what to do in the event of a crisis, and to expand volunteer opportunities that will make the community safer.

Additional Citizen Corps Council Information:

To find out if one of these councils is located in your community, please visit the National Citizen Corps website.

If you find that a Citizen Corps council does not yet exist in your community and you are interested in resources on developing one, or if you are interested in obtaining other resources regarding Citizen Corps councils in California, please visit our Resource Center.

If you are interested in posting or finding Citizen Corps related events taking place in your community, please visit our Trainings & Events.