ODI and CalHR Foundations of GenAI certificate series (web)
Citation
Crew-Renzo, Anne. “ODI and CalHR launch Foundations of GenAI Certificate series.” California Office of Data and Innovation (ODI) blog, Aug. 1, 2024. https://innovation.ca.gov/blog/posts/odi-and-calhr-launch-foundations-of-genai-certificate-series/. Copy: raw/web/2026-11-09 ODI and CalHR Foundations of GenAI certificate series.md (original: .html beside it). Read 2026-11-09.
Bottom line
- ODI and the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR) offer a five-course Foundations of Generative AI (GenAI) Certificate to current state employees. CalHR’s CalLearns hosts four courses and ODI’s CalAcademy hosts one.
- The training follows Executive Order N-12-23. The Government Operations Agency (GovOps) led the effort with ODI, CalHR and the California Department of Technology (CDT).
Background
The post announces the certificate series in August 2024. It joins existing training content from CalLearns and CalAcademy. It quotes the head of CalAcademy, the CalHR Chief Learning Officer and a state employee who took the courses.
Key claims
- “The California Office of Data and Innovation (ODI) and the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR) are partnering to provide skills and knowledge training to prepare state staff to safely deploy generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools.” (opening)
- “California’s goal of the GenAI workforce training is to upskill current state staff to meet the need for highly skilled, responsible GenAI professionals.” (body)
- “Led by the California Government Operations Agency (GovOps), ODI, CalHR and the California Department of Technology (CDT) collaborated on this effort to deliver GenAI training to the state workforce.” (body)
- “ODI’s CalAcademy will offer one of the courses toward the Foundations of GenAI Certificate series at no cost to state employees.” (body)
- “CalLearns will host 4 of the 5 courses toward the certificate.” (body)
- “All California state employees are eligible for the Foundations of GenAI Certificate series.” (closing)
Evidence and method
A state agency blog post that announces a training program. It gives the number of courses and who hosts them. It gives no enrolment or completion figures.
Limits
The post does not list the five course titles, except “GenAI for Public Professionals”. It does not give the cost of the CalLearns courses or the hours of training. It does not cover technical or research computing skills. It is from 2024 and gives no later status.