The California Simulation Alliance (CSA) is a voice for simulation in nursing education,  disseminates information to stakeholders and facilitates state funding for simulation use and expansion. To receive newsletters or become part of the Alliance, contact KT Waxman, .

CSA goals include:  Providing a home for best practice identification; Information sharing; Faculty development; Equipment/vendor pricing agreements; Space planning; Scenario development; Sharing and partnership models; Inter-organizational research via a statewide research committee; A voice for simulation in Sacramento.

There are  six statewide regional collaboratives within the CSA:

• Rural Northern Area Simulation Collaborative (RNASC):  Becky Damazo: 
• Capital Area Simulation Collaborative (CASC):  Brenda Hanson-Smith at
• Bay Area Simulation Collaborative (BASC):  KT Waxman: 
• Central Valley Simulation Collaborative (CVSC): Marie Gilbert: ; Leslie Catron: 
• Southern California Simulation Collaborative (SCSC):  Carolyn Orlowski: 
• San Diego Simulation Collaborative (SDSC):  Karen Macauley: ; Andrea-Jean Murphy: