Revolutionizing the way people work to ensure the world is a healthier place.

Cultural Competency Academy

The Cultural Competency Academy (CCA) provides a Foundational Training Series designed to provide awareness, knowledge and skill-based training that focus on concepts related to cultural humility, such as, self-assessments, bias, culture in the workplace and BHS and intersectionalities.

About CCA

Explore a timeline of events to track our ongoing promise to create experiences that transform the heart, mind, and practice.

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We create experiences that transform the heart, mind and practice.

About The Academy

ICWA Training

We provide training to child welfare social workers, court personnel, attorneys, judges, tribes, and ICWA advocates.

About Tribal STAR

Adult Protective Services Workforce Innovations

To ensure that abused and vulnerable older adults and adults with disabilities receive high quality effective interventions and services.

About APSWI

Child Welfare

CWDS provides workforce development, organizational support, technical assistance and capacity building to over 7,000 child welfare staff and leaders.

About CWDS

Explore a timeline of events to track our ongoing promise to create experiences that transform the heart, mind, and practice.

Our Year in Review 2022 – 2023

Innovation has always been at the heart of our success story.

In the last fiscal year, we have deepened our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), driving innovation, creativity, and excellence throughout our organization.

 

Read our 2022-2023 Year in Review Report to see the many ways we’ve demonstrated our unwavering commitment to deliver on our promise to transform minds, hearts, and practice.

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Areas of Service

  • In-person Training Hover - In-person Training

    Trainings in the areas of child welfare, behavioral health, leadership, cultural competency, geriatrics and elder abuse.

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  • eLearning Hover - eLearning

    Online training in the areas of child welfare, behavioral health, leadership, cultural competency and geriatrics we customize courses to meet your needs.

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  • Coaching Hover - Coaching

    Support for practice-initiative-based employee training needs within counties partnering with the Academy.

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  • Organizational Development Hover - Organizational Development

    Strategic planning, capacity building, needs assessments, facilitation and related services to meet the unique needs of health and human service organizations.

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  • Leadership training Hover - Leadership training

    Assistance for leaders in developing strategies to address issues facing public human services and career development of human services executives in the southern region.

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  • Evaluation Hover - Evaluation

    Training evaluation using a multi‐level evaluation methodology based in Glasgow's RE-AIM framework (Glasgow, 1999).

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  • Tools and Resources Hover - Tools and Resources

    Research on training, program design and leadership, assessment tools, program checklists, program tips, journal articles, literature reviews, and program tools; can be customized to meet stakeholder needs.

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  • Cultural Responsiveness Hover - Cultural Responsiveness

    Cultural responsiveness training to help professionals work effectively within cross-cultural populations; design organizational change processes to ensure services are culturally responsive.

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  • Strategic Planning Hover - Strategic Planning

    Facilitate the development of organizations’ strategic plans. Contact us to see how we can use our proven track record to help you meet your goals.

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