Training and Technical Assistance
The Center for Social Innovation (C4) and our training institute, t3, are now C4 Innovations. We are still the skilled people you know doing the innovative training, technical assistance, and consulting you have come to expect from us with the goal of improving the lives of marginalized people and communities.
C4 Innovations partners with organizations to develop customized, strategic learning plans and solutions that deepen knowledge and build skills and ultimately advance whole-person care, support recovery, achieve health and wellness, and improve outcomes for hard-to-reach populations. The opportunity to interact with experienced trainers along with peers and colleagues sets the stage for long-term success. Our learning plans incorporate variables tailored to your organization such as staff skills levels, staff turnover, budget, and desired timeframe. Learn about our training and technical assistance topics.
We offer live and self-paced online courses and subscriptions for accessing the courses.
Building Knowledge and Skills
Our expert trainers use best practices in training and facilitation and adult learning principles to engage your staff in interactive, inclusive environments. To do this, we:
- Create safe learning environments that respect sociocultural diversity of participants
- Use a variety of teaching strategies and activities to accommodate learners with diverse learning styles, abilities, backgrounds, and experiences
- Relate teaching and learning activities to participants’ knowledge and experiences
- Provide challenging learning experiences through case examples
- Provide multiple opportunities for participants to share or demonstrate their knowledge and skill
- Encourage participants to connect learning goals to personal values and goals
- Facilitate self-assessment among learners
"Ken did a great job of getting us involved and responded to questions and comments in a very informed manner. He made everyone feel like they had valued contributions." -Nexus Youth and Families
"The quality of Ken's presence—his integrity, his honesty, his lived experiences—encouraged genuine sharing. The content presented came alive." -Haven for Hope
Training and Technical Assistance Topics
The following is a brief summary of commonly requested topics. Learn more about our values and expertise.
Best Practices in Person-Centered Care
- Person-centered services and supports
- Outreach and engagement
- Case management models
- Motivational Interviewing skills
- Shared decision making
- Approaches to integrating and valuing lived experience
Best Practices in Trauma-Informed Care
- Knowledge of trauma
- Neuroscience of trauma
- Service design and delivery
- Implementation of trauma-informed best practices
- Organizational assessment
- Trauma-informed policies and procedures
- Supervision
- Self-care
Opioid Response
- Responding to opioid use, including overdose prevention
- Using medication-assisted recovery and medication-assisted treatment
- Integrating harm reduction approaches
- Integrating care for HIV, viral hepatitis
Mental Health and Substance Use Recovery Supports
- Assessing mental health conditions
- Managing co-occurring disorders
- Adopting best practices in recovery-oriented care
- Providing supported employment programs
- Establishing roles, competencies, supervision, and supports for peer workers
- Integrating harm reduction approaches
- Advancing recovery-oriented supports, services, systems, and communities
- Implementing integrated behavioral health and primary care strategies
- Supporting quality recovery housing
- Capacity building and strategic planning
- Creating and delivering prevention, early intervention, and recovery supports for youth and young adults
- Promoting the resilience of children and youth
- Supporting parents in recovery
- Supporting families of people in or seeking recovery
Housing Stability
- Integrating housing and essential services
- Providing services and supports targeted to individuals, families, children, and youth
- Supporting re-integration into community life
- Utilizing community-based care
- Implementing Critical Time Intervention
Equity
- Understanding the impact of racism and discrimination on homeless service systems and the people they serve
- Designing and implementing inclusive, equitable, housing-focused solutions
- Training and consultation for equity-based initiatives
- SPARC: Supporting Partnerships for Anti-Racist Communities