
Valerie Gold
Director of Training and Technical Assistance Programs
Valerie Gold, MPA, Director of Training and Technical Assistance Programs, has worked with and on behalf of youth, adults, and families involved with child welfare and behavioral health systems since 1995. She currently leads C4 Innovations’ technical assistance and training team and serves as the Project Director for SAMHSA’s Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS). Prior to joining C4 Innovations, Valerie led programs in child welfare, juvenile justice, family reunification, family preservation, youth development, violence prevention, youth and adult employment services, and workforce development.
She has worked with and on behalf of young people and their families in Massachusetts, New York, Alaska, and Hawaii. She has directed a range of programs, including residential and group home placements, therapeutic foster care programming, Multisystemic Therapy, mobile crisis services, family preservation and reunification services, and alternative schools and GED programs. Valerie has designed and implemented service strategies, including new approaches to rapid family assessment and reunification, mentoring and supported employment for systems-involved youth, and innovative workforce development and training and employment support programs for adults. She has also served as a trainer, evaluator, and consultant for state systems, peer-run organizations, and programs serving youth involved with child welfare, juvenile justice, special education, and behavioral health systems.
Valerie’s approach is collaborative, strategic, results-focused, and grounded in experience running programs, building coalitions, mentoring, and accelerating systems change. She is skilled in identifying and leveraging diverse and deep expertise, including that of individuals with lived experience, practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and thought leaders; creating spaces for divergent and novel perspectives; and moving stakeholders towards identification of shared interests and goals. She has a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Columbia University and a Bachelor’s degree from Brandeis University.
Contact Valerie at vgold@c4innovates.com.
Examples of Valerie’s Work
- Value of Peers by C4’s Justine Hanson and Valerie Gold as well as Lyn Legere with funding from SAMHSA's Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) project
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- Peer Support
- Spanish version: Apoyo entre compañeros
- Family, Parent, and Caregiver Peer Support in Behavioral Health
- Peers Supporting Recovery from Mental Health Conditions
- Spanish version: Recuperación de problemas de salud mental con el apoyo de campañeros
- Peers Supporting Recovery from Substance Use Disorders
- Peer Support
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- Providing Culturally Responsive Recovery Supports: Recommendations for Engaging Black Young Adults by C4’s Justine Hanson, Valerie Gold, and Nastacia Moore as well as Maya Beit-Arie with funding from SAMHSA's Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) project
- Supporting Families and Caregivers of Adults with Serious Mental Illness by C4’s Valerie Gold as well as Marianne Farkas and Lynda Gargan with funding from SAMHSA's Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) project
- Increasing Access to Treatment and Recovery Supports for People with Disabilities resources: overview; disabilities affecting reasoning, memory or learning; mobility limitations; blindness or vision loss; deafness or hearing loss; and tips to increase accessibility by C4’s Valerie Gold and Melissa Witham as well as John de Miranda with funding from SAMHSA's Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) project
- Disaster Preparedness Training for Community Organizations resources: steps to take at anytime; steps when a disaster is heading towards your home/community; steps during/following a disaster; forms and emergency supply checklists; and PowerPoint training resource by C4’s Valerie Gold as well as Connie Wells, Rich La Belle, Patti Derr, Juan Velez Court, and Jamie Bushell with funding from SAMHSA's Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) project
- Collegiate Recovery Supports for Underrepresented Student Populations by C4’s Valerie Gold as well as Becca Olson with funding from SAMHSA's Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) project
- Supporting Parents in Recovery by C4’s Valerie Gold and Cheryl Gagne as well as Joanne Nicholson and Nancy Suchman with funding from SAMHSA's Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) project
- Peers Supporting Youth and Young Adult Recovery by C4’s Valerie Gold as well as Brie Masseli, Johanna Bergan, Kristin Thorp, and Becca Olson with funding from SAMHSA's Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) project
- Training and Technical Assistance
- Behavioral Health and Recovery
- Recovery Journeys: Role of Family Support, a podcast episode
- Value of Peers from SAMHSA’s BRSS TACS
- SAMHSA’s Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy