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

Cultural Competency Academy

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.

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Adult Protective Services Workforce Innovations

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

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Child Welfare

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

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

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Our Year in Review 2023 – 2024

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2023 – 2024 Year in Review: A Journey of Transformation

This year, intentional growth has fueled powerful change across our organization, culture, and services. From advancing our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) goals to reimagining learning experiences and strengthening partnerships, every step has been guided by our commitment to innovation and impact. Explore how our collective efforts have created meaningful ripple effects and set the stage for an even brighter future.

Areas of Service

In-person Training

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

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

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

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

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

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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