Collective Impact provides an array of training and facilitation services. Click here to learn more about these services.
In addition, below are a couple of our specialized training workshops currently being offered or that can be brought to your area (Mental Health First Aid and Cultural Competence Capacity Building):
Mental Health First Aid USA is an 8-hour training to teach participants how to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. The evidence behind the program demonstrates that it helps trainees identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders.
This groundbreaking 8-hour training course gives people the tools to identify when adolescents and transition-age youth, ages 12-18 might be struggling with a mental health or substance use problem and to connect them with appropriate support and resources when necessary.
Youth Mental Health First Aid USA Trainings
July 26, 2017 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM at Peacetree Center 5930 Mahood Dr, Huntington, WV 25705. Cost $50.00 Click to Register Attendance for the full class time and completion of final exam is mandatory. Participants will receive a course manual ($20 value) and certificate of completion from the National Council for Behavioral Health. Breakfast and lunch are not provided, refrigerators and microwaves are available for use. The workshop value is $170 per person (discounted to $50) with sponsorship provided by Collective Impact, LLC and Peacetree Center.
Adult Mental Health First Aid USA Trainings
There are currently no trainings scheduled. Please check back at a later date.
For more information or to participate in a MHFA training contact Kevin Jones, Mental Health First Aid Instructor at 304.412.2668 or Kevinjones@collectiveimpact.com
Cultural Competence Capacity Building workshops help participants better understand the importance of diversity in general, and specifically in a variety of settings and circumstances. Participants learn the value of accepting others’ differences and how we ourselves are part of the diversity of the world. The need for understanding and empathy is key to cultural competence. The purpose of the workshops are to engage participants in interactive learning experiences to increase capacity and understanding in a variety of settings. The following workshops can be provided for your staff, Board, customers/clients, partnering organizations, community residents, etc.:
For more information about brining our Cultural Competence Capacity Building workshops to your area, contact us at: emailus@collectiveimpact.com
Collective Impact provided planning and facilitation services for the inaugural Cabell Huntington Hospital Regional Health Summit in June 2017. The process will culminate with the provision of a summary report that will recap the actions and results of the breakout sessions/roundtable discussions and will serve to help guide future direction of summit participants.
As part of the Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation (BCJI) grant, Collective Impact worked with the City of Huntington, WV, the Huntington Police Department, Marshall University Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) and other partners to organize a "build a better block" community visioning and stakeholder engagement event in Huntington WV. See the local news story here.
"Bruce Decker was assigned to the City of Shinnston as our Community Coach during our participation in Federal Home Loan Bank's Blueprint Communities Program. Our team was very new to the concept of community development and Bruce was an integral part of bringing us around to the highly effective team we are today. Particularly while facilitating our efforts to write a strategic plan for the City of Shinnston, Bruce was incredibly skilled in drawing from us OUR ideas of what we wanted Shinnston to become and the steps to get us there. Our plan won an award in the course of the program and is currently undergoing its third update as we accomplish one goal after another." ~ Debra Herndon, City Manager, City of Shinnston, WV
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination. Collective Impact is not only the name of our consulting firm, but is also our guiding principle and approach that has directed how we interact, perform, and succeed with our partners over the past decade. The "Collective Impact" approach is highlighted in the article titlted "Collective Impact" in the Winter 2011 Stanford Social Innovation Review.
