IDHS Capacity Building Training Topic
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Reimagining Community: Safety
Reframes safety as a relational and community based condition rooted in connection and shared care.Includes trauma-informed, beloved community and healing-centered principles. Providers gain shared language and assessment tools for identifying…
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Navigating “Resistance” with Motivational Interviewing: Softening Sustain Talk and Dancing with Discord
This session helps participants understand and respond skillfully to sustain talk and discord, which are often misinterpreted as “resistance.” Participants will learn MI-consistent strategies to reduce tension, maintain collaboration, and…
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Grant Writing 201: Distinct & Unique
Imagine a grant officer sitting in front of the stack of proposals she received today. How do you ensure that she forwards your proposal on for review? Imagine a grant…
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Reimagining Community: Youth Voice & Civic Engagement
This training explores youth agency, decision-making power, and belonging. Supports providers in co-designing engagement practices, exploring youth advisory structures, and other civic engagement methods. Two Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will…
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The Social-Emotional Consequences of Sexual Trauma
Sexual trauma profoundly impacts not only the body and brain, but also a survivor’s emotional world, relationships, identity, and sense of belonging. This training explores the social and emotional consequences…
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Working with Youth Experiencing Housing Instability: Training for IDHS Homeless Youth Program Providers
This two-day webinar is designed specifically for new supervisory and front-line staff working in Illinois DHS-funded Homeless Youth programs. Participants will receive an orientation to both effective practice with youth…
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Community Asset Mapping
This interactive, introductory-level training will explore the fundamentals of Community Asset Mapping as a powerful tool for identifying local strengths, resources, and opportunities to support partnership development and long-term sustainability.…
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Restorative Justice 101
This introductory training provides participants with a foundational understanding of restorative justice principles, practices, and applications. Participants will explore how restorative justice differs from traditional justice approaches while examining its…
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Moving Beyond Outputs: Framing Long-Term Outcomes to More Effectively Talk About Mission
Many nonprofit organizations work hard to track what they do—meals served, youth engaged, counseling sessions provided, volunteers mobilized—but struggle to communicate the longer-term difference those efforts make. This practical webinar…
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Introduction to Motivational Interviewing-Day 1
Please join us for a 2-day training of a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to Motivational Interviewing (MI), this session grounds participants in MI’s core principles, evidence base, and real-world applications…
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Who Cares About DEI? Why Choosing Each Other is The Way to Go…
This session explores the purpose and function of DEIB+ (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging, and related practices), with particular attention to distinguishing inclusion from belonging. Participants will examine how belonging extends…
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Introduction to Motivational Interviewing-Day 2
Please join us for the 2nd day of this training of a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to Motivational Interviewing (MI), this session grounds participants in MI’s core principles, evidence base,…