Now that you have attended one of CPR's Tackling Inequities from the Ground Up: Trauma-Informed Behavioral Health Communications workshop sessions, you are eligible to attend one of our more advanced training sessions. These workshops are designed for staff with the most direct responsibility for community-engagement activities (or their supervisors).

We would like your thoughts on which one of these workshops you would like to see offered based on the descriptions provided below.

Workshop Descriptions

Community-Engagement Concepts for Countering Trauma, Disparities and Lack of Trust offers details on how to do the roll-up-your-sleeves, boots-on-the-ground, face-to-face dialogue with oral-based cultures that builds trust and enhances key community relationships. Participants will see that community engagement is an essential, cost-efficient and more effective approach to engaging and building ongoing relationships with hard-to-reach populations, including those who have been historically mistreated or underserved by government agencies.

Creating Safe Spaces for Low-Income Men and Communities of Color enhances the ability of providers’ clinical staff (including frontline, outreach, home visitors, and therapists) and CBO’s who work directly with men of color and families impacted by SUD and other health disparities to create more welcoming environments and positive interactions with them, in order to foster and support healthy interpersonal relationships within them (including reconciliation and reunification), promote open communication about SUDs and reduce the potential for domestic abuse or partner violence.

Tour of Pathway to Care and Recovery

Come tour Pathway to Care and Recovery’s (PCR) state-of-the-art walk-in center, which serves as Allegheny County’s official front door to access free services for treatment of substance use disorders. PCR runs the confidential, 24-hour hotline that is the centerpiece of the Connect Protect Recover campaign. It’s important for our trusted community leaders or service providers to know about this critical resource, so we are holding brief (30-minute) tours in February.

Supporting a CPR Community Event

We are in the planning stage for our series of grassroots community events in March or April 2025. Let us know if you’re seriously interested in being a host, recruitment partner or resource provider at one of these events. If you are interested, we will follow-up with you in February to discuss in more detail.