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Training resources
Live workshops and recorded trainings are available at no-cost for VSHSL-funded providers.
The Veterans, Seniors, and Human Services Levy (VSHSL) supports VSHSL-funded providers and programs by offering core competency trainings. These trainings are meant to help providers attain and maintain key skills and concepts. Training topics are informed by responses to the annual narrative report. This resource is available to eligible providers at no cost. Some trainings have been recorded and are available to view here.
Upcoming trainings
Creating a Safe & Affirming Space to Collect Demographic Information
Date: Thursday, January 23, 2025, 10:00am-12:00pm
Trainer: ABC Training & Consulting | Ashley Barnes-Cocke
Location: Virtual
Description: Collecting demographic data can be challenging, and we are here to help you center queer BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) joy and the connection that is possible with exploring identity and moving systems towards justice for all people accessing our services. This interactive session will dive into the complexity of identity, best practices for creating affirming spaces in our programs, and using demographic data for program improvement. While we will talk about all demographic data collection categories, we will focus heavily on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Participants will walk away from this session with:
- An understanding of why demographic data is important and how to use it to make your system better for Queer, Trans and BIPOC people
- Clarity on the expectations, guidance and policies for demographic data collection
- More confidence in talking about sexual orientation and gender Identity in particular with clients
Trainer Bio: Ashley (they/them) is a queer homelessness prevention expert, focused on putting power and resources into clients’ hands. They have spent nearly 15 years working at the intersection of youth homelessness and other caring systems in Washington State and across the US. Most recently, Ashley has been working with incredible local communities to build multiple diversion and direct cash transfer programs, coordinate nationally around youth homelessness prevention, and redesign their homelessness response systems with quality by-name list data, prevention, youth expertise, and racial and LGBTQ justice at the center. Ashley holds a Master of Education in Prevention Science and Practice from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and served as a Rappaport Public Policy Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Fiscal Best Practices for VSHSL & Best Starts for Kids Partners
Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 1:00-3:00pm
Trainer: DeAndrea Levias, Optimum Nonprofit Consulting
Location: Virtual
Description: Join nonprofit finance expert DeAndrea Levias for a free, online training covering important fiscal best practices. VSHSL and Best Starts for Kids (BSK) partners are invited to attend. Topics will include:
- Internal controls and accounting systems that should be in place
- Maintaining financial records
- Submitting a general ledger from your accounting system (separated by fund source)
- and much more, including Q & A!
This workshop is exclusively for the funded partners of VSHSL and BSK.
Trainer Bio: DeAndrea Levias is a seasoned accountant and nonprofit financial expert with over two decades of experience helping nonprofit organizations achieve financial stability and maximize their impact. As the owner of Total Accounting Tax and Payroll, she empowers nonprofits to be audit-ready, secure sustainable funding, and streamline financial operations to better serve their communities. DeAndrea has worked with organizations of all sizes, from small grassroots efforts to those managing multimillion-dollar budgets, offering tailored services in grant management, financial reporting, and tax compliance. Her unique mission-driven approach has helped nonprofits scale their funding, including guiding two organizations to increase their budgets from $300K to over $1.5M in just three years. With a passion for equity, social justice, and community development, DeAndrea’s expertise equips nonprofits to navigate complex financial landscapes, ensuring they remain mission-focused and financially resilient. DeAndrea has experience working directly with King County VSHSL and BSK providers.
Previous trainings
Past trainings are recorded and available to watch on Vimeo.
Additional free online trainings
By Relias
Description: This course is meant for loss of life through caring for family member and/or someone in your care.
This training is a recorded webinar that can be viewed on-demand at any time. No log-in necessary with link.
Hosted by Eastside Legal Assistance Program
Description: The Eastside Legal Assistance Program facilitates and hosts other trainers in virtual workshops on topics such as Housing and Tenant Rights, Immigration Rights and Public Benefits.
The trainings are recorded webinars that can be viewed on-demand at any time at the above links.
By Relias
Description: Mitigating staffing shortages in healthcare settings, return to work criteria, coping with stress & anxiety in healthcare environments, resources included.
This training is a recorded webinar that can be viewed on-demand at any time. No log-in necessary with link.
By Rogers Behavioral Health
Description: 6 videos covering 9 topics accompanied by one-sheet handouts. Topics include: Fatigue and self-compassion, Locus of control, Changing Expectations, Boundaries, Mindfulness & Gratitude, and Managing Stress & Relationships.
The training is a recorded webinar that can be viewed on-demand at any time.
By King County Department of Community and Human Services, Behavioral Health and Recovery Division
Description: Trauma-Informed Care originally created for staff of the King County Isolation/Quarantine (I/Q) and Assessment/Recovery Centers (AC/RC) sites.
This training is a recorded webinar that can be viewed on-demand at any time.
Hosted by the Alliance of People with disAbilities, The Arc of King County & King County Disability Consortium
Understanding Ableism: Part I – Nothing About Us Without Us!
Understanding Ableism: Part II – Intersections and Advocacy Event
Description: An informative panel discussion on how people with disabilities/disabled people define ableism and how it shows up in their own lives. Also discusses the intersection of disability and other marginalized identities, especially race, other people’s role in combatting ableism, how disability justice meshes with other civil rights issues and ways we can all support our collective work.
This training is a recorded webinar that can be viewed on-demand at any time.
In an effort to promote connections and highlight valuable resources created by service providers in the VSHSL and wider King County network, we are sharing the online training resources above. Please note that the above was not created by, nor does their inclusion constitute endorsement by, the VSHSL or DCHS ASD. If you have a training resource you would like to share for potential inclusion here or in our VSHSL newsletter, please click here.