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Capacity Building & Professional Development
Staff Learning Opportunities
DYCD offers practitioners numerous opportunities to engage in meaningful learning experiences, including intensive programs that emphasize peer learning and coaching.
By engaging practitioners in learning experiences that provide opportunities for self-reflection, promote sharing exemplary practices, and encourage innovation, DYCD seeks to enhance program quality by building staff knowledge and skills.
CB Resources
CB Resources-- (Site is under construction-will be available Fall 2025)
An online directory of capacity building consultants available to nonprofits. You can find consultants who can help improve program quality through enhancement activities in STEM, literacy or arts, for example, or experts who can support the organization through fiscal, legal or leadership consultants. Most vendors are an PIP making it easier to contract with them. Several are MWBE certified. There's also a list of DYCD funded consultants, with their services, sample workshop topics and contact information. Access to these consultants are at no cost to DYCD funded nonprofits.
DYCD Connect
DYCD Connect is the main resource center helping organizations communicate and coordinate with the communities they serve.
TA Providers / Staff Development
2025 TA Providers
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8RES (Hiershenee Luesse)
Organizational Development
Train CBO staff to: (1) Develop strategic plans, (2) Build effective leadership and management/supervision practices, (3) strengthen strategic partnerships, (4) Improve organization culture, (5) establish board governance policies and procedures.
Provider Website: https://www.8res.org/
BDO USA LLP
Fiscal Management
Train CBO staff to: (1) implement the basics of financial department functions, (2) create program-based budgeting and monitoring, (3) establish criteria to hire and retain skilled finance staff, (4) help boards with financial oversight, (5) develop and maintain appropriate fiscal controls.
Provider Website: https://www.bdo.com/
Ramapo For Children, Inc.
Strengths-Based Approaches to Service Delivery
Train CBO staff to incorporate Positive Youth Development, Social Emotional Learning, Youth Leadership into their work with youth.
Provider Website: https://ramapoforchildren.org/
Workforce Professionals Training Institute (WPTI)
Career Development
Train CBO staff to: (1) help youth develop work readiness skills and prepare for, and access postsecondary education. (2) develop relationships with employers.
Provider Website: https://www.workforceprofessionals.org/
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Fostering professional development, continuous quality improvement, and a culture of excellence and adaptability for ourselves and those we serve.
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Honoring and expecting ethical behavior of ourselves and others.
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Growing and maintaining relationships with community-based organizations that are respected by their neighbors and peers, and culturally aligned with the populations they serve.
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Building a staff that mirrors New York City itself, and encouraging and inspiring the organizations we support to provide quality services to all communities, in safe, accepting environments with staff who are supportive, welcoming and trustworthy.
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Promoting civic engagement and an open exchange of communication to inform communities – empowering them to self-advocate for necessary resources for community development, growth, stability and greater self-sufficiency.
For more information, and all questions, please contact Capacity Building at: DYCDCapacityBuilding@dycd.nyc.gov
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