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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
Introduction to CORE for Partner Agencies
Date: Thursday, March 27, 2025, 11:00am-12:00pm
Location: Virtual
Description: This optional, virtual training will review key functions of CORE, the website you will use to report data to King County about the participants your program serves. This training will cover how to download, fill out and submit your reporting spreadsheet, as well as how to identify and solve some of the most common formatting errors. This training is recommended for any agency staff who will be using CORE for the first time and for those who would like a general refresher.
Note: similar trainings have been previously offered. A recording of this same training held in June 2024 can be found here. To request an accommodation or for inquiries about accessibility, please contact core@kingcounty.gov.
Registration: https://forms.office.com/g/kieFYy4mJw
Talking about Race: Courageous Conversations for a Diverse & Inclusive Workplace
Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 1:00-3:00pm
Location: Virtual
Trainer: Caprice Hollins, Psy.D., Cultures Connecting
Description: This interactive workshop provides seven tools and strategies for how to have courageous conversations about race, power, and privilege. Participants adopt new norms necessary to create a space for difficult and empowering conversations with one another and the diverse communities they serve. Each will reflect on what is challenging for them and commit to action steps. In this workshop, participants grow in their ability to shift from othering to belonging as they collectively practice new ways of being in the workplace.
Participants will:
- Learn tools and strategies for how to engage in courageous conversations
- Individually identify what is most difficult for them in race conversations and commit to practicing a new way of engaging
- Deepen their understanding of the need for explicit norms to guide our conversations
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.