Consultation and training through the Center for Children, Families and Communities

CCFC director Larissa Niec demonstrates Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
CCFC director Larissa Niec demonstrates Parent-Child Interaction Therapy

​Consultation and training

The CCFC offers comprehensive consultation to organizations that work with children and families. Services include:

  • Program evaluation;
  • Program development;
  • Strategic planning;
  • Grant writing;
  • Training and capacity building.

Some of the CCFC's activities within this domain have included:

  • Program evaluation of the PCIT program in its second year at Starfish Family Services (Livonia & Westland, MI).
  • Technical assistance and grant-writing support to the 29th District Court, Family Division (Ithaca, MI) in the writing and submission of a successfully-awarded funding proposal to the State of Michigan Department of Human Services.
  • Technical assistance and grant-writing support to ConnectFamilias Inc. (Miami, FL) in the writing and submission of a successfully-awarded funding proposal to the Health Foundation of South Florida.
  • The design and implementation of a community-wide needs assessment for residents of the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami in partnership with ConnectFamilias Inc.
  • Consultation with and support of Community Tampa Bay Inc. in the evaluation of its trademarked AnytownTM leadership program for youth.​