Training & Capacity Building
AccessMatters works with organizations to enhance their capabilities to provide client-centered healthcare services, advance access, and strengthen their overall impact. Our training and capacity-building solutions are tailored to meet the needs of health professionals, educators, administrators, and organizational leaders looking to deepen their expertise and drive change and enhance quality of services.
Why Work with AccessMatters?
Our training team is comprised of industry experts in sexual and reproductive health, public health, and organizational development. With deep knowledge of the complex challenges and opportunities in the field, we offer practical, evidence-based training that empowers professionals and teams to:
- Promote client-centered, trauma-informed care
- Advance health access and address gaps
- Improve service delivery and outcomes
- Foster affirming environments
- Practice trauma-informed leadership
Services We Offer
- Customized Training: Tailored to your organization’s specific needs, covering a wide range of topics from sexual health education and clinical best practices to building access-focused systems of care.
- Capacity Building: Engage in longer-term partnerships aimed at strengthening organizational capacity through strategic consultation, workforce development, and programmatic support.
- Data Collection and Analysis: Facilitation of staff or community focus groups, surveys, and data collection, analysis and summary
- Resource Development: Customized Job aids, checklists, scripts, etc.
- Facilitated Meetings and Group Discussions: Support navigating challenging conversations, brainstorm sessions, and process debriefs
Our Expertise
Our team is comprised of thought leaders and subject matter experts with decades of experience in areas such as:
- Sexual and Reproductive Health: Stay informed on the latest advancements in contraception, sexually transmitted infections, family planning, and more.
- Health Access: Learn how to embed access into your services, ensuring your programs address barriers and promote access for all.
- Organizational Development: Build sustainable, efficient systems that support your mission and scale your impact over time.
Long-Term Impact for Your Organization
Beyond one-time trainings, AccessMatters offers capacity-building engagements that foster lasting organizational growth. Capacity-building engagements are uniquely designed to your organization’s needs. These engagements can include components such as focus groups and surveys, training, facilitated discussions, assessments, and more. Our comprehensive approach ensures your team is equipped with the tools, skills, and strategies necessary to drive sustained improvement and leadership in sexual and reproductive health.
Training Examples
- Counseling for Change: Introduction to Motivational Interviewing
- Best Practices for Pregnancy Options Counseling
- Relationships and Dating Violence: Supporting Youth Along the Relationship Spectrum
Let AccessMatters be your trusted partner in professional development and capacity building. Contact us at training@accessmatters.org to explore how we can support your organization in delivering cutting-edge care.
Meet Our Trainers
India Blunt
César Mantilla
Sasha Faust
Shannon Criniti, PhD, MPH
AccessMatters
100 N. 20th Street, 5th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: (215) 985-2600 | Fax: (215) 732-1252 | info@accessmatters.org
Formerly Family Planning Council -founded 1972