Family Advocacy Program Training

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT. THIS IS A POTENTIAL SOURCES SOUGHT ISSUED ONLY TO CONDUCT A MARKET RESEARCH STUDY FOR AN ANTICIPATED MILITARY PROGRAM.

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The Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Family Advocacy Program is seeking potential businesses with the current relevant experience to provide training addressing all aspects of violence, abuse and trauma focusing on prevention and intervention responses that promote healthy responses to varied stressors. Topics of child abuse, human trafficking are to be covered to include workplace stressors dealing with professional burnout from good employees, and conflict resolution with de-escalation training.

Training is to eligible for continuous education units (CEU) for those in the Social Work profession.

Provider to present training over 6 days, 4 hours each day for up to 60 individuals. 15 people who have licensing credentials will be able to receive 24 hours of continuing education credits for professionals holding licenses through the state of Kansas. The provider must be an entity that can offer CEUs in Kansas must be registered with the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board (BSRB). CEUs must be relevant, evidenced based training designed to enhance the mental health professional practice.

19-25 September 2025

Day 1: ACEs, Child Maltreatment

Day 2: Corporal Punishment, Child Custody in High-Conflict Families

Day 3: Intro to Trauma-Informed Care, Vicarious Trauma

Day 4: Lifespan consequences of children exposed to domestic violence and abuse; Child Sexual Exploitation (Trends, Identification and Intervention)

Day 5: The Intersection of Sexual Assault and Intimate Partner Violence, Teen Dating Violence

Day 6: Working with Male and Female Offenders