Specialized Training

NeighborWorks America believes strongly in the power of effective board stewardship. We're pleased to present a wide range of training to enhance your effectiveness, and that of your fellow board members. Learn more about this specialized area of NeighborWorks training.

Designed for: Board members and executive staff who are focused on achieving and sustaining organizational success.

The Community Leadership Institute is an invitation-only training event that aims to strengthen the voices and skills of community, resident and volunteer leaders. Participants attend in teams from areas served by NeighborWorks Network organizations and their partners.

Designed for: Resident leaders of NeighborWorks organizations who work to enhance quality of life in their communities.

NeighborWorks Training Institute is proud to present cutting-edge courses that promote sustainable design, green building and healthy housing. Sponsored by The Home Depot Foundation, the courses offer new solutions to old problems in affordable housing and construction and production management.

Designed for: Practitioners who want to increase their organization's efficiency and sustainability, and improve the well-being of community residents.

As part of our effort to help mitigate the effects of the foreclosure crisis,
NeighborWorks America is focusing on developing tools and training to enable local governments and nonprofit organizations to evaluate approaches and tailor responses to the increase in foreclosures and real estate owned properties (REOs).

Designed for: Pracitioners and government staff who work to create stable communities in the wake of the foreclosure and financial crises.

NeighborWorks America provides the leading training in foreclosure counseling training. Foreclosure intervention counseling training prepares homeownership practitioners with the knowledge and skills to successfully deliver specific housing counseling assistance to delinquent and foreclosure clients.

Designed for: Homeownership educators and counselors who work to assist current and prospective homeowners.

Native American communities face many challenges in increasing homeownership and establishing economic development opportunities, particularly on Native lands. Recognizing the need for effective homeownership and economic development strategies, NeighborWorks Training Institute offers high-quality training opportunities tailored specifically to Native Americans and community development practitioners serving Native communities.

Designed for: Practitioners who address the unique needs of Native communities and their residents.

In 2004, NeighborWorks America pledged to invest more than $1 billion in rural communities across America by 2005 — an investment grounded in the ongoing activities of the NeighborWorks Rural Initiative. Launched in 2000, the Rural Initiative supports the housing and economic development activities of chartered NeighborWorks organizations serving rural America.

Designed for: Pracitioners who provide a wide range of services in a rural setting.

In order to expand the pool of qualified bilingual professionals and overcome the lack of information about the homebuying process in Spanish-speaking communities, NeighborWorks America and the NeighborWorks Center for Homeownership Education and Counseling (NCHEC) try to offer at least one Spanish bilingual training course at each NeighborWorks Training Institute.

Designed for: Pracititioners who serve a primarily Spanish-speaking clientele.