See your impact grow as you learn how to fully unlock youth potential.
Effective youth work takes more than compassion and good intentions. Add evidence-based skills to the way you work with youth and enhance your impact.
We offer a variety of training programs to help you become an even more effective agent of change in the lives of the young people that you serve.
Outreach’s philosophy of youth work
We’ve seen it all.
Seriously, in over 25 years of frontline youth work, we’ve encountered almost every situation imaginable. While we focus our efforts on youth experiencing homelessness, our practices are applicable to any Youth Worker who desires to impact the life of any youth.
Evidenced-Based Practices
We don’t make this up. These are tried and true skills and knowledge that you can begin implementing right away. We’ll also give you the tools to track the impact you make when you use these tools.
Cultivating Authentic Relationships
It all starts with trust. Research shows that one caring adult relationship can transform the life of a youth. But what is the process for cultivating those caring relationships? We’ll help you move past “just winging” it.
Dignity & Empowerment
Why have we been so successful? It’s because we fervently believe that every young person is capable of making good choices for themselves. Our job is to empower them with the knowledge and skills needed to make the right choice for themselves.
OUR COURSES
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Fundamentals in Coaching
$999 | 6-week course | Cohort begins Jun 4, 2025
Move beyond Case Management with our Coach Training Program. We equip Youth Workers with International Coaching Federation principles that you can use with youth that attend your afterschool program, participate in your youth group, or are on your caseload. Our 6-week course combines self-learning and cohort seminars to help you develop the core competencies to introduce coaching into your youth work strategy.
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McKinney-Vento Training for Educators
$299 | 3-week course | Cohort begins Oct 24, 2025
Are you an educator or school staff member who is interested in learning more about the McKinney-Vento Act and the protections it provides for youth experiencing homelessness? Are you a designated liaison that wants to learn more about how you can provide resources to McKinney-Vento students? Do you want to know how you can identify which students in your school might be experiencing homelessness?
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Individual Consulting and Coaching for Individuals and Organizations
Fee and timeframe determined at time of inquiry
We also provide one-on-on or group coaching and consulting services for individuals or organizations working with youth and young adults from at-risk populations. We are always happy to share the experiences, successes, and challenges that we’ve gleaned over the past 25+ years.
Have Questions?
Schedule a Q&A With Us.
Whether you have some youth work experience under your belt, want to better serve youth in your profession, or are exploring new opportunities, we’re here to support your next steps. Fill out our contact form and we will get in touch to schedule a live 20-minute Q&A.
Why Choose Outreach’s Youth Work Training Center?
Tried and True, Evidenced-Based Practices
Our programs, techniques, and interventions rely on the science-based approaches that have proven effective in multiple contexts. Research shows that relational, dignity-based programs like Coaching increase a youth’s self-perception, school engagement, and quality of life.
Learn from the Industry Leaders
We’ve worked with over 10,000 youth over 25 years. We’ve coached or consulted over 100 different organizations on our best practices. Time and time again Outreach has been identified as the state’s leader in the field of youth homelessness.
Hear from those “Doing the Work”
We’ve all been to those seminars that are led by professional consultants. Through the YWTC, you will be trained by those “on the ground” who are “doing the work” day in and day out. They understand the highs and lows that you experience every day and they design their trainings to speak to the issues that matter most.
