Capacity Building and Training Initiative
The Capacity Building and Training Initiative prevents and addresses violence by strengthening trauma-informed and equitable approaches among providers and systems serving children, adults, and families in Boston and beyond.
How you can get involved
Our history, partners, and advancing our work
The Defending Childhood Initiative developed many of our core training offerings and models for promoting trauma-informed and equitable systems.
Training Opportunities
We offer innovative, interactive training opportunities for service providers, youth, and organizations.
Organizational Capacity Building and Collaboration
Our work to enhance cross-sector collaboration. Our goal is to strengthen service quality. We want to catalyze positive community and systems change.
Our reach
Since 2013, the Capacity Building and Training Initiative (CBTI) has:
- trained over 7,000 providers who collectively are serving 100,000+ residents, and
- partnered with 45+ agencies.
Our team
- Bronwen White (She/her), Director, bwhite@bphc.org or 617-416-2699
- Kimberly Mendoza Iraheta (She/her) Senior Program Manager, kmendoza-iraheta@bphc.org or 617-680-7493
- Zarie Locke (They/them) Training Manager, zlocke@bphc.org
- Krupa Boradia (She/her), Program Manager, kboradia@bphc.org or 617-735-7797
- Shanika Bourne (She/her), PREVAYL Program Manager, sbourne@bphc.org
Trauma and resiliency resources
For more information about trauma and resiliency resources, please contact Bronwen White at bwhite@bphc.org or 617-416-2699.
For trauma response, recovery and support services, please contact the Neighborhood Trauma Team Network 24-hour support hotline at 617-431-0125.