Over the past several months, our community came together for the first cohort of CURE Violence trainings, and we at the Monroe County Department of Public Health are grateful for the strong participation and commitment shown by your teams. These sessions reinforced the value of shared learning and collaboration in strengthening violence prevention efforts across Monroe County.
Building on that momentum, we are pleased to share the next set of upcoming trainings, offered in partnership with CURE Violence Global and available at no cost to participating organizations:
Manager/Supervisor Training: January 26–30, 2026
Violence Interruption and Reduction Training (VIRT): February 9–13, 2026
Outreach Workers Training: March 23–27, 2026
We intend to offer new training opportunities each quarter throughout 2026 and encourage organizations to consider sending new hires, as well as current outreach staff who may benefit from refresher training.
Each training session is a full week of learning and activities. The training schedule is as follows:
- Program Management: Interruption & Outreach (January 26-30, 2026)
For site supervisors and program managers. Covers managing frontline staff, strategic recruitment and deployment, team building, creating positive work environments, ensuring accountability, mobilizing communities, shifting harmful norms, overseeing daily operations, solving challenges, strategic planning, and using data to guide work. - Violence Interruption and Reduction Training (February 9-13, 2026)
For outreach workers, violence interrupters, hospital responders, site supervisors, and program managers. Combines core concepts with skill practice: roles and boundaries, engaging participants, supporting behavior change, preventing violence/retaliation through mediation, and working with residents, faith leaders, and service providers on education, violence response, and community building. - Outreach Worker Training + Site Visits (March 23-27, 2026)
Builds on VIRT for outreach workers and supervisors. Focuses on trauma-informed engagement, behavior change, participant recruitment, clinical skills, motivational interviewing, readiness assessment, goal setting, risk reduction, resource navigation, documentation, long-term caseload management, and self-care.
To register, please let us know the names and roles of those you wish to attend, as well as their preferred trainings.
All sessions will be held at the Monroe County Department of Public Health located at 111 Westfall Road, 14620.
Sessions are one-week long M-F, 10 am to 4 pm.
There is no zoom option available at this time.
Certificate to be awarded upon completion of the training session. Class expectations include 100% attendance, class engagement, and participation.
Thank you for your continued partnership and for the important work you do every day to promote safety, healing, and opportunity in our community. We look forward to continuing this work together in the year ahead.
If you have questions, or would like to register any of your employees for these trainings, please contact me at ShailiSaini@MonroeCounty.gov.
Sincerely,
Shaili Saini, MD, MPH
585-333-0011
111 Westfall Rd, Rochester, NY, 14612