Advocating For Change provides trauma-informed and equitable strategic tools and support to increase employee retention, collaboration, conflict resolution; so, educators and human service professionals can thrive in healthier workplaces while serving their communities and decrease legal system involvement for the families and communities being served. We provide strategies and solutions that improve the behavioral health workforce by collaborating with community-based organizations to further systems change with trauma-informed and equitable organizational strategies.
Sustainable, Equitable, Wellness, and Trauma-informed (S.E.W.T) Organizational Development Framework
Our S.E.W.T Organizational Development Framework organizational development framework emphasizes a holistic, integrative approach to enhancing organizational capacity while addressing systemic inequities and promoting individual and collective well-being. This framework is grounded in four key concepts—People, Strategy, Programming, and Structure—and is guided by core client objectives that reflect equity, wellness, and sustainability.
10+
Years of Direct BH Experience
Behavioral Health
Organizational Development
Equity
Value Ailignment
Cleveland organizations value culturally competent and community-rooted support, an area where Black-owned consulting firms can excel (McKinsey & Company, 2020).
Our specialized S.E.W.T. framework addresses equity, trauma-informed approaches, and wellness, which uniquely positions this firms.
A4C’s founder has experience working for community-based organizations, as well as leading federal and state funded technical assistant centers that target community-based organizations.