CARES® Certification
CARES® Certification is the leading benchmark in providing individuals, businesses, and organizations, a trust-worthy credential for action planning in building diversity, equity, and inclusion among its stakeholders. With Courage, Acceptance, Respect, and Empathy, you will see Success! Each module of the certification program is facilitated by a certified CARES® trainer.

Actionable
Training

Create an action plan to use after certification. The action plan will serve as the next steps for continuing to build your understanding of self to unite society.

In-depth
Conversations

Courses focus on providing in-depth conversations for individuals, organizations, and businesses allowing for insight into current practices and ways to shift those perspectives.

Premium
Materials

Each course will provide content tailored to each module that will allow each participant to learn the core features of the certification process and follow-up.

The Program

CARES® Certification

CARES® Training & Certification bundle is an all-inclusive package that provides you access to all 5 modules and the certification credentials.

Discounts are available for students, educators, and non-profit organizations. Special pricing available for organizations with groups of 15 or more participants, and ability to choose flexible session timing with groups of 20 or more, please reach out to [email protected] for more information.

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Our Partnership

CARES® Curriculum

We are excited to announce our partnership with Northern Michigan University to bring you our CARES® Certification for credits toward a Master of Arts!

If you are interested, please reach out to us at [email protected] to begin the registration process. We will personally reach out to the University if we feel you are a strong candidate.

CARES® Certification Outline

  • Each module has module-specific objectives and reflection questions to support with the conception of an action plan.
  • Courage, Acceptance, Respect, and Empathy modules must be complete before the Success module can be participated in.
  • Participants can complete the first four modules in any order.
  • Space is limited to 25 participants per session.

Benefits of Certification

  • Develop an action plan to monitor and assess progress toward CARES® Certification
  • CARES® PDF Resource guide with key content features
  • Assessment using the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI)
  • Support from a CARES® Coordinator
  • Quarterly support sessions for certified individuals/entities

Module 1

Courage

Courageous Conversations

Module 2

Acceptance

Diversity & Equity

Module 3

Respect

Restorative Relationships

Module 4

Empathy

Inclusive Training & Curriculum

Module 5

Success

Accountability & Sustainability

For more information about certification, email: [email protected]

Certification Course

CARES® for INDIVIDUAL

Are you struggling with…
…knowing how to say what you mean without being mean about what you say?
…recognizing the impact of personal identities?
…building relationships that withstand conflict?
…ensuring that everyone, including yourself, is represented in your workplace/community?
…understanding how to assess growth and movement within the social justice realm?

Certification Course

CARES® for K-12 EDUCATION

Are you struggling with…
…knowing how to intercept discriminatory comments?
…integrating and honoring all identity groups?
…implementing discipline practices that focus on the child more than the behavior?
…curriculum that is either stereotypical with identity group representation or lacks information about
identity groups outside of dominant groups?
…feeling like social justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion work is just ‘another thing added to the plate’?

Certification Course

CARES® for CORPORATE ENTITIES

Are you struggling with…
…knowing how to say what you mean without being mean about what you say?
…recognizing the impact of personal identities?
…building relationships that withstand conflict?
…ensuring that everyone, including yourself, is represented in your workplace/community?
…understanding how to assess growth and movement within the social justice realm?

Certification Course

CARES® for GOVERNMENT/ MUNICIPALITIES

Are you struggling with…
…engaging in high-stakes conversations such as traffic stops and/or City Council meetings?
…lack of representation across identity groups or disproportionate representation (leadership not
reflecting the greater community)?
…stakeholder groups being seen as not trustworthy?
…policies that uphold systemic inequities – and not recognizing those inequities until there is attention
brought to them?
…understanding your role within providing an equitable and inclusive community?

Certification Course

CARES® for Student

Are you struggling with…
…having civil conversations with people that disagree with you?
…helping others embrace different identities?
…balancing relationships?
…not seeing yourself and/or others represented in your school curriculum?
…how to continue work around social justice beyond the words?

Certification Course

CARES® for Higher Education

Are you struggling with…
…supporting your students in being involved in high-stakes conversations?
…valuing students from all identities and honoring their experiences beyond the dominant culture?
…building relationships as the foundation for life-long success in the workplace?
…ensuring experiences and learnings that occur provide an inclusive opportunity for real-world translation?
…providing tangible skills that support justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion work beyond your institution?

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CARES® for NON-PROFIT ENTITIES

Are you struggling with…
…having conversations around values with your partners/sponsors?
…identifying and understanding your role within the justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion space?
… leveraging your partner/sponsor relationships to increase movement within the justice, equity,
diversity, and inclusion space?
…ensuring your core values and beliefs align with your mission and communicating those to your
stakeholders?
…assessing your growth and impact within the justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion space?

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