The Autism Community Network is dedicated to improving the lives of individuals with autism and their families through support, education, and advocacy.

Our Caregiver Empowerment Program offers training for familial and professional caregivers, medical residents, student clinicians, education professionals, and the wider community to ensure that everyone who interacts with autistic individuals can provide them with the best possible care.

1. Coffee and Connections

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2. Professional Conferences

3. Trainings on Request

4. Mentorships

Click here for Calendar of Events

Click here to contact/enroll on any of our training programs

The Basketball Embassy’s Workshop Series was created to supplement existing basketball education year-round, wherever it is needed. They’re a highly adaptable model that typical span from one to three days, covering everything from basic principles to reinforcement of a player’s own team systems as decided by their coach.

Click here for more program information.

The Dual Generation program is focused on helping parents go to college or job training and making sure their children receive an appropriate developmental level of education. We can provide childcare for the parents to attend school/training and assist with job placement after completion (or during if needed).

Tuition assistance available for job training programs:

• GED/High School Diploma
• Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
• Medical Assistant
• Pharmacy Technician
• Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
• Administrative Assistant
• Bookkeeping / QuickBooks
• Medical Front Office
• Phlebotomy
• Child Development Associate (CDA)
• Information Technology
• Entrepreneurship
• Electrical Trade Skills Training

Monthly support and access to:

• Financial Empowerment Sessions
• Job & Career Exploration
• Parenting Classes
• Quality Childcare
• Resume Building
• Supportive Services
• Transportation Assistance

To qualify, a family must:

• have at least 1 child aged 0-10; and
• live in one of these zip codes: 78202, 78203, 78205, 78207, 78208, 78210, 78215, 78218, 78219, 78220, 78222, 78227, 78237.

Youth:  

Would you like to be a lifeguard or work in a daycare?  Or, how about working in food service or food manufacturing?  

Many School Districts offer Adult Continuing Education (Northside ISD offers classes to people 16 and older) and in those programs are short-courses on CPR, food preparation and other specialty courses.  

Why not get a jump on the competition by having a certification or extra knowledge about a particular field before applying for the job?  

Find a class that you are interested in through your local School District, send us an email about why you want to take that class, and we may pay for your attendance with a “Quick Start Scholarship”. 

Training
Individuals coming in contact with survivors of torture find there is an enormous need for training, especially pro-bono professionals.

CST provides training on an ongoing basis, responding to client's and community needs as they arise.  To reduce the waitlist, CST trains mainstream licensed providers whose clientele may include refugees and immigrants, thus helping them identify survivors, improve their skills, and provide strength-based, trauma-informed care.

CST provides education and workshops for refugee community leaders, attorneys, educators, physicians, and the immigrant community, on an ongoing basis.

Educational opportunities through CST’s social services

Many survivors of torture clients are underemployed. CST’s Adam Patrick Bratcher (APB) Education Program identifies cohorts of clients who want to pursue college or certificates. The program establishes a single point of entry through the highest-level community college contact.  

CST board members’ career-long, national experience in community college leadership eases access to community college programs that lead to jobs with the potential of earning a sustainable wage. This referral system to free college or certification programs, as a part of our APB Education Program, has a far-reaching impact on clients, helping them to build employable skills and earn a living, self-sufficiency, cultural competency, English skills, and generates hope for a better future for their family.

Community perception is positive regarding the quality and innovation of CST’s responses to clients’ challenges.

CST provides wraparound services, which have been a best practice for many decades, and treat the whole client in the context of being an individual, a member of a family, a part of a culture and a survivor of repeated trauma, in a culturally competent manner.

Counseling
Evaluation, diagnosis and treatment with individual, group and family therapy: Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused approaches.

Medical care
Diagnosis, treatment, pain reduction, wound care, physiotherapy, prescriptions.

Social Services
Clients along with their case managers, set and achieve goals, obtain basic needs, ESL, and housing stability, leading to self sufficiency.

Forensic Reports
Clinical evidence

Training
Training those who are interested in providing services to survivors.

APB Education Program
Employment skills inventory and community college easy-entry programs

In our Tech Fundamentals program, you will master the basics of IT with real-world applications and credentials. This program includes:

• Up to 20 weeks of instructor-led virtual training
• Opportunity for a paid internship or a project-based learning experience
• Opportunity to earn industry-recognized certifications: CompTIA A+ & IT Fundamentals+, a Google IT Support Certificate, and an IT Generalist Apprenticeship credential*
• Exposure to Microsoft, Cisco, AWS, and other leading technologies
• Mentoring from senior-level IT professionals
• Employment readiness workshops
• Job placement assistance with access to a wide range of top employers
• A full range of ongoing social service and personal development support 

NPower provides a Social Support Manager that will work with those who are accepted to our program to help remove any obstacles/barriers that may prevent them from completing the program. 

Non-Veterans

• 18–26 years of age
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Legally authorized to work in the US

Military Veterans and Military Spouses

• Over 21 years of age
• Must be one of the following
  • transitioning active-duty service member through the DoD SkillBridge program
  • honorably discharged
  • member of the Guard or Reserves

Free

• Computer Skills Classes

Accordian Lessons - This unique program offers students professional instruction on the 3-row button accordion.

Bajo Sexto Lessons - This unique program offers students professional instruction on the Mexican 12-string guitar.

As a non-profit organization, the Conjunto Heritage Taller offers low cost, and sometimes free lessons, to make this opportunity accessible to anyone who has an interest in learning.

Due to Covid-19, all in-person lessons have been postponed. All lessons are taught on Zoom.

Click here for more information and registration.

The Conjunto Heritage Taller recognizes the positive impact of music on our aging community and we foster “creative aging”, by providing music programming that supports and enriches adults across the aging spectrum! Annually, with the support of the Texas Commission on the Arts, we hold at least two free senior programs consisting of 8-week long introductory accordion classes, held at different San Antonio senior centers, taught by one of our master accordion instructors.

Primary outcomes of our senior programs can be seen among our students, who develop an understanding of the accordion or bajo sexto and eventually perform in the senior recital. We have observed that students gain self-confidence and pride when they master tunes they have worked hard to learn, and when they go on stage and receive a positive audience response.

Students participating in our senior programs exhibit positive results with added benefits of warding off depression and loneliness. CHT senior programs are facilitated in predominantly low-income, inner-city senior centers with the goal of positively serving our communities through creative aging!

Seniors Only.

Click here for more information.

Workshops focus on Education, Employment, Personal Living, Health and Safety, and Support

What are Movin' On Workshops?

Unconventional, interactive workshops that encourage  youths ages 13 - 19 years of age to "think" and develop skills while having fun.  Youth are taught to use the skills that they do not even realize they have to solve real world issues and deal with challenges that they will face after leaving foster care.

YTIA recognizes that youth learn in a variety of ways and that preparing to leave foster care begins when you enter foster care and that is why our Movin' On Workshops are:

• Tailored to meet youths where they are in life
• Divided into three categories based on the youths age and/or ability
• Can be created specifically for the youths needs
• Focus on specific categories of life skills
• Have an emphasis on preventing and /or mitigating legal effects

Workshops are divided into three categories:

• Get Ready - Designed for youth 13 - 15 years of age.  
• Transitioning Out - Designed for youth 16 - 18 years of age. 
• 18 and Free - Designed for youth 18 and older who want to know what it's really like once you "age out of the system"  or who have "aged out of the system" and need help making it on their own.

"We must Pray, Plan, Prepare, and Practice in order to Grow so you can Go!"

The Training for Job Success program is designed to support income-eligible residents as they prepare for better employment that can lead their families to self-sufficiency.

Following are some of the resources and services available through the Training for Job Success Program:

• Job readiness activities such as assistance with résumé writing, interviewing skills and job leads
• Full-tuition scholarship opportunities for Alamo Colleges Demand Occupations Training Programs
• Textbooks, supplies and uniforms required for Demand Occupations Training Programs
• One-on-One career coaching, case management services, and counseling services
• Assistance with utilities and rent
• Connection to other community resources

Individuals and families and in the San Antonio/ Bexar County community who meet income criteria upon enrollment into the program. For more information, please contact the program.

The Forward program offers strengths-based coaching and individualized support for:

• goal-setting
• relational health
• holistic well-being

Forward empowers women with tools and resources to problem-solve current barriers and achieve their goals. 

For Her serves women and nonbinary people ages 18 and up who have experienced barriers like poverty, marginalization, trauma, and abuse.

Spanish speaking available

Free

Throughout the year For Her offers engaging workshops that feature practical, relevant content. With topics ranging from healthy relationships to digital literacy and entrepreneurship, our workshops give women the knowledge they need to prevent future exploitation and move forward.

• Computer Skills Classes

The Peer to Peer Recovery Program is an outreach program designed to help people become and stay engaged in the recovery process to reduce the likelihood of relapse. The program provides cultural sensitive peer supported services to individuals and family members of those on probation or parole, Veterans, National Guard members, and those referred through the Drug and Veterans Courts.

Services offered include job assistance, employment training, links to medical and mental health services, life skills classes, peer support groups and peer coaching and mentoring. These services are provided by competent staff/peer leaders to ensure participant’s needs are being identified and met through assessment and case management.

Funding for this program is provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

If you are in recovery and would like to volunteer as a peer coach, we provide training and guidance. Please complete a volunteer application or call (210) 299-1079 for more information.

All services are free and confidential.

Goodwill has a long and proud history of serving our country's veterans and their family members as they transition to civilian life. Our Career Services Specialists are here to help remove employment barriers with specialized, no cost career assistance. Our programs are individualized and tailored to the unique needs of every veteran.

Training That's Anything But Basic:

Our goal is to help veterans successfully search and find a meaningful career. Leverage the training received in the military to find employment in a similar field or providing the necessary resources to start a new career. We can also assist with financial planning and career training for in-demand job categories including:

• Nurse's Aide
• Pharmacy Technician
• Commercial Truck Drivers and more

Our career services are offered at no cost to veterans and include:

• Employer connection
• Certification training
• Financial planning
• Career coaching
• Resume development
• Job search assistance
• Interview strategies
• Interest skills assessment

Veterans career services are available at all 8 Goodwill San Antonio Good Careers Centers.

Good Careers Center Workshops: Every month the Good Careers Centers host workshops that can assist veterans and former active duty service personnel in transitioning from the military to the civilian workforce. View our Events Calendar for a current schedule of events.

We assist veterans in finding employment opportunities through our partnerships within the communities we serve.

This program serves Veterans and their families, regardless of their affiliation with St Philip's College.

The Financial and Housing Recovery Center is part of the Recovery and Resiliency Plan for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The plan includes a section on community resilience, which ensures that households and businesses affected by COVID-19 have the resources and tools to become financially resilient and better prepared to withstand future economic challenges.

Financial Benefits Navigation
Through Financial Benefits Navigation we work with federal, state, and local benefits providers and with community partners, to include referral services such as unemployment, TANF, CHIP, housing authority waitlist registration, utility assistance, rent/mortgage assistance, etc.

Financial Counseling
Financial Counselors through the Financial and Housing Recovery Center, assist residents with budgeting, debt management, credit report education, and linking to positive products through Bank On San Antonio, etc.

The Dual Generation program is focused on helping parents go to college or job training and making sure their children receive an appropriate developmental level of education. We can provide childcare for the parents to attend school/training and assist with job placement after completion (or during if needed).

Tuition assistance available for job training programs:

• GED/High School Diploma
• Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
• Medical Assistant
• Pharmacy Technician
• Commercial Driver License (CDL)
• Administrative Assistant
• Bookkeeping / QuickBooks
• Medical Front Office
• Phlebotomy
• Child Development Associate (CDA)
• Information Technology
• Entrepreneurship
• Electrical Trade Skills Training

Monthly support and access to:

• Financial Empowerment Sessions
• Job & Career Exploration
• Parenting Classes
• Quality Childcare
• Resume Building
• Supportive Services
• Transportation Assistance

To qualify, a family must:

• have at least 1 child aged 0-10; and
• live in one of these zip codes: 78202, 78203, 78205, 78207, 78208, 78210, 78215, 78218, 78219, 78220, 78222, 78227, 78237.

Through Family Service Workforce Development you have access to GED courses, job training, and college classes.

• Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)
• Community Health Worker
• High School Equivalency Certification or GED Classes
• English as a Second Language (ESL) Classes
• Early Childhood Development Training
• Earn your early Child Development Associate (CDA) credential
• Early Childhood Classroom Support and Substitutes Training to become a certified substitute teacher
• Information Technology
• Medical Front Office Assistant
• Pharmacy Technician
• Trade Skills training

The Burleson Center is home to the Special Education 18+ Program. The program is designed to meet the unique needs of students who have graduated from high school and continue to require instruction in employment, education/training, and/or independent living. Students may receive instruction in the community and/or in one or more of the businesses located in the facility.

We believe all individuals deserve daily opportunities to maximize their potential and learn skills that promote independence in their community. 

We provide community integration, employment training, education, independent living skills, recreational, and social skills, and other meaningful and productive activities in various settings.

18+ program

Post-Secondary Offerings:

• Transition Services
• Focus on Employment
• Independent Living Skills
• Education/Training
• Transportation Training
• Agency Linkage for Adult Services
• Hands-On Learning Environment

On-Campus Job Sites:

• The Burleson Cafe
• Does Calles Bike Shop
• Cordelia Special-Tees
• Edgewood Inspiration Gardens
• Burleson Boutique and Warehouse
• Front Office Training

Click here for a brochure

Free breakfast and lunch served to all students

Rise Recovery offers an array of recovery-oriented classes that are open to healthcare providers, mental health professionals, recovery paraprofessionals, students, and members of the recovery community.

Our learning environment supports the development of compassion and empathy. Classes typically run on a 4-week schedule.

We work with graduate and undergraduate students offering internships and practicum placements. We also offer internships for students interested in organizational leadership, nonprofit management, and administration.

For health care and mental health professionals, we offer Continuing Education Units. Rise Recovery is a Texas Certification Board of Addiction Professionals provider.

We also offer a Recovery Peer Support Specialist Training Program. 

While peer support has been around for years, it has recently become recognized as a vital piece to recovery. If you are looking to provide hope to those who struggle with substance use and provide support in their recovery process, Rise Recovery can help make that happen. The Recovery Support Peer Specialist (RSPS) training will provide the necessary skills and knowledge needed to work as a peer support specialist in settings such as peer-run organizations, public or private substance use treatment, veteran services and corrections departments.

Click here for fees and registration.

The Connection Center provides the training and resources you need to take control of your own success.

Whether you’re focused on self-care in these uncertain times or ready to begin a career in Mental Health Peer Support, the Connection Center has something for you. See the entire list of our services below:

• Mental Health Peer Specialist Training - The need for Certified Peer Support Specialists is on the rise in the Mental Health Field. The Connection Center offers a 1-Day (12:00 PM to 5:00 PM) Core-Training and full 5-Day (9:00 AM to 5:00 PM) Mental Health Specialty Training that you will need for State Certification. Click here for more information.
• Talk to a Peer - Call 210-899-0434. We all need someone to talk to. At the Connection Center we know what it's like to struggle with mental, emotional, and other life situations. Maybe you need help finding resources or just someone to chat with for a while. We're happy to meet you in-person, over the phone, via email, or on Zoom -- whatever you prefer!
• Peer Support Groups - Click here for the latest information on our support groups.
• Mental Wellness Workshops - Click here for the latest information on our workshops.

Our goal is to find people interested in using their personal lived experience with mental health challenges and turning them into the best possible Peer Specialists.

Our trainings are focused on the official Texas Mental Health Peer Specialist curriculum, which we bolster with additional classes we've created. All of our training is led by individuals who are currently practicing Mental Health Peer Specialists.

Peer Specialist programs for individuals:

• Mental Health Peer Specialist (MHPS) The Texas Mental Health Peer Specialist (MHPS) training is designed for individuals who have experienced a major life disruption, at some point due to their own personal mental health challenges. The course includes two parts: a 24-hour Core introduction training, and a 40-hour Supplemental training. This is the most common type of training we do, and there is a cost associated with participating. Click here to apply.
• Enhanced Mental Health Peer Specialist Our Enhanced MHPS training program includes all of the components of the Mental Health Peer Specialist certification training, plus additional support before and after training. Students who complete this program will receive a $3,500 stipend. Click here to apply.
• PACE Track I for new Peers Peer Academy Career Enhancement (PACE) is a program we've developed to provide additional supports to make Peer Specialists more likely to succeed and stay in the career field. This training is largely online, with many offline supports and immersion experiences. This program is for graduates of our MHPS and Enhanced MHPS training programs and is by invitation only. Students who complete this program will receive a $5,000 stipend.
• PACE Track II for experienced Peers Peer Academy Career Enhancement (PACE) is a program we've developed to provide additional supports to make Peer Specialists more likely to succeed and stay in the career field. This version of our program is almost exclusively completed online. It is designed for current Peer Specialists, including Mental Health Peer Specialists, Recovery Support Peer Specialists, and Certified Family Partners. Students who complete this program will receive a $3,500 stipend. Click here to apply.

The Home & Community-Based Services that ResCare offers are focused on helping individuals stay in their homes rather than moving to a Group Home or Large ICF for care. We meet the needs of people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) by offering medical support and daily living support in the setting of their choosing.

Individuals who seek Home & Community-Based Services can choose which services they need that best fit their unique abilities.

These services can include:

• skilled nursing care
• therapies
• personal care
• respite care
• mental health services 
• much more

Supported Employment is how we assist the people we support in obtaining work in the community through training, job placement, and partnerships with businesses that employ our workers.

Job development is an essential element of our program and includes matching each individual for a job or position that is best suited to their abilities and the needs of the business.

ResCare staff also provides long-term follow-up to ensure both the individual and the business are benefiting from supported employment partnerships.

Summer camps offered for a variety of subjects. Camps vary in length. Many camps are designed for middle school or high school students, some are for much younger participants:

• Band
• Ballet
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Coding
• Cybersecurity
• Game Development
• Engineering and Robotics
• Pre-med
• Soccer
• Softball

Prices for each camp vary.

SJRC utilizes Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI), an evidence-based and holistic intervention model that meets the needs of the whole child. It is an approach to caregiving that is developmentally respectful, responsive to trauma, and attachment-based.

Our Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) Trainers will help your staff, school districts, teachers, ministry, families, or organizations grow in their understanding of trauma and dealing with children from hard backgrounds. Training is offered in person.

Click here to learn more about TBRI.

The Employment team assists in attaining and sustaining competitive integrated employment in the community to include résumé building, interviewing skills, job placement, and job coaching to all Bexar County residents with disabilities.

Learn at SAPL is an adult education program that provides individualized job support and computer training.

• Technology and Computer Training
• Job Help
• English as a Second Language
• GED

For drop-in help in one of these areas, please come between 1:00 PM and 6:00 PM. Service days may vary by location.

Adults

Free

• Drop-In Technology Help
• Computer Skills Classes
• Free Computer Use

About Medical Billing & Coding
CALRegional, in partnership with NEISD Community Education, provides busy adults with fast and affordable healthcare training programs. Learn more about CALRegional’s healthcare training programs when you register for an online info session here or call CALRegional at (800) 927-5159 for more information.

Online Medical Billing & Coding Specialist Program

Held 100% online, the Medical Billing & Coding Specialist Program is designed to help students master the skills necessary to manage health information. Become certified as a medical billing and coding specialist in as little as 11 weeks for $1,995 or less.

Medical Billing & Coding Specialist Training Includes:

• 144 hours of online instruction
• Two days of live instructor-led learning
• Two days of self-paced assignments
• National exam

Easy payment plans are available. Everyone qualifies. Convenient day and evening classes are available. Must be 18 years or older and have your GED, diploma, or equivalent. No previous medical experience is required.

Become certified as a medical billing and coding specialist in as little as 11 weeks for $1,995 or less.

Our certifications have been thoughtfully researched to be rigorous and comprehensive. We provide our students with the necessary support to ensure their success.

One of our certifications can help you demonstrate dedication and professional commitment to potential employers in your interest area.  It can also provide you with the opportunity to stay abreast of changes in your employment industry.

Please continue to check us out as we are in the process of expanding our current offerings.

Tuition varies.

For more information please call the number below.