Bridges Out of Poverty: Community Success Stories with Philip DeVol

Wednesday, March 5, 7pm
St. Joseph Catholic School Gymnasium
127 North Howes Street, Fort Collins, CO 80522
Presented by Beet Street and St. Joseph Catholic Church Christian Service & Justice Committee

Author and workshop leader Philip DeVol is an experienced trainer in building bridges out of poverty, providing guidance both for individuals trying to improve their own situation and for leaders and organizations trying to help. His _aha! _Processapproach reveals some of the hidden realities of poverty and strategic ways to redesign programs that address overall community sustainability.

Philip is the author of Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin’-By World: Building Your Resources for a Better Life, a life-planning workbook for people in poverty that brings together three primary influences: Dr. Ruby K. Payne’s work on the hidden rules of class, research on knowledge transfer, and the knowledge of participants living in poverty. Philip builds on his 19 years as director of an out-patient substance abuse treatment facility where he designed treatment programs and collaborative systems for school-based prevention, school-based intervention, and Ohio’s first alternative school for recovering young people. The agency also developed specific treatment programs for women and adolescents, plus a substance abuse treatment program for a correctional facility. He is also the co-author of The Complete Guide to Elementary Student Assistance Programs. He consults for aha! Process, Inc.

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