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The Service and Training Catalog houses an up-to-date list of NIC's networks and recurring programs, training, and related activities. Each catalog item links to an active training or program. You may click the link to register or complete a form to show interest in participating the next time a training or program is offered.

  • Leadership Essentials for Sustainability

    Instructor-Led Training
    View Summary Leadership Essentials for Sustainability assists an agency in cultivating the professional growth and improvement of senior and middle managers, supporting their ability to be successful leaders as an organization's senior managers retire.

  • Learning and Performance Coach

    + Hybrid
    View Summary The Learning and Performance Coach is a 36-hour hybrid training program focused on contemporary learning and performance knowledge and skills to prepare and deliver coaching programs.

  • Learning Designer

    Virtual Instructor-Led Training
    View Summary The Learning Designer program is a 24-hour virtual training program that targets the importance of building and utilizing effective training design techniques.

  • Learning Professional

    Instructor-Led Training
    Virtual Instructor-Led Training
    + Hybrid
    View Summary The Learning Professional program focuses on preparing participants to facilitate learning engagements in classroom and virtual learning environments.

  • Learning Professional - Train the Trainer

    Instructor-Led Training
    Virtual Instructor-Led Training
    + Hybrid
    View Summary The Learning Professional - Train the Trainer focuses on preparing experienced learning facilitators to work with aspiring trainers in development of both virtual and classroom-based facilitation skills.

  • Management Development for the Future

    + Hybrid
    View Summary Management Development for the Future is a dynamic, agency-exclusive, individual, and organizational development experience that primarily targets the middle management tier of a correctional organization.

  • Managing Jail Design and Construction

    Instructor-Led Training
    View Summary The Managing Jail Design and Construction training teaches participants to think about the nuances of their operations and how they should translate into design and construction.

  • Managing Restrictive Housing Populations in Jails

    Instructor-Led Training
    View Summary Managing Restrictive Housing Populations in Jails assists agencies with limiting the use of restrictive housing by focusing on management strategies, addressing behavior and successful reintegration into general population, organizational culture and climate, staffing, and functional analysis/behavior management plans.

  • Managing Restrictive Housing Populations in Prisons

    Instructor-Led Training
    View Summary Managing Restrictive Housing Populations in Prison consists of a 32-hour instructor-led, in-person training on managing restrictive housing for correctional agencies.

  • Mental Health First Aid

    Instructor-Led Training
    Technical Assistance
    View Summary Mental Health First Aid for Public Safety equips participants with tools to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders.

  • Mental Health Network

    Network
    View Summary The Mental Health Network connects mental health directors across the country who oversee behavioral health services in correctional settings.

  • National Corrections ADA Coordinators Information Sharing Group

    Network
    View Summary The National Corrections ADA Coordinators Information Sharing Group is a forum of select ADA coordinators and identified federal partners for information sharing and discussion based on information gathered from the field during monthly network meetings.

  • National Sheriffs' Institute (NSI) - Communications

    Instructor-Led Training
    View Summary National Sheriffs' Institute - Communications consists of 40 hours of instructor-led, in-person training designed to prepare sheriffs to inspire, motivate, inform, build trust, or navigate change in a way that aligns with the mission, values, and vision of the organization.

  • National Sheriffs' Institute (NSI) - Jail Leadership

    Instructor-Led Training
    View Summary National Sheriffs' Institute - Jail Leadership enhances the knowledge of sheriffs regarding their responsibilities in leading and supporting the operations and personnel of a correctional facility.

  • National Sheriffs' Institute (NSI) - Leadership Development

    Instructor-Led Training
    View Summary National Sheriffs' Institute - Leadership Development consists of 40 hours of instructor-led, in-person training intended to prepare first-term sheriffs for success and to strengthen the leadership skills of elected sheriffs.

  • National Sheriffs’ Institute (NSI)

    Instructor-Led Training
    View Summary The National Sheriffs’ Institute (NSI) is sponsored by the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) in collaboration with the Major County Sheriffs of America, the National Sheriffs’ Association, and the Small and Rural Law Enforcement Executives Association. The NSI is the only executive leadership program designed specifically for sheriffs.

  • New Healthcare Administrators Seminar (NHAS)

    Network
    View Summary Though the New Healthcare Administrators Seminar (NHAS), the National Institute of Corrections recognizes the importance of providing ongoing networking and professional development for newly appointed healthcare administrators.

  • Parole Board Chairs & Members Training

    + Hybrid
    View Summary The Parole Board Training is grounded in confidentiality, neutrality, and collaboration, with the goal of helping agencies learn from critical events and emerge more resilient, accountable, and prepared for future challenges.

  • Planning of New Institutions (PONI)

    Instructor-Led Training
    View Summary Planning of New Institutions (PONI) focuses on the critical elements of planning a new facility, including collecting and using data, pre-architectural programming, site evaluation, project management, and determining staffing needs.

  • Preventing and Responding to Staff Sexual Misconduct in Community Supervision Agencies

    Instructor-Led Training
    Technical Assistance
    View Summary Preventing and Responding to Staff Sexual Misconduct in Community Supervision Agencies is a topical training and implementation initiative.

  • Prison Classification Revalidation

    Instructor-Led Training
    Virtual Instructor-Led Training
    + Hybrid
    View Summary The Prison Classification Revalidation program supports agencies in refining their classification systems using validated, evidence-based tools.

  • Restrictive Housing: Change Strategies for Success

    Virtual Instructor-Led Training
    View Summary The National Institute of Corrections' Restrictive Housing: Change Strategies for Success program offers participants an opportunity to increase their knowledge about Restrictive Housing and share best and promising practices with peers.

  • Revalidation of Classification Instruments

    Technical Assistance
    View Summary When properly designed and supported by policy, classification systems serve as the foundation for decisions that move individuals successfully through the correctional system. Valid criteria ensure appropriate program placement, which can reduce sentences, create opportunities for meaningful employment, and strengthen family reunification efforts.

  • Safety Matters - Managing Relationships in Women's Facilities

    Instructor-Led Training
    View Summary Safety Matters is designed to raise awareness about and teach the skills needed to work effectively with female inmates.
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