2.2: Training and Technical Assistance

Increase training and technical assistance.

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By providing training and technical assistance to grantees and their staffs, LSC will help to spread the adoption of best practices, will help grantee staff to become more effective service deliverers, and will enhance the quality and compliance of LSC programs. LSC will implement four strategies to achieve this objective. Strategies 􀂄 Enhance the collection and distribution of best practices information. Through program visits and the competitive grants process, LSC collects information on best practices among legal services programs. Through the LSC Resource Initiative (LRI), LSC disseminates this information. LSC will expand this effort and promote the adoption of best practices among LSC grantees. 􀂄 Provide training for grantee staff on effective program operations and achieving full compliance with regulations. LSC, during its technical assistance and training offerings, will emphasize good management practices and achieving full compliance with LSC regulations. LSC will analyze comments received during program visits to determine in what areas LSC guidance needs to be clearer. LSC will then clarify its policies and documentation needs where necessary. In offering training, LSC will consider regional training programs for grantees and will evaluate whether such regional programs can reach more people more quickly, thus enhancing program quality and compliance. LSC will also develop computer- and web-based training on common issues for LSC grantees and will develop other training aids such as video presentations and distance learning opportunities through remote broadcasts. By offering training in a variety of formats, LSC expects to reach more people at lower cost than through traditional on-site training programs. 􀂄 Continue to promote the diversity of legal services providers’ boards, staff and leadership. LSC will continue to emphasize the importance of maintaining diversity on the boards, in the leadership, and in the staffs of the grantees.

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