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aha! Process is adding a new way to introduce and support Bridges work in your community. Licensed Bridges Sites are being opened
up around the country to deliver high-quality Bridges workshops and Getting Ahead programs using local trainers.
Licensed Bridges Sites serve a region or sector of a state. For example, Ohio has five licensed sites that between them cover all 88 counties. In
Vermont the licensed site provides services to the business sector state-wide.
Interested in becoming a Licensed Bridges Site?
Click here.
How to become a Licensed Bridges Site:
aha! Process is licensing sites for the purpose of developing community-level capability to help people transition out of poverty and to build
sustainable communities.
Licensed Bridges Sites will deliver high-quality workshops with a consistent Bridges message. These include Bridges workshops covering Modules
1–11 from the Bridges Training Module and Getting Ahead Facilitator Trainings. The licensed sites can also facilitate Getting Ahead workgroups and
assist communities in building Bridges Steering Committees.
Qualifications of a licensed site:
- Strong leadership by CEO and board
- Strong history using Bridges constructs, strategies, and tools
- Adheres to Bridges and Getting Ahead models
- Highly regarded in the community
- Seen as a local champion of Bridges work
- Team of strong Certified Bridges Trainers
- Experienced in providing Getting Ahead
- Have capacity to deliver services to a designated region
- Willingness to be part of a community of practice
- Participate in data collection and reporting
- Support aha! Process/Bridges/Getting Ahead websites
- Organization is fiscally sound
- Available to non-profit organizations only
Community benefits:
- Local trainers deliver Bridges workshops that are consistent with the Bridges model
- Build local support for development of Getting Ahead
- Build local support for development of organizational structure
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Benefits to license holder:
- Can charge fees and develop a small revenue stream
- Join community of practice with other licensed sites and Bridges Communities
- Forefront of development
- First to hear of regional and national opportunities
Scope and limitations:
- License agreement is not exclusive
- Framework and Bridges consultants have unlimited access to the region
- Local communities that have Certified Bridges Trainers may use those trainers to meet their needs
- Limits on fees that can be charged—this license should be seen as a small revenue stream, not as a major profit center
Process:
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