Many agencies provide structured initial training and some ongoing inservice training.
Some agencies employing outreach workers lack the financial and educational resources to provide staff with quality inservice training. One day conferences are a valuable tool to educate large numbers of paraprofessionals about a variety of topics. Conferences allow paraprofessionals to network and share ideas with other paraprofessionals and professionals. Workers' self-esteem improve as they are treated in aprofessional manner. The primary reason the meeting was to work towards fundamental changes in the human service system in Cuyahoga County.