The purpose of the paper is to provide a basis for a series of conversations about how better to address current problems in the training infrastructure which responds to the ongoing learning and training needs of the civil advocacy community. It can also be useful to everyone involved in or concerned about how advocates and others in the community of advocates learn the skills and knowledge they need in order to provide a full range of high quality, effective and economical services to members of the low-income community. The paper has been written as an informational rather than an advocacy document. It presents significant data about the current training infrastructure and develops suggestions for changes, but it is not written as a brief for a particular solution or suggestion. To some degree it presents alternative ideas, which cannot all be right.
Many sections pose questions.
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