Training

CIA is committed to making sure staff and volunteers are properly trained and have the tools needed to excel in their positions.  

People do not excel for one of four reason;
  1. They do not know they're supposed to.
  2. They don't know how.
  3. They don't have the tools they need.
  4. They choose not to.

With that said, we take very seriously the training of staff and volunteers for them to know; what they are supposed to do, how they are supposed to do it, and that they have the tools needed to accomplish it.  
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