Organizational Impact & Development
The Kempe Center endeavors to promote inclusion across all levels of the organization.
We advance child and family well-being using evidence-based, trauma-informed practices. We uphold federal and state nondiscrimination laws and provide services, training, and research support in a fair, and inclusive manner to children, families and stakeholder groups.
Organizational Impact & Development
MISSION
Our equity work focuses on removing access barriers (e.g., language, geography, disability, poverty, social identity) while avoiding preferential treatment prohibited by law.
Education & Awareness
Bridging to Relationship Coaching Program (RQ)
Bridging to Relationship (BTR) Coaching invites leaders into the practice of relating across the many stories, histories, identities, and roles that coexist within an organization. Through reflective inquiry, relational skill-building, and intentional dialogue, leaders learn to recognize the conditions that shape people’s experiences of being welcomed, respected, and able to contribute—and to see how patterns of relating and the flow of influence affect those experiences.
Designed by Michelle D. Davis, LPC, PCC, ORSC, CDTLF, leaders learn to listen for the often-unspoken signals that determine whether people feel seen, valued, and supported. They develop the capacity to engage across differences with curiosity and courage, surface what is present but not yet voiced, and steward relationships in ways that nurture psychological safety and trust.
By deepening presence, expanding perspective, and strengthening relational agility, the program helps leaders create environments where people experience genuine welcome, shared contribution, and authentic connection—spaces where differences become sources of insight, creativity, and collective strength.
Programs, Initiatives, & Consultations
The Organizational Impact & Development core provides consultation and support to internal and external programs. Training access and evaluation follow objective, job-related criteria. Kempe does not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, disability, or any other protected status. Consultation involves guiding programs in the utilization of the inclusion principles to advance and achieve sustainable change throughout the Center’s Core service areas of advocacy, clinical, research, education and business operations to include hiring and retention, and external partner programs and practices.
