Thank you for your interest in the LGBTQ Institute for Family Therapy (LIFT) Certification Program. This certification program is designed for clinicians and program administrators working directly with families involved with New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS). After getting certified as a LIFT clinician, you will have additional knowledge, skills, and confidence to help reduce rejecting behaviors of families struggling to accept their LGBTQ children.
**LIFT IS CURRENTLY VIRTUAL**

The next cycles of the LIFT program are three months long. This means the program will require a three month commitment with both independent and collaborative work assignments to be completed between sessions. The next LIFT training dates are the following:

This application is being administered by The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center, the organization responsible for the LIFT Certification Program, and is made possible by generous private funding.

In order for this application to be considered complete, you must complete all questions included below, along with submitting your most recent resume and supervisor's written approval to participate in LIFT to: foreverfamilies@gaycenter.org. Please include your preferred cohort in the subject line.  

Please read the application thoroughly and answer each question to the best of your ability. Should you experience technical issues completing this form, please email The Center at: foreverfamilies@gaycenter.org

LIFT is committed to building a network of diverse clinicians by offering ongoing professional development opportunities. LIFT is open to people of all sexual orientations and gender identities (both those who identify as LGBTQ+ and those who do not). People of color, people with disabilities, women, and LGBTQ+ candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
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The next cycles of the LIFT program are three months long. This means the program will require a three month commitment with two sessions per month, and both independent and collaborative work assignments to be completed between sessions.

The Center is committed to creating inclusive, accessible, safe, and enjoyable learning spaces. Please respond to the questions below to help us ensure your experience in the LIFT Program meets your needs.

Here at The Center, we're committed to training and supporting clinicians from diverse backgrounds. We also want to be able to evaluate how broad an impact we're having, in terms of the clinicians recruited and the communities served. Providing the information below will below will help us do so. All of this information is voluntary and can be skipped.

The Center has partnered with an external team of researchers to evaluate the efficacy of the LIFT program. The team will have access to applicant names, agencies of employment, phone numbers, email addresses, and any of the demographic information in the next section you choose to share in this application. The team may choose to contact some LIFT applicants with a request to participate in a survey or interview, which can be ignored or declined without any consequence or further communication.