Program Options & Investment
Investing in Training. Reducing Human and Community Costs.
Effective community responses to hoarding require more than crisis intervention – they require a knowledgeable workforce, coordinated partnerships, and sustainable systems that identify concerns early, reduce risk, and prevent repeated crises.
Without appropriate training, communities often experience escalating safety concerns, repeated inspections, increased staff time, housing instability, eviction, homelessness, and unnecessary use of emergency and public resources. The human cost to individuals, families, and professionals – including stress, anxiety, burnout, stigma, and loss of housing – is equally significant.
Our workforce development and professional certificate programs are designed to strengthen community capacity before situations reach crisis, providing practical tools, shared frameworks, and ongoing professional education and support that help organizations improve outcomes while reducing the long-term financial and human costs associated with hoarding.
The Cost of Inaction
Financial & System Costs
- Repeated inspections and crisis response
- Staff time diverted from other clients or residents
- Property damage, remediation, and cleanup costs
- Legal expenses related to lease enforcement or eviction
- Emergency response and public safety involvement
- Vacancy, turnover, and re-occupancy delays
Human & Community Costs
- Anxiety, shame, and emotional distress
- Social isolation and reduced community connection
- Housing instability, eviction, and homelessness
- Increased risk to health, safety, and mobility
- Stress and burnout among professionals
- Repeated crisis cycles without sustainable progress
Investing in effective training is often far less than the cost of repeated crisis response,
eviction, emergency intervention, and preventable human harm.
Training That Doesn’t End When the Class Does
Most professional training ends when participants leave the classroom. They return to their agencies and communities expected to implement new knowledge with little or no ongoing guidance, consultation, support or continued learning.
The Center for Hoarding takes a different approach.
Our goal is to help agencies and communities
build confidence, consistency, and sustainable responses to hoarding.
Unlike traditional one-time training models, our Agency & Community Workforce Development Programs and Professional Certificate in Community Hoarding Intervention are designed to build long-term community capacity – not simply deliver a one-time training. Participants continue learning through continuing education, TEAM Case Consultations, expert guidance, certificate maintenance, and ongoing professional support, creating a sustainable pathway from education to implementation.
Registration & Payment Information
To simplify registration while accommodating both individual professionals and organizations, payment options vary by program.
- Professional Certificate in Community Hoarding Intervention and Continuing Education & Professional Support Program renewals may be completed online by individuals paying for their own registration.
- Agency & Community Workforce Development Programs are scheduled directly with the Center for Hoarding and invoiced to the sponsoring agency or organization. Payment may be made by agency/community credit card or agency/community check. Contact Us for scheduling options.
- All programs may also be paid by invoice using an agency credit card, personal credit card, or agency/community check. Personal checks are not accepted.
- DO NOT REGISTER SOMEONE OTHER THAN YOURSELF OR MULTIPLE PEOPLE THROUGH THE ONLINE OPTION.
If you are registering or paying for someone other than yourself, or if you are paying for multiple participants in the
Professional Certificate in Community Hoarding Intervention or Continuing Education & Professional Support Program, please complete our Agency Payment Form. An invoice and W-9 will be provided, along with registration instructions for your participants. - Contact Us with ANY questions.
Program Options & Investment
Compare our professional certificate, workforce development, continuing education, and community training options to determine the best fit for your organization or professional development goals.
Professional Certificate in Community Hoarding Intervention
$2,000
A 12-part, 24-contact-hour live online professional certificate program for key staff and community partners responsible for leading, coordinating, or supporting complex hoarding intervention efforts.
- Approved for 24 NASW CEUs in ethics
- 12 live online training sessions
- Professional Certificate in Community Hoarding Intervention awarded upon successful completion
- Includes 12 months of access to the Continuing Education & Professional Support Program after certification
- Includes access to advanced trainings and 24 TEAM Case Consultation opportunities during the included support year
Agency & Community Workforce Development Training
$4,500
A 6-contact-hour live online training for agencies, departments, and community partners seeking a shared framework for identifying, assessing, and addressing hoarding and excessive clutter.
- Training: Hoarding: Identifying, Assessing, and Addressing
- Certificate in Community Hoarding Response awarded upon successful completion
- Designed for broader workforce development across multidisciplinary teams
- Includes 90 days of access to the Continuing Education & Professional Support Program
- Includes access to advanced trainings and 6 TEAM Case Consultation opportunities during the included support period
BEST VALUE
Agency Workforce Development + Professional Certificate Bundle
$7,700
A comprehensive option for agencies seeking both broad workforce training and deeper professional development for key staff responsible for leading hoarding intervention efforts.
- Includes the 6-contact-hour Agency & Community Workforce Development Training
- Includes Certificate in Community Hoarding Response for training participants
- Includes 90 days of Continuing Education & Professional Support access for workforce training participants
- Includes 2 registrations for the next scheduled Professional Certificate in Community Hoarding Intervention ($4,000 value)
- Additional Professional Certificate registrations available at $1,800 per registrant ($2,000 value each)
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Continuing Education & Professional Support Program Renewal
$600 per Year
Annual renewal for eligible certificate holders who wish to maintain certification, continue advanced learning, and receive ongoing professional education, consultation, and support.
- Maintains Professional Certificate in Community Hoarding Intervention or Certificate in Community Hoarding Response
- 24 TEAM Case Consultation opportunities annually
- Unlimited access to advanced Continuing Education trainings and content library
- Certificate maintenance through 10 contact hours and 2-hour annual update course
- Professional Certificate holders renew after their included 12-month access period
- Certificate in Community Hoarding Response holders renew after their included 90-day access period
- No gap in education, consultation, or professional support
Hoarding: Developing Sustainable Networks, Teams & Community Partnerships
$179
A 3-contact-hour live online training designed for agencies, task forces, community leaders, and individual professionals seeking practical strategies for building stronger multidisciplinary partnerships and sustainable community responses to hoarding.
- Open to individual professionals, agencies, and community partners
- No previous training or certificate required
- Certificate of Completion awarded
- Not included in the Professional Certificate or Continuing Education & Professional Support Program
- Ideal for communities developing or strengthening task forces, partnerships, and coordinated response systems
- Offered quarterly as a standalone professional development opportunity