Who We Are
The Coaching & Training Institute (CTI) was created to bring the proven impact of the Fair Futures approach to more nonprofit organizations, schools, and public agencies.
Building on the Center for Fair Futures’ mission to transform the way youth-serving professionals engage with system-impacted youth, we equip professionals with the skills, mindsets, and strategies needed to drive meaningful, measurable change.
We believe that when professionals are supported with the right tools and coaching, they build stronger relationships, make better decisions, and create environments where young people thrive.
Why Partner With Us
Our integrated CTI learning and impact model combines training, implementation support and practical tools to build the competence, confidence, and capacity of both individuals and organizations.
Through this model, your organization will gain:
Increased staff ability to deliver high-quality, consistent youth-centered services
Strengthened collaboration across teams and with program partners
Improved staff retention, professional growth, and resilience
Shared language and alignment across teams
A culture of accountability, peer support, and continuous learning
Ways to use data meaningfully to inform decisions and demonstrate progress
Increased staff ability to deliver high-quality, consistent youth-centered services
Strengthened collaboration across teams and with program partners
Improved staff retention, professional growth, and resilience
Shared language and alignment across teams
Ways to use data meaningfully to inform decisions and demonstrate progress
A culture of accountability, peer support, and continuous learning
When you work with CTI, your staff will gain:
Results-driven strategies grounded in real-world success
Structured follow-up sessions to sustain training impact
Relationship-based, trauma-informed approaches
Trainings focused on implementation into daily practice
A supportive & engaged network
of peers
Strategies & trainings co-designed with young people
Increased staff ability to deliver high-quality, consistent youth-centered services
Strengthened collaboration across teams and with program partners
Improved staff retention, professional growth, and resilience
Shared language and alignment across teams
A culture of accountability, peer support, and continuous learning
Ways to use data meaningfully to inform decisions and demonstrate progress
Results-driven strategies grounded in real-world success
Relationship-based, trauma-informed approaches co-designed with young people
A focus on implementation aligned to frameworks and strategies, not just exposure
Structured follow-up sessions that refine skills, build consistency, and extend learning into daily practice
A fresh approach to positively impact the lives of the young people they serve
Results-driven strategies grounded in real-world success
Relationship-based, trauma-informed approaches co-designed with young people
A focus on implementation and fidelity to frameworks and strategies, not just exposure
Ongoing structured follow-up sessions that reinforce practice and sustain training impact
A fresh approach to positively impacting the lives of the young people you serve
A culture of accountability, peer support, and continuous learning
Our Impact
CTI has trained thousands of youth-serving practitioners and leaders from foster care and juvenile justice agencies, schools, and community-based organizations.
CTI training session participants reported:
reported high satisfaction with the session
in subject knowledge
in confidence applying new skills
Professional Learning
Training Types
Courses
CTI’s courses provide targeted, skills-based learning experiences that equip participants with practical strategies and innovative approaches to strengthen their work with young people and team collaboration. Participants build confidence and apply tools that drive immediate improvements in engagement, leadership effectiveness, and outcomes.
Courses
Sustaining Impact Beyond the Training Room
To ensure training results in meaningful impact, CTI provides structured follow-up sessions that extend learning into daily practice. Over three months, participants refine skills, strengthen implementation, and build the consistency needed to achieve measurable outcomes.
Certificate programs
The Foundations of Powerful Coaching Certificate and Post-Secondary Access & Career Development Certificate programs offer structured, multi-session trainings that deepen core competencies and strengthens implementation. Participants build mastery through guided application, reflection, and skill development that leads to sustained impact in their roles.
Courses
Train-the-Trainer packages
CTI’s Train-the-Trainer packages build an organization’s capacity to deliver high-quality learning experiences internally or facilitate engaging workshops for young people. Participants are equipped with the tools, confidence, and coaching needed to sustain impact and ensure consistency over time.
Testimonials
"I really enjoyed this session! It helped me identify ways to communicate more effectively with students, staff, and even friends. It also helped me build the confidence I need to practice being more present in the moment."
CBO Staff
Independence High School
New YOrk
“The session was very insightful and eye-opening. I feel more equipped to approach interactions with sensitivity and understanding.”
Training Participant
NYC Public Schools
New York
“The training was extremely informative, relevant, and motivating. I left the training feeling excited, energized, and more equipped to work with our young people.”
Youth Development Professional
Camelot Community Care
Florida
"The trainings, TA and coaching sessions give folks the opportunity, no matter what level/role, to learn more and to keep growing professionally in the field. We have seen more outcomes in our [young people] because of the strategies and tools Fair Futures provided.”
Senior Administrative Director of Programs & Community Partnerships
Cardinal McCloskey Community Services
New YOrk
Testimonials
Testimonials
"The trainings, TA and coaching sessions give folks the opportunity, no matter what level/role, to learn more and to keep growing professionally in the field. We have seen more outcomes in our young people because of the strategies and tools Fair Futures provided.”
Fortunata Lardo-DiMarco
Senior Administrative Director of Programs and Community Partnerships, Cardinal McCloskey Community Services
New York
“The training was extremely informative, relevant, and motivating. I left the training feeling excited, energized, and more equipped to work with our young people”
Christian
Youth Development Professional
Camelot Community Care
Florida
"I really enjoyed this session! It helped me identify ways to communicate more effectively with students, staff, and even friends. It also helped me build the confidence I need to practice being more present in the moment."
CBO Staff
Independence High School
New York
“The session was very insightful and eye-opening. I feel more equipped to approach interactions with sensitivity and understanding.”
participant
NYC Public Schools
New York
Connect with CTI
Learn more about CTI's trainings and other ways our team can support your capacity-building and professional development needs.
Our Team
CTI is a passionate team of Certified Coaches, facilitators, trainers, and content developers who strengthen the people and systems that serve young people.
Emil Ramnarine
Chief Learning & Impact Officer
Emil Ramnarine is an impact leader that has 25 years in child welfare, youth development, and social entrepreneurship. Emil specializes in strategic design and the building and scaling of programs that lead to long-lasting positive changes. Prior to his work with Fair Futures, Emil served as the Associate Vice President for Youth and Community Success at Graham Windham.
It was here that he helped build one of the country's largest coaching programs for youth ages 11-26. This work included operationalizing how Coaches and Program Specialists can help guide young people towards goal achievement in the areas of career, education, housing, and independent living.
In addition to this work, Emil has worked for nationally affiliated nonprofits including Big Brother Big Sisters of New York City and the YMCA of Greater New York. At Big Brothers Big Sisters, he helped design their Center for Excellence, a training center that specializes in helping other non-profits build, run and/or enhance their own mentoring program. He also created and held the position of their first-ever Director of Volunteer Recruitment & Support. A primary function of the role was to train and prepare Bigs (volunteer mentor) on how to work effectively with their Littles (youth).
At the YMCA of Greater New York Emil took the Y-MVP Health and Fitness Coaching Program from concept to implementation in less than a year. This program was rolled out to 22 YMCA branches across NYC serving over 1,000 youth. This work included developing the program curriculum, a program model, a compatible app and training all Coaches.
Emil also spent some time in the social entrepreneurship space where he was the founder and CEO of Fit 4 Life NYC, an organization dedicated to delivering quality sports, fitness and wellness programs to schools and non-profits that serve youth in underserved communities. He led a team of 80 coaches, instructors, and administrators to become one of New York City’s leading organizations (winner of the Best for NYC award and Best for the Community award. Emil developed the company’s infrastructure, strategic vision, and core values before successfully guiding the sale of the business in 2019.
Sabeen Pirani
Associate Chief
Learning & Impact Officer
Sabeen comes to us from Workforce Professionals Training Institute (WPTI), where she served as Chief Learning Officer overseeing their portfolio of training and consulting services, directing learning strategy, business development, and program evaluation.
She led her team to expand services while exceeding revenue targets, and have fostered learning environments that center equity, healing, and measurable impact. Her leadership is grounded in a collaborative, data-informed approach that aligns with CFF’s focus on strategic growth, outcomes measurement, and innovation.
This admiration is rooted in her own professional journey, from supporting alternatives to incarceration in Vermont to directing workforce and education programs for system-involved youth in NYC. Whether designing certification pathways, facilitating learning communities, or coaching organizational leaders, she has consistently sought to elevate the adults who make transformational work with young people possible.
As a member of the Association for Talent Development (ATD) since 2019, she remains actively engaged in advancing her knowledge of adult learning theory, instructional design, and emerging L&D technologies.
Janelle Greco
Director of Training & Impact
You may know Janelle from her work at Youth Communication, where she spent 7 years on their training team. Since the launch of Fair Futures, she has provided training to our Fair Futures staff and our YAB. She brings a wealth of knowledge including a unique balance of experience training non-profit professionals and working with young people in care.
Prior to her work with Youth Communication she spent nearly six years working with The Doe Fund training individuals, staff and volunteers that have been affected by houselessness and incarceration, including young men impacted by the juvenile justice system. Janelle also has experience with training on career pathways and college access programs thanks to her work at LaGuardia Community College.
Kinyanna Evans
Training and Engagement Coordinator
Kinyanna is passionate about community engagement and comes to us from working at Youth Communication, where she spent four years on the Education Team and then was promoted to the Partnerships Team. She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience when it comes to non-profit program coordination and partnership management.
Prior to her work with Youth Communication she spent time working at St. Nicks Alliance, managing enrollment data, attendance records, and compliance documentation. Kinyanna also has leadership and group facilitation experience thanks to her work at Harlem Educational Activities Fund and Youth Communication.
