Community Bridge Builders believe that the need for engaging competent, empathetic, knowledgeable, resourceful, culturally, competent and educated human service professionals is the foundation for the profession. Specializing in the training and development of community-based human service professionals and organization leaders is vital because continuing education and development and professional best practices and understanding client/customer interactions and staff needs is an ongoing process. Community-based human services professionals often work with individuals who could be considered vulnerable positions and populations and need providers who they believe have their best interest in the forefront. Also, organization leaders need to be equipped with the ability to lead their staff effectively. Therefore, CBB must focus on creating well rounded and solvent professionals. They meet the needs of not just their clients/customers, but continually fill their skill set with new tools to enhance employees and individual careers.

Why target community-based professionals? CBB believes at the essential aspect of providing impactful and life-changing care for our clients and colleagues lies in the human service professionals ability to:

1. Increase his/her not industry knowledge on best practices
2. Participate in the ongoing growth and development of industry knowledge
3. Interact with colleagues in an education setting to share knowledge 
4. Continually assess their skill set and understanding of client and staff needs

CBB defines community-based, human services professionals as professionals who are working directly with individuals (youth adults, and families) within the field of human services. Community-based human services practices human services practice facilitation in which the service. Be rendered directly to the client/customer one-on-one within a community office facility or the clients home and community environments.

The areas in which community-based professionals work are: child, welfare, family preservation, foster care (treatment and therapeutic) group homes, residential treatment centers, schools, social services agencies, child protective services, mental health facilities, psychiatric department of hospitals or outpatient clinics, mobile treatment, crisis intervention, case management, psychiatric rehabilitation, independent living programs, mentoring programs, community organizing and advocacy programs, non-profit human services, in-home therapy providers  (individual and family), evidence based community services, hospice staff, in-home community medical providers, and any in-home and community-based services providers.

Community-based human service professionals can encompass social workers, case managers, program directors, therapists, counselors, school counselors, guidance counselors, teachers, mentors, social services workers, supervisors, CEOs of agencies, administrative staff, support staff, advocate, community organizer, foster care worker, nurses, massage therapist, music therapist, psychiatrist, psychologist, psychiatric rehabilitation counselors, and rehabilitation coordinators.