The Training Resource Center began providing training and facilitation services in the early 1990s. Facilitation services support collaborative approaches to planning, problem solving and management through the use of a guided, participatory model of decision-making. The Training Resource Center helps ensure that the Eastern Kentucky University community has access to professional development opportunities and the services of trained facilitators. During the 2004 Fiscal Year the Center provided services including meeting management, consultation, facilitation, and training in Richmond, as well as, across the commonwealth and nation.

The Center began the first Facilitation Skills Certificate Program (FSCP) in 2002 and continues to provide six major facilitation training events.  The program consists of a series of workshops and associated online activities for professionals and students interested in learning ways to effectively facilitate groups.