Staten island children's trauma center - richmond university medical center (rumc) proposes to continue the work of the staten island children's trauma center (sictc), an initiative that will leverage…

Staten island children's trauma center - richmond university medical center (rumc) proposes to continue the work of the staten island children's trauma center (sictc), an initiative that will leverage our 160 years of experience serving trauma support and treatment for staten island's children and youth who have been and continue to be affected by an array of compounding traumatic events. Sictc is a multi-pronged initiative that will support children and youth who have experienced trauma, ages 3021 years old, and their caregivers (both families and cross-sector providers) across the systems of care. Over the five year program, sictc will provide trauma psychoeducation through the families overcoming under stress (focus) intervention to 1,000 children and youth within 6 school-based clinics and 2 day treatment and 2 outpatient settings. Additionally, 250 of their caregivers will participate in a care for the caregivers psychoeducational workshop. We will screen 3,100 children and youth ages 3-21 years old for trauma over the lifetime of the grant, and children and youth identified as being adversely affected by trauma will be referred to sictc's trauma treatment services that will be tailored to their needs and experiences. We will offer 100 youth in grades k-12 school-based group treatment through cognitive behavioral intervention for trauma in schools (cbits)/bounce back, and one-on-one clinic- or school-based trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) will be provided to 200 youth with more acute needs and/or those outside of the cbits/bounce back target age range. We estimate that the racial/ethnic characteristics of those served will be approximately: 24% black; 65% hispanic/latino; and 11% white and 1% who identify as another race/ethnicity. 48% will be male and 52% female, and approximately 22% will identify as lgbtq. Finally, rumc will leverage our extensive grassroots connections across our communities, to provide 1,000 non-clinical community based providers with trauma 101 psychoeducation and 20 community based clinicians in advanced evidence based trauma treatments and trauma screening tools, thereby infusing the entire staten island system of care with a trauma informed lens and ensuring our clinical staff are equipped to treat individuals within all aspects of the behavioral health continuum. As a result of this work, sictc will improve the integrated care process by identifying children and youth adversely affected by trauma, increase access to trauma treatment and support and improve outcomes for staten island's children, youth, and families affected by trauma and enhance the staten island child and youth services system through trauma-focused trainings and education.