Project intersect: trauma-focused treatment and services for youth and families who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking, will increase access to effective trauma-focused…

Project intersect: trauma-focused treatment and services for youth and families who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking, will increase access to effective trauma-focused evidence-based treatment and services systems for youth and their families who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking (cset) and who are at high risk of cset in georgia. Youth who have experienced cset (y-cset) have very rates of trauma exposure and impacts, with especially high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder and symptoms as well as anxiety, depression, and substance use problems. There are a number of health disparities associated with cset. Youth of color, youth from low-resource families and communities and lgbtq youth are significantly over-represented among y-cset. There is limited availability of services adapted to meet the needs of y-cset in GA. Services are needed that specifically target key gaps and clinical needs: access to trauma-focused evidence-based treatment, especially in rural areas; treatment to address intersecting trauma impacts and substance use problems; treatment adapted to address racial trauma; y-cset caregiver (foster caregiver/ parent) training and support; trauma-informed cset-aware congregate care/residential treatment (CC), and services for youth at high risk of cset (YHR), who often have comparable trauma histories and service needs. To address these gaps. Project goals/objectives are as follows: (1) increase access to trauma-focused evidence-based treatment adapted to meet the needs of y-cset and their families (2) increase access to evidence-based treatment that targets both trauma and substance use problems, tailored and adapted to meet the needs of y-cset; (3) increase access to trauma-focused evidence-based treatments adapted for youth who have experienced racial trauma (RT) (4) improve foster care knowledge of traumatic stress, trauma-informed care, trauma-focused treatment, cset to better identify and achieve safe, supportive, and sustained placements for y-cset (5) improve systems professional workforce knowledge and skills regarding traumatic stress, trauma-informed care, trauma-focused treatment, and cset to better respond to the needs of y-cset in CC, particularly youth in cset-specific programs (6) increase access to trauma-focused evidence-based treatments and interventions for YHR. To accomplish these goals, community outreach, awareness and service delivery will be conducted throughout the state (13 dfcs regions, 900 individuals), including trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) adapted for y-cset (225 youth), TF-CBT adapted for youth who have experienced RT (40 youth), risk reduction through family therapy adapted for y-cset (150 youth),TF-CBT with YHR (225 youth) in addition, nctsn resource parent curriculum adapted for cset will be delivered to 220 caregivers in all 13 regions, and think trauma adapted for y-cset and CC will be delivered to 105 staff of of 3 cset specialized CC settings. In all, 1825 youth and service systems professionals will be served (170 Y1, 350 Y2, 435 Y3-5).