Rebuilding and engaging to foster resiliency among muslims experiencing (reframe) violence: a multilevel community-based approach is a four tiered intervention that attends to the behavioral health…

Rebuilding and engaging to foster resiliency among muslims experiencing (reframe) violence: a multilevel community-based approach is a four tiered intervention that attends to the behavioral health and well-being of muslim and afghan, african, and arabic newcomer (maaan) youth and their families in albuquerque, new mexico. In the U.S., newcomers often have high rates of psychological distress, limited material resources, lingering physical ailments, and loss of meaningful social roles and support, all of which are compounded by structural racism, discrimination, and marginalization of their cultural practices and language. Thus, attending to the mental health and well-being of maaan youth and their parents was a critical area of concern, even before recent community violence that occurred from november 2021 through august 2022, during which time four muslim men were murdered in albuquerque. Authorities have reason to believe all four crimes are connected and were committed by the same suspect, a recent refugee from afghanistan, who has been arrested and charged with two of the murders. In response to these critical resource needs and gaps, the purpose of rebuilding and engaging to foster resiliency among muslims experiencing violence (reframe) is to bring together long-standing community and government partners (and other organizational partners to be identified by the reframe coalition) to implement a multilevel (4-tier) strategy that will lead to improved behavioral health outcomes for maaan youth and their families through systemic changes that increase access to and use of behavioral health services by making them more linguistically and culturally appropriate, trauma- and evidence-informed, and equitable. Importantly, these efforts will be led by maaan community members who are uniquely qualified because of their linguistic and cultural expertise and lived experiences to facilitate healing from recent community violence and ongoing structural violence and to promote the mental health and well-being of maaan youth and their families in albuquerque.