Reach ND: reducing barriers, expanding access, and advancing trauma care for children to heal in north dakota - reach ND is led by treatment collaborative for traumatized youth (tcty) housed within…

Reach ND: reducing barriers, expanding access, and advancing trauma care for children to heal in north dakota - reach ND is led by treatment collaborative for traumatized youth (tcty) housed within sanford research north and represents a consortium of organizations with the shared mission of reducing barriers, expanding access, and advancing trauma care for children to heal in north dakota. Reach ND aims to increase access to trauma-focused, evidence-based treatments (ebts) for underserved/under-resourced children (3-18) and families impacted by trauma in ND. To increase access, reach ND will address behavioral health disparities, reduce barriers to access and engagement in trauma ebts, and improve frameworks for sustainability. The project will collaborate with partners including children's advocacy centers and nctsn category II tsas to achieve goals and objectives that include (1) providing care coordination using intensive engagement strategies and effective ebts (TF-CBT, cftsi, sparcs) via telehealth; (2) conducting training on telehealth and complex trauma for providers; (3) adapting treatment resources for rural populations, american indian/alaskan native children, and linguistic minorities; and (4) increasing professional and community trauma awareness and engagement using outreach education and media strategies. Goals & objectives goal 1: reduce barriers and increase access to trauma services throughout the rural and frontier regions of north dakota with equitable care delivery as core consideration. 1. Procedures for intensive engagement & telehealth. 2. Care coordination with enhanced engagement strategies. 3. Assessments & trauma ebts via telehealth. 4. Significantly reduced trauma symptoms at discharge. 5. Decrease barriers to telehealth treatment by enabling at-home access. 6. Translate or adapt treatment resources. Goal 2: advance trauma care practices and network of treatment providers in north dakota through training, consultation, and statewide and national collaboration. 1. Train treatment providers on telehealth delivery of TF-CBT. 2. Host quarterly education series for clinical teams on topics in complex trauma. 3. Host statewide telehealth biannual consultations to develop resources for telehealth. 4. Protocol for new provider telehealth onboarding. 5. Collaborate with nctsn CAT II TSA on train-the-trainer models to sustain training. Goal 3: increase professional and community trauma awareness and engagement using outreach education and media strategies. 1. Appear on north dakota today show to discuss trauma and accessing services. 2. Disseminate information about trauma and accessing care at community outreach events. 3. Create 2 videos discussing trauma treatment, telehealth, and accessing services. 4. Host education events for child-serving professionals in ND. We anticipate serving 120-150 clients and 101-110 professionals annually and 1205 total clients and professionals throughout the five-year period of performance.