Cayuga county community treatment service and service center - the trauma services program (TSP) of cayuga counseling services, INC. (CCS) will provide evidence-based, comprehensive and…

Cayuga county community treatment service and service center - the trauma services program (TSP) of cayuga counseling services, INC. (CCS) will provide evidence-based, comprehensive and multi-disciplinary services to children, adolescents and their families who have experienced trauma with a focus on those who have experienced complex trauma (90% of the 120 children served annually) who are in need therapeutic and other supportive services in cayuga county, NY. Currently, there are several barriers to accessing services for children who have experienced trauma, most notably the lack of comprehensive, multi-disciplinary program that provides, therapy, care management and peer services to meet the needs of these children and their families. Additionally, our community is lacking regular, comprehensive training for child-serving agencies to be able to identify children who have experienced trauma and refer them to trauma and grief-informed services. The primary goals of the program include: 1. Expanding our current multi-disciplinary team to include new partnerships and additional child-serving entities who engage with children in order to identify those who would benefit from the TSP. 2. Provide effective programming to 120 children annually to mitigate the long-term effects of trauma on children including individual, group and family therapy, care management and peer services. 3. Train program staff on evidence-based treatments that are proven effective for children who have experienced trauma and loss. 4. Provide evidence-based, weekly group therapy in school districts throughout cayuga county. 5. Coordinate with child-serving systems to engage families and ensure children are identified and referred to trauma and grief-focused services. 6. Provide training to 15 entities annually on the TSP and the services IT can provide. 7. Increase the number of trainings on the impact of trauma on youth development to at least 10 child serving agencies in cayuga county annually. By bringing together community stakeholders and expanding our multi-disciplinary team to include a focus on this population, CCS will ensure the services available are responsive to the needs of the youth and families. Assessments of services will be consistently completed to identify service gaps and enhance service delivery. By implementing the TSU program, cayuga county, NY will finally have an all-encompassing, collaborative, holistic approach to children who have experienced trauma which will improve engagement for families and mitigate the long-term effects of the trauma experienced by our county's children.