Terry reilly child traumatic stress project - the terry reilly child traumatic stress projects overarching vision is to increase the capacity at trhs to provide and increase access to effective…

Terry reilly child traumatic stress project - the terry reilly child traumatic stress projects overarching vision is to increase the capacity at trhs to provide and increase access to effective trauma-focused treatment and services systems in canyon county for children and adolescents, and their families who experience traumatic events. We anticipate serving 700 unduplicated clients over the five years of the grant. Specific goals for the project include the following: goals: - expand access for children and their families to trauma informed integrated behavioral health services that use evidence-based practices for children, adolescents and their families that experience heightened barriers to trauma informed care and behavioral health disparities to improve health outcomes. - enhance capacity to provide outpatient trauma services to adolescents (under age 18) in canyon county to reduce incidence of SUD and/or MH crisis among this population. - expand our ability to coordinate with community level child-serving systems and other community level agencies to increase awareness of, participation in, and access to, trauma and grief treatment and services for children, adolescents and their families with an emphasis on hispanic families and families living in poverty specific activities include: - identify and implement community-based engagement/outreach strategies to increase awareness of, participation in, and access to, trauma and grief treatment and services for at-risk children, adolescents, and their families and those from diverse racial and ethnic communities. - provide direct evidence-based mental health related treatment and services, including screening, diagnostic assessment, care management, therapy, and prevention for at-risk children and adolescents, including those from racially and ethnically diverse communities, who have had trauma-related experiences. - coordinate with child-serving systems to provide trauma- and grief-informed services at the local or regional levels. - develop and implement procedures to ensure that treatment providers are competent and knowledgeable about the impact of complex trauma on youth development.