Thursday, April 25, 2024
4/25/2024
Through the Expanding and Sustaining Franklin County’s Trauma-Informed System of Care Project, Franklin County will expand trauma-informed home and community-based modalities, including (1) comprehensive, school-based services and supports; (2) intensive in-home clinical services; and (3) crisis support services. The project will serve Franklin County youth throughout the full rural county, where the majority of the population is 82.7% white, 7.1% Native American, and 5.7% black; 26.9% of children live below the poverty level, and the county rate of indicated child abuse and neglect reports is the highest in New York State. Youth served will be aged 2-21 with SED, with a focus on youth in foster care and/or at risk of out-of-home placement. The total number of unduplicated youth to be served is 404 over the four-year period (137 in Year 1; 89 in Year 2; 89 in Year 3; and 89 in Year 4). Additionally, 4-8 project staff will be trained in Functional Family Therapy; 3 care coordinators will be trained in high-fidelity Wraparound; 25 parents will receive the Nurturing Parenting curriculum; and 20 SOC agency members and community partners will receive the non-violent Therapeutic Crisis Intervention train-the-trainer model, and will proceed to train an additional 500 SOC agency members and community partners, school staff, and parents. The goals of the project are to increase evidence-based, trauma-informed school and community-based services to improve youth behavioral functioning, reduce out-of-home care, accelerate permanency. Related to these goals, objectives are for 70% of youth to show improvement in behavioral health functioning; for 90% of youth to remain in their homes without requiring out-of-home placement; and for 75% of youth in foster care to achieve permanency.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
