Friday, November 22, 2024
11/22/2024
Summary: Over 5 years, Family Service of Rhode Island will trauma-screen 3,000 at-risk diverse children; provide evidence-based/informed practices (EBPs) to 1000+ children, with 250+ families receiving help with care barriers; add 64 therapists certified in EBPs; educate 3000 child-serving workers statewide on trauma-focused care/referrals; adapt/innovate 3 EBPs to improve outcomes; measure effectiveness; and sustain treatment. Project Name: Children’s Treatment and Recovery Center. Populations Served: 3,000 at-risk children (particularly victims of or witnesses to abuse, violent crimes, etc.) ages 2 to 18 and their families, particularly from Latinix and Communities of Color with a focus on low-income high-crime cities Providence, Centrals Falls and Pawtucket. In addition, 3000 child serving professionals statewide will be educated to foster understanding and referrals to trauma-focused evidence-based practices (EBPs) and increase the number of clinical providers certified in these treatments. Strategies/Interventions: EBPs will be Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT); Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT); Trauma Systems Therapy (TST, evidence-informed). TF-CBT to be adapted to improve outcomes. Other interventions: measuring clinical effectiveness with Child Stress Disorder Checklist; assisting populations overcome care barriers; Resources provided to increase understanding of child-serving professionals of EBPs; Goals: 1) Expanded access to EBPs for diverse at-risk children and their families. 2) Providing direct services of aforementioned therapies; 3) Educate child-serving systems about trauma-informed resources and services to increase access and referrals to EBPs 4) Collaborate with Category II and III sites to adapt EBPs. 5) Measure treatment effectiveness. Overview of Objectives: 1) Trauma-screen 3000 children/youth for exposure to traumatic events; 2) Increase number of certified PCIT therapists by 4; TF-CBT by 60 (focus on bilingual, bi-cultural staff); 3) Treat 1000 children with EBPs; 4) Identify funding beyond SAMHSA for sustainability; 5) Outreach and care management for 250 families; 6) Emergency services for 100 youngsters; 7) Implement clinical measure Child Stress Disorder Checklist; 8) Deliver trauma-focused education/resources to 3000 child-serving professionals and measure knowledge gain; 9) With NCTSN Category IIs and IIIs, adapt TF-CBT, and foster increased number of PCIT clinicians and improve TST implementation;10) Measure effectiveness of Children’s Treatment and Recovery Center. Total People Served Annually: Year 1: 1200; Year 2: 1300; Year 3: 1500; Year 4: 1700; Year 5: 1800 Total People Served At End of 5 Years: 7500.
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