Wednesday, April 24, 2024
4/24/2024
The Alaska Child Trauma Center at Alaska Behavioral Health is proposing to expand behavioral health services by developing an outreach program to identify and engage children who have experienced trauma in Alaska and provide exceptional services to improve lives. We propose to build a collaboration with schools, a youth drop-in center and a statewide resource and referral network to identify children and families in need of trauma-focused services. This project will provide specialized, evidence-based trauma services by partnering with these service systems, increasing access to care and reducing barriers to engagement in treatment. This model of service delivery will assist in the early identification of behavioral health challenges and engage children and families who are not able to participate in traditional clinic-based services. Our population of focus is Alaskan children age 3 to 18 years who have experienced trauma. We will serve a diverse group of individuals including a high proportion of Alaskan Native children and children involved in the child protection system. We will provide a variety of trauma-focused evidenced-based practices to children and families, including ARC treatment, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Child Parent Psychotherapy and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy. This collaboration with service systems will help identify and engage children in behavioral health services, improve outcomes for children and support their ongoing development. There is an immense need for specialized services in Alaska, through this project, the Alaska Child Trauma Center will serve 300 children in the first year, and 400 annually in Year 2-5 for a total of 1900 children over the project period.
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