Thursday, November 21, 2024
11/21/2024
Western Michigan University's Children's Trauma Assessment Center (CTAC), a thrice funded NCTSN site, proposes the Family Assessment and Specialized Trauma Treatment to Advance Resiliency in Children and Families (FASTER) Project. CTAC will partner with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) to develop, pilot, and implement a family resiliency-based trauma assessment model, in conjunction with an evidence-based trauma treatment, Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI), for children and families in the child welfare system. FASTER's overarching goals are to 1) increase permanency for children, and 2) improve child and family well-being. CTAC will partner with Texas Christian University's Karyn Purvis Institute, the home of TBRI, to implement TBRI to families receiving resiliency-based trauma assessments at CTAC. In subsequent years, CTAC will disseminate TBRI to its four trauma assessment center partners (Easter Seals of Michigan, Child and Family Services of Upper Michigan, Great Lakes Recovering Center of the Upper Peninsula, and Children's Trauma Assessment Group). In years 3-5 the assessment centers will provide statewide accessibility for family trauma assessment and TBRI. CTAC will initially (years 1-2) serve child welfare populations from Kent County (second largest urban population in Michigan) and Jackson County (a midsize county with double the statewide child maltreatment substantiation rates). Objectives include: 1) developing a replicable resiliency-based family trauma assessment product, 2) engaging families in family assessment, 3) MDHHS funding contracts for statewide family trauma assessments, 4) conducting TBRI family interventions, 5) collaborating with NCTSN sites, and 6) developing an Advisory Board of parents and youth formerly involved in child welfare. In Year 1, 175 people (100 children, 75 adults) will be served; Year 2, 228 individuals (130 children, 98 adults) will be served; Years 3 through 5, 508 individuals (250 children, 258 adults) will be served each year; with five year totals of 1927 individuals (980 children, 947 adults) being served. FASTER's evaluation will include process and fidelity measures for implementation, including an evaluation of how the family assessment is integrated across the assessment sites. Additionally, the evaluation includes a focus on outcomes, utilizing the NOMS measures as well as screening and assessment tools to examine the impact of TBRI. The evaluation design is descriptive and will add to the existing knowledge base for family-focused assessment, service planning, and interventions intended to address trauma.
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).
