Sunset Park Health Council, Inc., dba Family Health Centers at NYU Langone (FHC) serves Brooklyn residents across a vast network of community-based clinics and programs, and through its expansive Behavioral Health Program. The FHC at NYU Langone Center for Child Trauma Treatment (FHC-N-CT), in collaboration with FHC Community-based Programs, the School Health Program, and the NYU CCTS in Child Welfare and Mental Health, will serve children, adolescents, and their families experiencing trauma.
• Goal 1. Conduct outreach, engagement, and prevention services for the target population. Obj. 1.1. The FHC-N-CT will meet with staff and grant collaborators (by Month 4). Obj. 1.2. Conduct outreach and engagement to 600 individuals (Year 1) and 800 individuals per year (Years 2-5). Obj. 1.3. Provide prevention, education, and treatment services to 100% of the target population identified as at risk for psychological conditions due to traumatic episodes (Years 1-5). • Goal 2. Provide direct evidence-based mental disorder treatment and services including screening, assessment, care management, therapy, and prevention through individual and group outpatient and intensive outpatient clinical programs. Obj. 2.1. Screen 300 children and adult primary caregivers (Year 1) and 400 children and adult primary caregivers annually (Years 2-5) to identify those that have experienced trauma. Obj. 2.2. Of the individuals identified and referred, engage them in evaluation for the treatment program (75 in Year 1 and 100 annually in Years 2-5). Obj. 2.3. Provide care management with referrals to support and prevention services, as needed to 100% of individuals identified (Years 1-5). Obj. 2.4. Provide individual and group tele-mental health as an optional treatment modality and optional in-home services to increase retention in care for 80% of individuals receiving therapy and treatment (Years 1-5). Obj. 2.5. Three staff will receive annual training in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to support program goals and objectives (Years 1-5). • Goal 3. Utilize expertise in trauma-informed practices to positively impact child-serving service systems in Brooklyn and NYC. Obj. 3.1. Share best practices with and increase knowledge of the service needs of the target population among child-serving agencies to further trauma-informed practices (Years 1-5). • Goal 4. Collaborate with the NYU CCTS in Child Welfare and Mental Health (NCTSI-Category II, TSA) and other NCTSI-II TSAs to adapt interventions that improve engagement and outcomes for the target population. Obj. 4.1. Receive expert consultation on the implementation of Trauma Systems Therapy at a minimum of 130 hours annually (Years 1-5). Obj. 4.2. Receive facilitated integration within the NCTSN and with NCTSI-II TSA partners. • Goal 5. Implement a comprehensive process and outcome evaluation to assess progress on program goals and objectives. Obj. 5.1. The Program Evaluator will monitor data collection, conduct performance assessment, and implement program evaluation at a minimum of 780 hours annually (Years 1-5). • Program staff will conduct outreach and engagement to 3,800 individuals; screen 1,900 individuals; and of those screened, identify 475 unduplicated individuals over the 5-year period for treatment and services.