Tuesday, April 23, 2024
4/23/2024
Special Service for Groups, Inc. (SSG) proposes BRIGHT (Build Resiliency, Inspire Growth, & Heal Trauma) to address the unmet need for trauma-informed mental health services for youth and their families in southern regions of Los Angeles County. SSG proposes to provide and evaluate evidence-based, trauma-focused mental health services for youth ages 13-25 and to build local system capacity to support youth impacted by trauma. The Occupational Therapy Training Program (OTTP) division of SSG will conduct outreach, treatment using the Seeking Safety model, care management, and prevention services for youth who experience a high rate of risk for trauma-related mental health disorders due to poverty, homelessness, school delinquency, and community violence. SSG/OTTP will also train professionals from youth-serving systems, as well as local parents/caregivers, in Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) to increase their capacity to support youth experiencing mental health issues. Additionally, SSG/OTTP will conduct ongoing performance measurement and evaluation and share the results with various stakeholders, including but not limited to collaboration with NCTSI - Category II sites. The BRIGHT project will serve 100 youth in year 1 and 125 youth years 2 to 5, for a total of 600 youth served, as well as will train 30 individuals each year for a total of 150 trained. The project also seeks to achieve the following goals and objectives: Goal 1: Provide and improve access to evidence-based treatment and services for youth impacted by trauma. By the end of year five, the project: (a) will provide information to 1250 community members to increase awareness of youth trauma; (b) will have conducted trauma screenings for 750 unduplicated youth; (c) will have provided 600 unduplicated youth Seeking Safety groups; (d) will have provided support/enrichment groups to 300 unduplicated youth; and (e) will demonstrate a 40% decrease in the severity of traumatic stress symptoms reported by Seeking Safety participants. Goal 2: Increase the capacity of parents and local youth-serving systems to implement trauma-informed practices and provide referrals for trauma-focused services. By the end of year five, the project: (a) will have provided YMHFA training to 75 professionals from youth-serving systems; (b) will have provided YMHFA to 75 parents/guardians from the community; (c) demonstrate at least 85% of YMHFA training participants who report increased confidence in performing actions to support youth with mental health challenges; (d) will have secured new referral relationships with at least five new partners from youth-serving systems. Goal 3: Enhance the available data on best practices for serving trauma-impacted youth. By the end of year five, project: (a) will have developed 5 presentations/ reports to disseminate findings; (b) will have published five annual program updates in a publicly accessible format; (c) will have held 10 meetings to collaborate with NCTSI - Category II sites.
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