Tuesday, April 29, 2025
4/29/2025
Increasing Access of Trauma-Informed Care by CPS-Involved Youth and Families - The Cullen Center will focus on the needs of the children and families involved with Lucas County Children's Services (LCCS), the Child Protective Services (CPS) agency in Northwest Ohio. The Cullen Center will focus on CPS-involved youth (aged infancy to 18), their parents, and when appropriate their caregivers (e.g., foster parents, relative caregivers, and pre-adoptive/adoptive parents). The purpose of the proposed project is: (1) To increase the number of CPS-involved youth and families served by providing families with trauma-informed, evidenced-based services; and (2) Increase access to care for CPS-involved youth and families by decreasing the barriers to care. The primary service site and leadership for this project is the Cullen Center for Children, Adolescents and Families, which serves traumatized youth and their families living in Northwest Ohio. With funding from SAMHSA's National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative (NCTSN) and a partnership between Toledo Children's Hospital and Family and Child Abuse Prevention Center, Cullen Center opened its doors in 2002. The Center is housed at the hospital's pediatric outpatient clinic near downtown Toledo. In addition to direct treatment and support services, Cullen Center has trained many hundreds of professionals, community stakeholders, youth, and families on the child traumatic stress, trauma-informed care, and evidence-based treatment. The Cullen Center recognizes that military families are vulnerable and require specialized trauma-informed services. There are not a large percentage of military families in Northwest Ohio and very few access services at the Cullen Center. However, when they do present for services, the Cullen Center will be ready to provide appropriate, trauma-sensitive, and military informed services.
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