Saturday, April 26, 2025
4/26/2025
Building a Trauma Center of Excellence for Children and Families in Colorado - This proposal, Building a Trauma Center of Excellence for Children and Families in Colorado: A Community-Academic Partnership, will build Colorado's capacity for trauma-specific, evidence-based practices for children and families, with a focus on three underserved populations (i.e., Hispanic, child-welfare involved, military). Key partners on this project are the Mental Health Center of Boulder County (d/b/a Mental Health Partners, MHP) and the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV) at the University of Colorado at Boulder.The population served will be trauma-exposed children (3 to 18 years) and families served by MHP.The partners will develop the MHP Trauma Center of Excellence to provide comprehensive trauma screening, assessment and trauma-focused evidence-based treatment (TF-EBT) for underserved youth and their caregivers. Project goals include (a) Development of a system for trauma and behavioral health screening and assessment to identify children in need of treatment and match them with appropriate TF-EBTs at the Trauma Center of Excellence, (b) Build capacity to deliver TF-EBTs, and (c) Expand the Colorado Evidence-Based Practice Training Initiative to train mental health and other professionals (e.g. medical, child welfare, education, legal, juvenile justice) in trauma-informed evidence-based practices. Key measurable objectives for clinical activities will include number of children and families served (screening, assessment, treatment) and treatment outcomes. Key measurable objectives for training activities will include number of professionals trained and impact of training on knowledge and service delivery (e.g., use of standardized assessments, TF-EBTs, fidelity). With this project, we will provide TF-EBTs to 3,125 children (625 per year). The partners will train 972 professionals (194 per year) throughout Colorado as part of the Evidence-Based Practice Training Initiative.
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