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The Community Collective for Trauma-Informed Evidence-Based Prevention and Treatment Services

The Center for Resilience and Well-Being (CRW) was recently awarded a $3 million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) with several community partners. The grant will fund the five-year project (2024-2029): The Community Collective for Trauma-Informed, Evidence-Based Prevention and Treatment Services

Project Goals

Increasing access to trauma-informed, evidence-based prevention practices and treatment services (TI-EBPs) in three Colorado counties (Boulder, Garfield and Montrose) through deep partnership with family-serving agencies and schools.

This five-year project is a collaboration between CU and partners in Boulder, Garfield and Montrose counties who support youth and families. The project has three main goals, all of which will involve extensive collaboration with community partners and families:

  1. Develop a community-based prevention services hub that provides trauma-informed, evidence-based prevention supports and services (TI-EBPs) for youth, families and schools. These services range from parenting programs and resources offered in the community to professional development and coaching for educators in schools.
  2. Improve mental and behavioral health outcomes by implementing trauma-informed, evidence based supports and services in local and rural communities.
  3. Promote long-term sustainability of trauma-informed, evidence based supports and services for youth and families exposed to trauma within Colorado communities.

Project Focus Area

Rural Communities

Rural communities often face higher rates of adverse childhood events and barriers to services, including issues with transportation, insurance, availability and stigma, making increasing access to these supports and services a critical health strategy in these areas.

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Programs

This project will emphasize the following programs along the prevention and intervention continuum that not only address youth mental and behavioral health challenges but promote the very protective factors that promote resilience/health outcomes and buffer youth from the negative impacts of adverse events.

Community Partners and Supporters

Boulder Housing Partners
Boulder Housing Partners
Boulder Valley School District
Boulder Valley School District in Boulder County
Clinica family health & wellness
Clinica Family Health & Wellness (formerly Mental Health Partners)
Collaborative Trauma Solutions
Collaborative Trauma Solutions
Garfield County
Department of Human Services Garfield County
Garfield Re-2 School District
Montrose County Colorado
Department of Human Services Montrose County
SPAN - Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence
Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence

News About this Grant

New CRW grant to increase Coloradans’ access to trauma-informed, evidence-based services

“It is an honor and a privilege to receive this award,” says CRW Director and Principal Investigator for the project,” Monica Fitzgerald. “It allows us to closely partner with youth-serving community agencies and schools in local Boulder County and across urban and rural parts of Colorado to increase youth and family access to the highest quality trauma-informed and evidence-based prevention and intervention supports.”
Read more on IBS site

Contact

For more information, please contact Monica Fitzgerald (monica.fitzgerald@colorado.edu)