Trauma-informed Care

Q: I run a shelter for homeless teens. I’m thinking about moving to a “low-barrier” approach to working with youth, meaning that we won’t turn young people away because they’ve been drinking or using drugs. How can I get staff to buy into this change? A: Ingrained in every good youth worker is the idea of “meeting young people where they’re at.” So...
This funding opportunity is meant to improve the social and emotional well-being of youth in the child welfare system that have mental and behavioral health needs. Grantees will:
Until recently, police in St. Paul, MN, had only one question when they released a runaway youth from custody: Did the young person get home?
Sandy Skelaney is a Miami street outreach worker who specializes in helping victims of sex trafficking. She talks to NCFY about how to approach sexually exploited youth and how to begin to help them. Time: 5:22 | Size: 4.9 MB | Transcript
Sandy Skelaney is a Miami street outreach worker who specializes in helping victims of sex trafficking. She talks to NCFY about how to approach sexually exploited youth and how to begin to help them. Time: 5:22 | Size: 4.9 MB
This Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration program provides community-based trauma treatment and services to children and adolescents who have experienced or witnessed traumatic events, and to their families. The program aims to increase access to effective trauma-focused treatment and services for children and adolescents throughout the nation.  See full announcement....
The Family and Youth Service's Bureau's Transitional Living Program and Maternity Group Homes fund community-based programs that address the immediate needs of runaway and homeless youth and their families. Both programs aim to increase young people's safety, well-being and self-sufficiency, and to help them build permanent connections with caring adults.
"A Family Intervention to Reduce Sexual Behavior, Substance Use, and Delinquency Among Newly Homeless Youth." Journal of Adolescent Health, Vol. 50, No. 4, April 2012.
Homelessness is a traumatic experience for young children who experience it. Many young mothers experiencing homelessness have also experienced trauma either in their own childhoods or more recently. 
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