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The ARC and Trauma STARS program is the establishment of a Trauma-Informed Mental Health Workforce, School Referral Network and Learning Collaborative to support trauma-focused services for uninsured or under insured children and young adults age 5-15 in identified Title 1 elementary and middle schools in Fulton and DeKalb Counties in Georgia and evidence-based trauma treatment for traumatized youth throughout the state. The purpose of this program is to implement a project composed of five goals/objectives: 1) To increase school-based ARC services by delivering trauma-focused treatment and services in eight target schools. 2) To develop trauma-informed school environments and train school staff on trauma-informed practices aimed at transforming the culture from punitive to trauma-focused. 3) To develop a trauma-informed School Referral Network designed to train school staff in target and non-target schools. 4) To provide ARC training of mental health workers across the state on trauma-informed practices and form an ARC Collaborative that offers support, training and coaching to members. 5) To create an interactive, informative website where professionals and the public can go to find information, get referrals, register for training, receive coaching, and obtain support.

The University of Chicago Medicine (UCM) REACT Program: Recovery & Empowerment After Community Trauma represents a response to Chicago's greatest ongoing public health challenge: violence. Based in an urban children's hospital, UCM REACT will address behavioral health disparities by providing African American patients affected by community violence with previously unavailable brief trauma-focused intervention, as well as access to ongoing therapy. The UCM REACT Program will address these trauma-related behavioral health disparities by identifying hundreds of patients affected by community violence and providing previously unavailable trauma-focused clinical support and intervention. REACT builds upon Healing Hurt People - Chicago (HHP-C), UCM's existing violence intervention program for violently injured pediatric patients. REACT will establish 1. a full-time dedicated clinician-based in the Comer ED and PICU to provide trauma screening, support, psycho-education, and intervention to patients affected by community violence (even if they have not sustained violent injuries); 2. a weekly trauma-informed child psychiatry clinic to serve patients identified by REACT; 3. training for HHP-C & REACT clinicians in the NCTSN-Developed Child & Family Traumatic Stress Intervention (CFTSI); and 4. partnerships with clinicians with expertise in NCTSN-developed interventions to provide ongoing therapy. It is anticipated that the UCM REACT Program will serve at least 1250 children and families during the grant period, each year providing screening, support, and psycho-education for at least 250 children, CFTSI for at least 50 children, psychiatric services for at least 40 children, and ongoing trauma-focused therapy services for at least 45 children.

The University of Chicago Medicine (UCM) REACT Program: Recovery & Empowerment After Community Trauma represents a response to Chicago's greatest ongoing public health challenge: violence. Based in an urban children's hospital, UCM REACT will address behavioral health disparities by providing African American patients affected by community violence with previously unavailable brief trauma-focused intervention, as well as access to ongoing therapy. The UCM REACT Program will address these trauma-related behavioral health disparities by identifying hundreds of patients affected by community violence and providing previously unavailable trauma-focused clinical support and intervention. REACT builds upon Healing Hurt People - Chicago (HHP-C), UCM's existing violence intervention program for violently injured pediatric patients. REACT will establish 1. a full-time dedicated clinician-based in the Comer ED and PICU to provide trauma screening, support, psycho-education, and intervention to patients affected by community violence (even if they have not sustained violent injuries); 2. a weekly trauma-informed child psychiatry clinic to serve patients identified by REACT; 3. training for HHP-C & REACT clinicians in the NCTSN-Developed Child & Family Traumatic Stress Intervention (CFTSI); and 4. partnerships with clinicians with expertise in NCTSN-developed interventions to provide ongoing therapy. It is anticipated that the UCM REACT Program will serve at least 1250 children and families during the grant period, each year providing screening, support, and psycho-education for at least 250 children, CFTSI for at least 50 children, psychiatric services for at least 40 children, and ongoing trauma-focused therapy services for at least 45 children.

The Trauma Program for Families in Northern Utah will provide evidence-based and trauma informed treatment to children and families. Participants will include children, ages 0-11, and their families who have suffered trauma. Outreach will be specifically extended to military and refugee families. The Child & Family Support Center of Cache County Inc. (doing business as The Family Place) has a mission to strengthen families and protect children. The goal for this project is to provide and increase access to effective trauma-focused treatment and services systems for children and their families who experience traumatic events throughout our community. To achieve this goal, the proposed project will implement an Attachment, Regulation, and Competency (ARC) framework for trauma intervention in the following strategies: (1) a therapeutic child center, (2) home visits, (3) group therapy, and 4) community training to local leaders. Measurable outcomes will include reduced trauma symptoms, an increase in trauma-informed services, strengthened family relationships, and becoming a trauma-informed community. The Family Place anticipates screening 1,000 participants a year for trauma, with 500 of them receiving trauma-informed mental health assessments. The Family Place anticipates enrolling 75 participants in the first and last year and 100 participants per year for years 2 through 4 in evaluation activities to understand the effect of evidence-based trauma treatment on participants. During the 5-year program, approximately 5,000 children will be screened for trauma, and of those screened, 2,500 will receive trauma-informed mental health assessments and treatment in their preferred modes. By the end of the grant, 450 children and their families will participate in project evaluation activities to understand the effect of evidence-based trauma treatment on their ongoing relationships, mental health functioning, and recovery after trauma.

The Trauma Program for Families in Northern Utah will provide evidence-based and trauma informed treatment to children and families. Participants will include children, ages 0-11, and their families who have suffered trauma. Outreach will be specifically extended to military and refugee families. The Child & Family Support Center of Cache County Inc. (doing business as The Family Place) has a mission to strengthen families and protect children. The goal for this project is to provide and increase access to effective trauma-focused treatment and services systems for children and their families who experience traumatic events throughout our community. To achieve this goal, the proposed project will implement an Attachment, Regulation, and Competency (ARC) framework for trauma intervention in the following strategies: (1) a therapeutic child center, (2) home visits, (3) group therapy, and 4) community training to local leaders. Measurable outcomes will include reduced trauma symptoms, an increase in trauma-informed services, strengthened family relationships, and becoming a trauma-informed community. The Family Place anticipates screening 1,000 participants a year for trauma, with 500 of them receiving trauma-informed mental health assessments. The Family Place anticipates enrolling 75 participants in the first and last year and 100 participants per year for years 2 through 4 in evaluation activities to understand the effect of evidence-based trauma treatment on participants. During the 5-year program, approximately 5,000 children will be screened for trauma, and of those screened, 2,500 will receive trauma-informed mental health assessments and treatment in their preferred modes. By the end of the grant, 450 children and their families will participate in project evaluation activities to understand the effect of evidence-based trauma treatment on their ongoing relationships, mental health functioning, and recovery after trauma.

Kristi House, Inc., the Children's Advocacy Center serving the large, ethnically diverse Miami-Dade County, proposes to expand its Community Treatment and Services Center, named CSTART in 2012, to build agency and community-wide capacity to deliver evidence-based, trauma-informed, culturally competent practices for victims of child sexual abuse and commercial sexual exploitation trauma in Miami-Dade County. C-START will take a three-pronged approach: o Capacity-building training and practice in adapting Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for commercially sexually exploited children (CSEC); o Training and practice in addressing child trauma and co-occurring substance use disorders using the Risk Reduction Family Therapy approach (RRFT); and o Continued expansion of the community's capacity to provide evidence-based services and practices for child sexual abuse trauma using Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Culturally Modified CBT. Training and supervision in TF-CBT, CM-CBT, TF-CBT for CSEC and RRFT will be provided to therapists and front-line practitioners at Kristi House and other Miami service providers, especially those serving children involved in child welfare. Outreach to children at risk and especially to underserved and marginalized populations will be conducted. The goal of the project is to increase the capacity of Kristi House and service providers to treat child and youth sexual abuse and exploitation trauma, and co-occurring substance use disorders, for high quality and evidence-supported services reaching all sectors of Miami-Dade County from a competent, steady, and sustainable workforce. The children and caregivers in this program will come from diverse ethnic, racial, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds reflective of the population of South Florida. The project anticipates providing EBPs to 1,250 children through the grant period.

Kristi House, Inc., the Children's Advocacy Center serving the large, ethnically diverse Miami-Dade County, proposes to expand its Community Treatment and Services Center, named CSTART in 2012, to build agency and community-wide capacity to deliver evidence-based, trauma-informed, culturally competent practices for victims of child sexual abuse and commercial sexual exploitation trauma in Miami-Dade County. C-START will take a three-pronged approach: o Capacity-building training and practice in adapting Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for commercially sexually exploited children (CSEC); o Training and practice in addressing child trauma and co-occurring substance use disorders using the Risk Reduction Family Therapy approach (RRFT); and o Continued expansion of the community's capacity to provide evidence-based services and practices for child sexual abuse trauma using Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Culturally Modified CBT. Training and supervision in TF-CBT, CM-CBT, TF-CBT for CSEC and RRFT will be provided to therapists and front-line practitioners at Kristi House and other Miami service providers, especially those serving children involved in child welfare. Outreach to children at risk and especially to underserved and marginalized populations will be conducted. The goal of the project is to increase the capacity of Kristi House and service providers to treat child and youth sexual abuse and exploitation trauma, and co-occurring substance use disorders, for high quality and evidence-supported services reaching all sectors of Miami-Dade County from a competent, steady, and sustainable workforce. The children and caregivers in this program will come from diverse ethnic, racial, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds reflective of the population of South Florida. The project anticipates providing EBPs to 1,250 children through the grant period.

The Philadelphia Alliance for Child Trauma Services II (PACTS II): Reaching the Most Vulnerable Youth is a behavioral and physical health system-wide trauma universal screening, education, prevention and intervention program, with a focus on the most vulnerable and underserved youth. PACTS II will primarily serve children with Medicaid under the age of 18, but will also include transitional youth ages 18-21 in these populations. PACTS II will serve 500 youth in year 1 and build the served population through year 5, when the center will serve over 1900 youth, for a total of 5,696 children served over the course of the grant. PACTS II goals and objectives include the following. Goal 1: Build the child and adolescent public mental health system's capacity to provide evidenced based trauma treatment to targeted high need youth populations. Objective 1.1 Build the mental health system's trauma treatment and prevention capacity through the implementation of 3 trauma-informed evidence based and promising practices. Objective 1.2 Train and provide implementation support to deliver and sustain the targeted three EBPs. Objective 1.3 Increase the number of youth engaged in and receiving EBPs by 10% annually by increasing the service delivery on the following underserved groups: young children (ages 2-6); LGBTQ youth; CSEC; and IY youth. Goal 2: Increase youth and family participation in and access to universal trauma screening, prevention and intervention services by engaging in outreach and training. Objective 2.1 Train frontline workers (~25% of total) on the impact of trauma on the youth and families they serve, the trauma interventions available, and methods for trauma screening and referral. Objective 2.2 Implement trauma screening at the 3 large Children's Hospital (CHOP) pediatric primary care practices in collaboration with co-located PACTS agencies. Objective 2.3 Increase the number of referrals to PACTS by 25% through increased trauma training and screening.

The Philadelphia Alliance for Child Trauma Services II (PACTS II): Reaching the Most Vulnerable Youth is a behavioral and physical health system-wide trauma universal screening, education, prevention and intervention program, with a focus on the most vulnerable and underserved youth. PACTS II will primarily serve children with Medicaid under the age of 18, but will also include transitional youth ages 18-21 in these populations. PACTS II will serve 500 youth in year 1 and build the served population through year 5, when the center will serve over 1900 youth, for a total of 5,696 children served over the course of the grant. PACTS II goals and objectives include the following. Goal 1: Build the child and adolescent public mental health system's capacity to provide evidenced based trauma treatment to targeted high need youth populations. Objective 1.1 Build the mental health system's trauma treatment and prevention capacity through the implementation of 3 trauma-informed evidence based and promising practices. Objective 1.2 Train and provide implementation support to deliver and sustain the targeted three EBPs. Objective 1.3 Increase the number of youth engaged in and receiving EBPs by 10% annually by increasing the service delivery on the following underserved groups: young children (ages 2-6); LGBTQ youth; CSEC; and IY youth. Goal 2: Increase youth and family participation in and access to universal trauma screening, prevention and intervention services by engaging in outreach and training. Objective 2.1 Train frontline workers (~25% of total) on the impact of trauma on the youth and families they serve, the trauma interventions available, and methods for trauma screening and referral. Objective 2.2 Implement trauma screening at the 3 large Children's Hospital (CHOP) pediatric primary care practices in collaboration with co-located PACTS agencies. Objective 2.3 Increase the number of referrals to PACTS by 25% through increased trauma training and screening.

The Colorado Children's Congregate Care Resiliency Opportunity Project (CROP) implements an innovative trauma-informed resiliency-based collaborative model designed to prevent and reduce congregate care placements for children in child welfare/juvenile justice. Seven Colorado Department of Human Services Child Welfare offices have partnered together to expand their current trauma-informed system efforts to develop and employ new approaches to identify, assess, and intervene with their most vulnerable, yet most challenging children. CROP Prevention Model objectives will screen children and their caregivers for trauma, provide comprehensive neurodevelopmental trauma assessments screening positive for trauma, and develop resiliency-based case planning based on the assessment findings. Resiliency-based strategies, built upon developing relatedness, mastery, and affect regulation skills for children/caregivers will then be implemented through intensive in-home coaching programs to stabilize placements. Simultaneously, children will receive Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, while caregivers will receive evidence-based community-based trauma treatments. To empower caseworkers, congregate care staff, and clinicians with increased trauma knowledge and resiliency strategies National Child Traumatic Stress Products will be implemented including "Think Trauma," "Road to Recovery" and "Resource Parent Curriculum". During YEAR I approximately 264 children will be served followed by at least 100 each of the following five years. CROP, to sustain a resilient workforce, will provide ongoing secondary traumatic stress processing and strategies through the utilization of the NCTSN Resilience Alliance Curriculum. Evaluation will focus on the effectiveness of the model through quantitative analysis of CROP goals of prevention, reduction, length of stay, recidivism, and improvement in well-being for children at risk of entering, or currently in, congregate care.

The Colorado Children's Congregate Care Resiliency Opportunity Project (CROP) implements an innovative trauma-informed resiliency-based collaborative model designed to prevent and reduce congregate care placements for children in child welfare/juvenile justice. Seven Colorado Department of Human Services Child Welfare offices have partnered together to expand their current trauma-informed system efforts to develop and employ new approaches to identify, assess, and intervene with their most vulnerable, yet most challenging children. CROP Prevention Model objectives will screen children and their caregivers for trauma, provide comprehensive neurodevelopmental trauma assessments screening positive for trauma, and develop resiliency-based case planning based on the assessment findings. Resiliency-based strategies, built upon developing relatedness, mastery, and affect regulation skills for children/caregivers will then be implemented through intensive in-home coaching programs to stabilize placements. Simultaneously, children will receive Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, while caregivers will receive evidence-based community-based trauma treatments. To empower caseworkers, congregate care staff, and clinicians with increased trauma knowledge and resiliency strategies National Child Traumatic Stress Products will be implemented including "Think Trauma," "Road to Recovery" and "Resource Parent Curriculum". During YEAR I approximately 264 children will be served followed by at least 100 each of the following five years. CROP, to sustain a resilient workforce, will provide ongoing secondary traumatic stress processing and strategies through the utilization of the NCTSN Resilience Alliance Curriculum. Evaluation will focus on the effectiveness of the model through quantitative analysis of CROP goals of prevention, reduction, length of stay, recidivism, and improvement in well-being for children at risk of entering, or currently in, congregate care.

Partners in Care: Community-Based Implementation of Evidence-Based Treatment for Childhood Trauma's (Partners in Care) overarching goal is to improve access to and quality of evidence-based trauma-informed care for children and families who experience trauma throughout Massachusetts. Partners in Care will: 1) Disseminate the In-Home Therapy (IHT) application of Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (TF-CBT) on a statewide scale; 2) Implement a program of training in trauma-informed mental health care for paraprofessionals working in a variety of community-based mental health settings;3) Strengthen cultural competence of the clinical workforce for trauma-informed treatment within special populations. Partners in Care proposes to serve families with children ages 5 to 18 who have experienced trauma regardless of gender, race, or sexual orientation. Partners in Care will serve a total 630 families through TF-CBT throughout the project. Partners in Care will train 210 IHT therapists and 170 IHT paraprofessionals within 5 years of the grant. It is anticipated that University based trainings will be conducted 2 times per year, 250 paraprofessionals will be trained throughout the life of the grant, 63 of whom will have lived experiences, and 25 will work in integrated care practices. Increased training throughout the state in culturally-competent trauma-informed care will create a cadre of skilled clinicians and para-professionals that will increase access to and improve delivery and quality of evidence-based trauma-informed treatment.

Partners in Care: Community-Based Implementation of Evidence-Based Treatment for Childhood Trauma's (Partners in Care) overarching goal is to improve access to and quality of evidence-based trauma-informed care for children and families who experience trauma throughout Massachusetts. Partners in Care will: 1) Disseminate the In-Home Therapy (IHT) application of Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (TF-CBT) on a statewide scale; 2) Implement a program of training in trauma-informed mental health care for paraprofessionals working in a variety of community-based mental health settings;3) Strengthen cultural competence of the clinical workforce for trauma-informed treatment within special populations. Partners in Care proposes to serve families with children ages 5 to 18 who have experienced trauma regardless of gender, race, or sexual orientation. Partners in Care will serve a total 630 families through TF-CBT throughout the project. Partners in Care will train 210 IHT therapists and 170 IHT paraprofessionals within 5 years of the grant. It is anticipated that University based trainings will be conducted 2 times per year, 250 paraprofessionals will be trained throughout the life of the grant, 63 of whom will have lived experiences, and 25 will work in integrated care practices. Increased training throughout the state in culturally-competent trauma-informed care will create a cadre of skilled clinicians and para-professionals that will increase access to and improve delivery and quality of evidence-based trauma-informed treatment.

Family and Children's Services, in partnership with the NJ Department of Children & Families (NJDCF) will lead community partners in transforming trauma across New Jersey. Transforming Trauma II (TTII), will provide evidence-based trauma treatment to 1615 children and adolescents (ages 0-18) and their families, including military families, over 5 years, across NJ; and train 145 professionals in evidence-based trauma treatment. Over the five-year project period, TTII will screen/assess 3000 NJ children and adolescents age 0-18 and their families, including youth from military families (Y1-400; Y2-500; Y3-600; Y4-700; Y5- 800) for exposure to trauma; TTII will provide evidence-based trauma treatment to 1615 (Y1- 185; Y2-285; Y3-335; Y4-455; Y5-355) children/families (including 100 military children). Training in trauma screening, assessment and referral will be provided to 1100 child-service workers including NJ Dept. of Children & Families (NJDCF; Y1-135; Y2-195; Y3-225; Y4-265; Y5-280), and clinical evidence-based practice training provided to 145 professional practitioners (40 in Yrs. 1,2,4; 25 in Yr.3), and advanced training to 25 supervisors in Year 5 to enhance sustainability. Strategies/interventions include: 1) a Project Advisory Board that meets quarterly to review progress and provide QA/QI input; 2) training, coordination and advocacy through the NJ Trauma-Informed Network Collaborative and NJDCF; 3) continued coordination with military family-serving organizations; 4) training of community partners to screen, assess and refer children and adolescents to TTII treatment providers 5) statewide training to certify additional TF-CBT, CPC-CBT, ARC and FOCUS providers; 6) direct treatment to clients and families; and 7) maintaining an active Consumer Advisory Board that advocates and provides feedback to senior management on behalf of all clients on service quality and improvement.

Family and Children's Services, in partnership with the NJ Department of Children & Families (NJDCF) will lead community partners in transforming trauma across New Jersey. Transforming Trauma II (TTII), will provide evidence-based trauma treatment to 1615 children and adolescents (ages 0-18) and their families, including military families, over 5 years, across NJ; and train 145 professionals in evidence-based trauma treatment. Over the five-year project period, TTII will screen/assess 3000 NJ children and adolescents age 0-18 and their families, including youth from military families (Y1-400; Y2-500; Y3-600; Y4-700; Y5- 800) for exposure to trauma; TTII will provide evidence-based trauma treatment to 1615 (Y1- 185; Y2-285; Y3-335; Y4-455; Y5-355) children/families (including 100 military children). Training in trauma screening, assessment and referral will be provided to 1100 child-service workers including NJ Dept. of Children & Families (NJDCF; Y1-135; Y2-195; Y3-225; Y4-265; Y5-280), and clinical evidence-based practice training provided to 145 professional practitioners (40 in Yrs. 1,2,4; 25 in Yr.3), and advanced training to 25 supervisors in Year 5 to enhance sustainability. Strategies/interventions include: 1) a Project Advisory Board that meets quarterly to review progress and provide QA/QI input; 2) training, coordination and advocacy through the NJ Trauma-Informed Network Collaborative and NJDCF; 3) continued coordination with military family-serving organizations; 4) training of community partners to screen, assess and refer children and adolescents to TTII treatment providers 5) statewide training to certify additional TF-CBT, CPC-CBT, ARC and FOCUS providers; 6) direct treatment to clients and families; and 7) maintaining an active Consumer Advisory Board that advocates and provides feedback to senior management on behalf of all clients on service quality and improvement.

The Staten Island Mental Health Society, Inc. (SIMHS) proposes to develop the Staten Island Children's Trauma Center (SICTC), an initiative that will leverage our 160 years of experience serving the communities of Staten Island. SICTC is a multi-pronged initiative that will support children and youth who have experienced trauma, ages 5-21 years old, and their caregivers (both families and cross-sector providers) across the systems of care. Over the five year program, SICTC will provide trauma psycho-education through the Journey of Hope (JOH) intervention to 1,000 children and youth within 10 school-based clinic and Day Treatment settings, and 250 of their caregivers will participate in the associated Care for the Caregivers psychoeducational workshop. SIMHS will screen 2,500 children and youth ages 5-21 years old for trauma over the lifetime of the grant, and children and youth identified as being adversely affected by trauma will be referred to SICTC's trauma treatment services that will be tailored to their needs and experiences. SIMHS will offer 150 youth ages 10-15 school-based group treatment through Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS), and one-on-one clinic- or school-based Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) will be provided to 550 youth with more acute needs and/or those outside of the CBITS target age range. SIMHS will leverage its extensive grassroots connections across our communities, to provide 1,000 non-Clinical community based providers with Trauma 101Psycho-education and 40 additional community based clinicians in JOH and trauma screening tools, thereby infusing the entire Staten Island system of care with a trauma informed lens.

The Staten Island Mental Health Society, Inc. (SIMHS) proposes to develop the Staten Island Children's Trauma Center (SICTC), an initiative that will leverage our 160 years of experience serving the communities of Staten Island. SICTC is a multi-pronged initiative that will support children and youth who have experienced trauma, ages 5-21 years old, and their caregivers (both families and cross-sector providers) across the systems of care. Over the five year program, SICTC will provide trauma psycho-education through the Journey of Hope (JOH) intervention to 1,000 children and youth within 10 school-based clinic and Day Treatment settings, and 250 of their caregivers will participate in the associated Care for the Caregivers psychoeducational workshop. SIMHS will screen 2,500 children and youth ages 5-21 years old for trauma over the lifetime of the grant, and children and youth identified as being adversely affected by trauma will be referred to SICTC's trauma treatment services that will be tailored to their needs and experiences. SIMHS will offer 150 youth ages 10-15 school-based group treatment through Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS), and one-on-one clinic- or school-based Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) will be provided to 550 youth with more acute needs and/or those outside of the CBITS target age range. SIMHS will leverage its extensive grassroots connections across our communities, to provide 1,000 non-Clinical community based providers with Trauma 101Psycho-education and 40 additional community based clinicians in JOH and trauma screening tools, thereby infusing the entire Staten Island system of care with a trauma informed lens.

Metro Louisville's Center for Promotion of Recovery and Resilience (CPRR) will utilize a comprehensive, community based approach consisting of) capacity building, 2) community and referral source education, 3) child/youth centered evidence based trauma focused interventions, and 4) consumer feedback and evaluation to help children and youth (military, refugee, or maltreated and sexually exploited and trafficked) overcome effects of trauma. Specifically, this project will 1) increase knowledge and skills of personnel who make referrals and provide services to children regarding trauma and related services, 2) provide trauma focused intervention services to military children, refugee children, and children victimized by abuse, neglect and exposed to family violence, and 3) evaluate the impact of the project on consumers of this proposed project. By the completion of the project, 100 providers will have been trained in evidence based trauma interventions (e.g. TF-CBT, CBITS, FOCUS), 575 children and their families will have been provided trauma treatment and education, and 50 community agencies serving children and youth will have become trauma informed. A final report will be disseminated through presentations and publication on the project's impact and lessons learned on how to best respond to the needs of traumatized children and youth.

The Idaho Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health (IFFCMH) has served as the Statewide Family Network for over a decade and seeks to continue the development and enhancement of a statewide integrated system of family advocacy services for families of children with mental, behavioral and emotional disorders throughout Idaho. Through its "Children's Mental Health Connections" program, the infrastructure oriented to the needs of families will be continued and expanded. With parents and youth as partners in the design and decision making process of a consumer based service delivery system, the primary focus will consist of the following: 1) Provide families and youth with information, education and training in order to increase understanding, involvement, self-advocacy and leadership skills including webinars, mini-conferences and Community Conversations. 2) Provide opportunity for direct involvement with behavioral health system planning, development and program implementation designed to address identified needs and gaps in services for youth with SED and families, including implementation of the Jeff D Consent Decree mandated services. 3) Provide youth with opportunities for social interaction, community involvement, mutual support and education through Youth MOVE Idaho and other groups. 4) Support training and state certification process for development of a "lived experience" parent workforce through the "Family Support Partner" program.

The Idaho Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health (IFFCMH) has served as the Statewide Family Network for over a decade and seeks to continue the development and enhancement of a statewide integrated system of family advocacy services for families of children with mental, behavioral and emotional disorders throughout Idaho. Through its "Children's Mental Health Connections" program, the infrastructure oriented to the needs of families will be continued and expanded. With parents and youth as partners in the design and decision making process of a consumer based service delivery system, the primary focus will consist of the following: 1) Provide families and youth with information, education and training in order to increase understanding, involvement, self-advocacy and leadership skills including webinars, mini-conferences and Community Conversations. 2) Provide opportunity for direct involvement with behavioral health system planning, development and program implementation designed to address identified needs and gaps in services for youth with SED and families, including implementation of the Jeff D Consent Decree mandated services. 3) Provide youth with opportunities for social interaction, community involvement, mutual support and education through Youth MOVE Idaho and other groups. 4) Support training and state certification process for development of a "lived experience" parent workforce through the "Family Support Partner" program.

This grant will support expansion of Families ASAP current activities, enabling greater family and system level advocacy. We believe in engaging Families and youth in their own service planning and decision-making, in order to ensure service effectiveness. Thus, the goals of this grant are to: (1) strengthen network organizational business management skills and relationships; (2) foster leadership skills among families of children with SED; (3) identify and address technical assistance needs necessary to help families understand the impact of behavioral health service planning issues, and how to work effectively with policy makers and service providers that support the needs of children and adolescents with SED; (4) promote peer-support and social inclusion of families with children and adolescents with SED in the community; (5) assist parents to work with policymakers and providers to improve services; and (6) promote workforce development.

This grant will support expansion of Families ASAP current activities, enabling greater family and system level advocacy. We believe in engaging Families and youth in their own service planning and decision-making, in order to ensure service effectiveness. Thus, the goals of this grant are to: (1) strengthen network organizational business management skills and relationships; (2) foster leadership skills among families of children with SED; (3) identify and address technical assistance needs necessary to help families understand the impact of behavioral health service planning issues, and how to work effectively with policy makers and service providers that support the needs of children and adolescents with SED; (4) promote peer-support and social inclusion of families with children and adolescents with SED in the community; (5) assist parents to work with policymakers and providers to improve services; and (6) promote workforce development.

The Family Cafe Statewide Family Network program will develop and enhance the capacity of families, organizations and other stakeholders to transform the system of care for children and youth with severe emotional disturbance and their families in Florida, ultimately resulting in mental health services that are not only effective, but also family-driven and youth-guided. It will serve children and youth with mental health needs in Florida, as well as their families and caregivers. The goals of the program are: 1) Organizations that serve children and youth with mental health needs will have the organizational capacity necessary to form effective partnerships, advocate for the families, youth and children they serve, and participate in shaping the mental health system of care to respond to the needs of their constituents; 2) families of children and youth with mental health needs will have the resources they require to navigate the existing system of care, and participate as co-equal partners in creating a family-centered, youth-guided, recovery-oriented, trauma-informed mental health system of care; 3) Families of children and youth with mental health needs will work with policy-makers and stakeholders to create a culture that rejects stigma and embraces inclusion and recovery; and 4) Florida youth with mental health needs will develop leadership skills and the capacity to participate in creating a responsive, youth-centered system of care.

The Family Cafe Statewide Family Network program will develop and enhance the capacity of families, organizations and other stakeholders to transform the system of care for children and youth with severe emotional disturbance and their families in Florida, ultimately resulting in mental health services that are not only effective, but also family-driven and youth-guided. It will serve children and youth with mental health needs in Florida, as well as their families and caregivers. The goals of the program are: 1) Organizations that serve children and youth with mental health needs will have the organizational capacity necessary to form effective partnerships, advocate for the families, youth and children they serve, and participate in shaping the mental health system of care to respond to the needs of their constituents; 2) families of children and youth with mental health needs will have the resources they require to navigate the existing system of care, and participate as co-equal partners in creating a family-centered, youth-guided, recovery-oriented, trauma-informed mental health system of care; 3) Families of children and youth with mental health needs will work with policy-makers and stakeholders to create a culture that rejects stigma and embraces inclusion and recovery; and 4) Florida youth with mental health needs will develop leadership skills and the capacity to participate in creating a responsive, youth-centered system of care.

Georgia Parent Support Network, Inc. (GPSN), Georgia's Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health has established and supports a network of 20 Federation chapters and three Youth M.O.V.E. chapters with a goal of expanding to cover the entire state. Working with the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health (DBHDD), the Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network (GMHCN), and the existing chapters and other partners, GPSN's goal is for families and youth to have access to family and youth support in their local regions, communities, and hometowns. The strategy for the next three years is for the state and local chapters to continue to partner with a number of currently existing federal, state, and local programs in order to expand local partnerships and build on the momentum of currently existing initiatives