Kentucky

The Hope Initiative will target children and adolescents aged 0–17 who have experienced neglect, physical abuse, and/or sexual abuse. The program will serve 810 unduplicated participants during the four-year project period, engaging parents and families in the treatment process. Priority will be given to children and adolescents of military families. Three evidence-based practices will be utilized: Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Adapted Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Special Populations (A-DBT-SP), and Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP). MCCC will conduct comprehensive outreach that is culturally appropriate and gender-appropriate to increase access to trauma-informed care as well as to improve outpatient trauma-focused treatment and services through implementation of the three interventions. Working in conjunction with regional partners, MCCC will also provide leadership in training and education to help providers in rural Kentucky better address the impact of trauma on children, adolescents, and their families.

The Center for Promotion of Recovery and Resilience (CPRR) of Traumatized Children and Youth will: 1) increase the knowledge and skills of personnel who make referrals and who provide services to children/youth on trauma and related services; 2) provide trauma-focused intervention services to children/youth (including those from military and refugee families; and those victimized by abuse, neglect, and exposed to family violence); and 3) evaluate the impact of the project on consumers. By the completion of the project, CPRR will have trained 80 providers in trauma-focused services, provided trauma treatment and education to 375 children/youth and their families, and enabled 40 community agencies serving children and youth to become trauma informed.

The Child and Adolescent Trauma Treatment and Training Institute (CATTTI) will provide trauma-informed training to the child welfare system and will implement trauma-informed, evidence-based practices into community-based care throughout Kentucky, with an emphasis on an under-resourced region of the state that includes a large number of military children associated with Fort Knox and Fort Campbell. CATTTI will select and train 16 clinical associates to deliver Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), using a Learning Collaborative model of training, in consultation with NCTSN Category II professionals who are expert in creating military adaptations to these evidence-based practices. Evidence-based treatment services will be provided to 1,020 children and caregivers across the state. Training will be provided to 480 child welfare workers using the NCTSN Child Welfare Trauma Training Toolkit.