Community Trauma Treatment Center Serving Runaway and Homeless Youth

Since 1985 The Hollywood Homeless Youth Partnership (HHYP) has worked collaboratively to integrate service planning and delivery and to advocate for runaway and homeless youth in Hollywood and surrounding areas. In 2006
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, in partnership
with several HHYP agencies, received funding
from SAMHSA to develop a community trauma-
treatment center to transform the way we address trauma with this population. The subcontractors include Covenant House California, Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center, Los Angeles Free Clinic, Los Angeles Youth Network, and My Friend’s. 
The potential service sites for enhanced trauma treatment include emergency and transitional
living programs, drop-in centers, and a health
clinic. (Continued)

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Oregon Program Helping Girls Face Adolescent Challenges

Willamette Family Inc. (WF) is a multi-facility substance abuse treatment center located in Eugene, Oregon. In addition to a full array of adult services, the agency operates the ITS-GIRLS (Integrated Treatment Services for Girls) program,  which serves adolescent females with substance abuse, mental health, and trauma issues.

In today’s culture, adolescent girls face ongoing social oppression and victimization, and have enormous challenges to nurturing themselves and their children. ITS-GIRLS takes on those challenges for the clients in the program, and promotes healing and resiliency for a life free from substance abuse and the effects of untreated childhood trauma. (Continued)

Dr. Bradley Stein Given Award for Excellence

Dr. Bradley Stein, MD, PhD, received the 2006 Norbert and Charlotte Rieger Service Program Award for Excellence from the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. This award was established in 1996 to recognize innovative programs that address prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of mental illnesses in children and adolescents, and serve as model programs to the community. (Continued)