The CARES Institute at Rowan University is internationally recognized for its leadership with respect to research, education, and services for children and families impacted by abuse and other traumas. Through collaboration with local constituencies and NCTSN members, the Institute helps increase awareness of, identify obstacles to, and improve access to multidisciplinary services for children who have experienced abuse or other violent crimes.  Two evidence-based mental health practices developed and tested at the CARES Institute include Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) for youth and families impacted by trauma and Combined Parent-Child Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, an intervention for families at risk for physical abuse.  The CARES Institute also works to enhance public and professional efforts toward the early identification and protection of children at risk for abuse, while also contributing to efforts to improve children's access to developmentally and culturally sensitive, evidence-based treatment services through its ongoing dissemination efforts. In addition, the Institute provides lectures, training, and consultation to multidisciplinary professionals across the state of New Jersey, nationwide, and at international conferences.  

Catholic Charities Hawaii provides clinical treatment for children and adolescents who have experienced traumatic events as victims and/or witnesses of domestic violence. Catholic Charities Hawaii will utilize Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) in the treatment of children, adolescents, and their families. In addition, the agency provides community based trainings to educate state agencies, the military, schools, clinicians, and service providers on TF-CBT and working with traumatized children.

Catholic Charities, Inc. and a constellation of Mississippi State government and nonprofit organizations joined the NCTSN to serve a wide range of urban, rural, and geographically isolated child trauma survivors. The first funding period was dedicated to providing evidence-based trauma training to Catholic Charities clinicians in home-based, residential, therapeutic foster care, unaccompanied refugee minor, and outpatient (Solomon) centers, and to providing cutting edge information to the community at large. 

Based on the lessons learned through participation in a trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) learning collaborative in its first funding period, TRY implemented a Gulf Coast TF-CBT learning collaborative to build capacity in agencies to treat children and families affected by trauma after the region’s devastation from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Catholic Charities went on to develop a statewide trauma-informed system of care to meet the needs of children and families throughout Mississippi. Evidence-based practices were disseminated to public mental health clinicians via the Learning Collaborative model, with an emphasis on systems serving those least likely to have access to quality mental health care. Catholic Charities collaborated with NCTSN experts to provide TF-CBT learning collaboratives and Structured Psychotherapy for Adolescents Responding to Chronic Stress (SPARCS) learning collaboratives, as well as participating in training on the treatment of physically abused children. Currently, Catholic Charities clinicians serve as trauma experts in Mississippi and continue providing direct services to adults and children affected by trauma.

CenClear Child Services, Inc. (dba CenClear) was established in 1980 as a non-profit corporation. Head Start is the original program and the program on which CenClear's comprehensive service delivery system is modeled. Through the provision of Head Start Services, it was soon realized that there were other issues that the Head Start program alone could not address. Early on it was discovered that accessible mental health services for children, particularly under the age of five, were limited or nonexistent. As a result of this CenClear submitted an application and was awarded the contract to provide Family-Based Mental Health (FBMH) Services. Since then, CenClear has continued to expand to meet the needs of the communities we serve and now provides an arrays of mental health and drug and alcohol services. Over this time, we have recognized the importance and need to be trauma informed and to provide evidence-based trauma interventions. As an agency, we have begun the process of Sanctuary certification. We have had staff trained as Mental Health First Aid Trainers (youth and adult) and regularly offer in house and out-of-house trainings. In addition, we have increased training for staff to be certified in various EBPs, partnered with the county to develop a Child Advocacy Center (CAC), and have two mental health clinics and a drug and alcohol clinic certified as Trauma Informed Care Centers through BHARP. The SAMSHA Healing After Trauma (H.A.T.) grant is a further extension of CenClear's vision to meet the needs of the communities we serve and promote healing and recovery through the use of evidence based practices (EBPs), increased accessibility and service capacity for children and youth who have experienced trauma.