The Children’s Aid Society focuses its services on low-income communities in New York City (NYC), serving children, youth, and families. Since 2001, the Family Wellness Program (FWP) has provided comprehensive intimate partner violence (IPV) intervention and prevention services that help families heal from the trauma of violence and establish long-term safety. FWP specializes in working with child welfare-involved families impacted by IPV, primarily immigrant families and families of color whose primary language is Spanish. FWP services include crisis intervention and assessment, individual and group counseling, and case management and advocacy, all offered through a trauma-informed, client-centered, and anti-oppressive approach. FWP offers free, comprehensive IPV services to underserved NYC families, aiming to help them establish long-term safety and heal from the effects of trauma and abuse. The program's interventions with children incorporate evidence-based trauma treatment interventions such as Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) and Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP). The project's goals are to engage children ages 0-17 exposed to IPV in evidence-based trauma treatment, reduce trauma symptomatology in children and their survivor parents, and empower survivor parents to keep themselves and their children safe. The Children’s Aid Society partners with the National Child Trauma Workforce Institute (NCTWI) for training and consultation.

The Children’s Place is Kansas City’s specialized trauma treatment center for children age birth to eight years old. The agency opened its doors in 1978 in response to a significant need in Kansas City: children in this community were identified as victims of abuse and neglect, but there were very few resources to help them heal, and preventative programs were virtually nonexistent. Forty years later, the mission remains: to help vulnerable children and families heal from life’s deepest hurts. Through a commitment to building relationships and evidence-based treatments, The Children’s Place is a place of healing for the youngest citizens in this community. The programs provide a continuum of treatment needs, including an intensive Day Treatment for preschool-aged children, outpatient developmental screenings and mental health assessments, outpatient individual and family counseling and in-home family support services. The staff specializes in working with the child welfare systems, school personnel, medical providers and other community agencies. The Children’s Place works to equip children and their families with the coping skills needed to transcend the hardships of the past and to thrive within their everyday lives.

The Trauma Resiliency Project of Northern Utah and Southern Idaho (TRP) is a SAMSHA funded grant for years 2021-2026. We are a program within The Family Place Utah that seeks to raise awareness about traumatic stress in children and families. For this next five year cycle, TRP has a goal to provide services to individuals from Spanish-speaking countries, refugees and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. We enjoy fostering healthy, collaborative relationships with local school districts, police officers and other community officials to serve our communities and mitigate the impacts of traumatic stress upon children, families and minority groups. We are working on incorporating new Care Process Models from Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City that will help us better serve the youth and families in our community through a stratified approach. Each member of The Family Place Utah is aware of the components of trauma-informed care and the importance of client-centered care. Each employee at The Family Place Utah is trained on the Attachment, Regulation and Competency model, a trauma-informed model that teaches helps parents support children who have been impacted by traumatic stress.

The proposed New York Center for Trauma-Informed Child Welfare Practice (NYCTICWP) will improve outcomes for children who have experienced trauma through the direct implementation of the evidence-based Trauma Systems Therapy (TST) model, the dissemination of evaluation findings and wider partnership with the NCTSI network, training provided to our partners throughout the child welfare system in New York City, and ultimately, policy and practice influence at the national level. The project will serve children between the ages of 5 and 21 residing in New York City who have been directly impacted by trauma, either as a victim or a witness, with a focus on those who are most at risk (families living in poverty, racial/ethnic minorities, and those living in communities with a high incidence of violence). Overall, expect that at least 45-50% of youth who complete TST within the system or community will see a decrease in functional impairment. The Foundling has engaged in partnerships with the NYU Center for Child Welfare Practice Innovation which is led by PI Glenn Saxe M.D. and is a NCTSN Category II site, as well as the Haven Academy, a charter school in the Bronx that serves a majority population of child welfare involved youth, and Good Shepherd Services, a child welfare agency.