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Trauma-Informed Care

methodology: trauma_informed_care

By creating safe, empowering, and culturally responsive environments that recognize the pervasive impact of trauma, organizations improve engagement, healing, and treatment outcomes, because individuals are more likely to participate in services and regulate emotionally when they feel physically and psychologically safe. This strategy centers on understanding and responding to the biological, psychological, and social effects of trauma across all levels of service delivery. It distinguishes itself from other approaches by prioritizing emotional and physical safety, minimizing re-traumatization (e.g., through restraint-free practices), and embedding principles like trust, choice, and empowerment into organizational culture, staff training, and client interactions. While other strategies may focus on specific services (e.g., housing or peer support), trauma-informed care functions as a foundational lens that shapes how all services are delivered.

74
orgs running it
1,890
activities of those orgs
12
activity groups touched
who runs it

organizations running this strategy · 74

+ 44 more orgs
what it looks like in practice

activities of orgs running this strategy

A sample of programmatic activities from the orgs above. These are what the strategy looks like on the ground.

  • Advocacy Resources for Foster Children's Education ADVOCACY 31NINE
    advocacy
    Offers targeted advocacy resources to support specialized education for foster children in Arizona, aimed at improving educational outcomes through systemic and family-level support.
  • Individualized Special Education Advocacy for Foster Children ADVOCACY 31NINE
    direct service
    Provides one-on-one advocacy services to support the special education needs of students in foster care, including reviewing records, meeting with families, attending meetings, and communicating with schools and districts.
  • Special Education Advocacy Resources ADVOCACY 31NINE
    advocacy
    Provides advocacy resources focused on specialized education for foster children in Arizona.
  • Special Education Advocacy for Foster Youth ADVOCACY 31NINE
    direct service
    Provides one-on-one advocacy services for students in foster care, including record reviews, family meetings, school and district communications, and representation in educational planning to ensure special education needs are met.
  • TBRI Training for Schools ADVOCACY 31NINE
    capacity building
    Delivers Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) training to school staff to build capacity in trauma-informed practices that support foster and vulnerable youth.
  • Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) Training ADVOCACY 31NINE
    capacity building
    Provides Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) training for schools.
  • Provide hope and healing to children affected by family violence Winged Hope Family Advocacy Foundation Inc
    direct service
    Offers support services aimed at healing and emotional well-being for children impacted by family violence.
  • Support services for children affected by family violence Winged Hope Family Advocacy Foundation Inc
    direct service
    Provides hope and healing to children who have been affected by family violence, offering targeted support to promote recovery and well-being.
  • Adult mental health and addiction counseling MENDING HEARTS FAMILY SERVICES INC
    direct service
    Delivers individual and family counseling for adults dealing with addiction (including alcohol, substance abuse, gambling, pornography, and food), co-occurring disorders (such as anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia), and mental health challenges like trauma, grief, stress, and crisis. Includes relapse prevention planning, psychoeducation, and family therapy.
  • Adult mental health and addiction counseling MENDING HEARTS FAMILY SERVICES INC
    direct service
    Delivers individual and family counseling for adults dealing with addiction, anxiety, depression, stress, crisis, trauma, neglect, and abuse, including treatment for co-occurring disorders such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, with services like relapse prevention planning, family therapy, and psychoeducation.
  • Counseling for children and adolescents MENDING HEARTS FAMILY SERVICES INC
    direct service
    Provides specialized counseling services for children and teens (birth to 18) experiencing ADHD, attachment issues, neglect, abuse, trauma, grief/loss, anger, identity issues, and those impacted by single parenting, adoption, foster care, or divorce; has worked with this population for over three years.
  • Delivers counseling and education for adoptive, foster, and re-married families MENDING HEARTS FAMILY SERVICES INC
    direct service
    Provides targeted counseling and educational support for families formed through adoption, foster care, or re-marriage, addressing challenges such as attachment, separation and loss, role definition, and identity development. Also offers the "Taming the Trauma Tremors" training program for foster and adoptive parents.
  • Facilitates therapeutic support groups and specialized treatment programs MENDING HEARTS FAMILY SERVICES INC
    direct service
    Runs therapeutic groups focused on addiction and mental health recovery, including relapse prevention, family therapy, and psychoeducation for co-occurring disorders such as anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia.
  • Family counseling for adoptive, foster, and reconstituted families MENDING HEARTS FAMILY SERVICES INC
    direct service
    Provides counseling and education services to families formed through adoption, foster care, or remarriage, addressing challenges such as role definition, attachment, separation and loss, and identity development.
  • Grief and loss counseling MENDING HEARTS FAMILY SERVICES INC
    direct service
    Provides therapeutic support for children and adults experiencing grief and loss due to death, divorce, job loss, infertility, and abandonment.
  • Grief and loss counseling MENDING HEARTS FAMILY SERVICES INC
    direct service
    Provides counseling support for children and adults experiencing various forms of loss, including death, divorce, job loss, infertility, and abandonment, using therapeutic interventions tailored to developmental and emotional needs.
  • Mental health and addiction counseling for adults MENDING HEARTS FAMILY SERVICES INC
    direct service
    Delivers individual and family counseling for adults dealing with anxiety, depression, stress, trauma, abuse, neglect, addiction (including alcohol, substance abuse, gambling, pornography, and food), co-occurring disorders (e.g., bipolar disorder, schizophrenia), and grief/loss, including relapse prevention planning, psychoeducation, and family therapy.
  • Offers pre-marital and marital counseling MENDING HEARTS FAMILY SERVICES INC
    direct service
    Provides pre-marital counseling to individuals and couples, including guidance on the requirements and commitments of a Covenant Marriage.