CMHS’s National Center for Trauma-Informed Care (NCTIC) is beginning its fourth year of activities to promote trauma-informed practices in the delivery of services to people who have experienced violence and trauma and are seeking support for recovery and healing. They may or may not have a diagnosis of mental health or substance use disorders, and may experience traumatic impacts from the experiences of violence that have strained social connections in the family, in the workplace, in childrearing, in housing – and that may have led to consequent health problems – all of which need to be addressed in a trauma-integrated manner.  NCTIC is guided by the following fundamental beliefs

• People with lived experience of trauma can and do recover and heal;
• Trauma-Informed Care is the hallmark of effective programs to promote recovery and healing through support  from peers, consumers, survivors, ex-patients, and recovering persons and mentoring by providers; and
• Leadership teams of peers and providers charting the course for the implementation of Trauma-Informed Care are essential.

Over the last four years, NCTIC has provided on-site training and technical assistance to nearly every state in the country to develop and improve trauma-informed environments across the spectrum of public health programs. Training and technical assistance has been provided to residential programs; criminal justice and homeless programs; networks of training, educational, and learning collaboratives; community-based agencies; and less formal gatherings of people seeking trauma support.  Integrating peers and providers in all aspects of planning, training, and development of Trauma Informed Care is a hallmark of NCTIC.

NCTIC receives over thirty (30) requests for training and materials per month

7th Congressional District Child Welfare Task Force, U.S. Congressman Danny Davis Chicago, Illinois
Black Psychiatrists Annual Conference
Bureau of Justice, National Technical Assistance Training Event
CMHS Transformation Technology Initiative Kick Off Meeting
Federal Bureau of Parole and Probation
Florida Department of Child and Family Services
Florida Governors Cabinet on Children and Youth
Florida State Governors Cabinet
Freedom Voice Awards, Morehouse School of Medicine
Georgia Drug and Mental Health Courts Annual Conference
Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addition
International Mental Health Leaders
Iowa Department of Human Services
Louisiana Department of Social Services
Montana Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Abuse
NAMI Missouri
NAMI Ohio
NASMHPD Commissioners Annual Meeting
National Association of Criminal Defense Languages
National Association of Drug Court Professionals
National Drug Court Case Managers
National Psychiatrics Nurses Association
New York City (Brooklyn) Drug Treatment Courts
New York City Office of Mental Health
New York Department of Parole and Probation
New York State Department of Corrections
New York State Drug Treatment Courts
Ohio Supreme Court
Oklahoma Department of Mental Health
Olmstead Annual Meeting
Peer Support and Wellness Center
Rhode Island Department of Corrections
Rhode Island Department of Mental Health Retardation and Hospitals
Seattle, Washington, Youth and Action, Youth Consumer Conference
TASC Annual Conference (Treatment Alternatives for Safer Communities)
Texas Department of Mental Health
Texas Division of Parole and Probation
Texas Transformation Work Group
U.S. Bureau of Justice Annual Conference
University of Buffalo School of Social Work
University of Buffalo, School of Social Work
Virginia Local Correctional Facilities
Virginia State Community Service Board
Washington State Disability Rights Network
Wisconsin Mental Health and Substance Abuse Annual Conference
Yale School of Law
Youth N’ Action

Presentations:

Tonier Cain's presentation on Trauma and Recovery

Joan Gillece's presentation on What is Trauma

Brian Sim's presentation on Understanding the Biopsychosocial Impact of Trauma

David Washington's presentation on The TAMAR Program

Additional Presentations and Tools

Prevention Tools: A Core Strategy, A Primary Prevention Tool

Trauma Sensitive Tools: Tools Part I, Tools Part II.

Trauma Addictions Mental Health and Recovery (TAMAR) Treatment Manual and Modules

Domestic Violence, Trauma & Recovery presentation

Accounting Information

Expense form

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