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    Center for Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice (CTIPP)
    This CTIPP toolkit provides educational concepts and practical strategies to support team members (I.E., defined in the toolkit as employees, staff, workers, interns, fellows, leadership, human resources and administrative professionals, volunteers, committee and board members, etc.) in advocating for more trauma-informed workplaces Their Community Advocacy Network is a national grassroots advocacy and policymaking campaign committed to healing and resilience.

    Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
    Explore SAMHSA's comprehensive guide on implementing trauma-informed approaches. This guide offers a detailed framework to help organizations integrate trauma-sensitive

    Center for Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice (CTIPP)
    This CTIPP toolkit provides educational concepts and practical strategies to support team members (I.E., defined in the toolkit as employees, staff, workers, interns, fellows, leadership, human resources and administrative professionals, volunteers, committee and board members, etc.) in advocating for more trauma-informed workplaces Their Community Advocacy Network is a national grassroots advocacy and policymaking campaign committed to healing and resilience.

    Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
    Explore SAMHSA's comprehensive guide on implementing trauma-informed approaches. This guide offers a detailed framework to help organizations integrate trauma-sensitive practices into their operations, ensuring a supportive environment for everyone. SAMHSA Practical Guide for Trauma Informed Approaches builds on SAMHSA’s 2014 SAMHSA Concept for Trauma Informed Care and TIP 57: Trauma-Informed Care in Behavioral Health Services. Its primary goals are to provide implementation strategies across multiple domains—from governance to staff training to evaluation—and to encourage leadership to adopt a TIA at the organizational levels. This two page infographic provides information on the 10 implementation domains and 6 principles of trauma informed approaches.


    Center for Health Care Strategies
    This website, developed by the Center for Health Care Strategies, provides resources from trauma-informed care leaders across the country to help improve patient outcomes, increase patient and staff resilience, and reduce avoidable health care service use and costs. While geared toward health care, many of these lessons from this website can be applied elsewhere, including social services and education.


    Trauma Informed Oregon
    Trauma Informed Oregon serves as a centralized source of information and resources for trauma informed efforts. Access learning resources, knowledge and capacity building and tool kits. They provide a Road Map outlining a number of common steps that organizations move through in a developmental way. The Trauma Informed Care Screening Tool builds on the Road Map by delving into each phase and offering a series of developmental actions; these tools go hand in hand.


    The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
    The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) is a resource for the public, professionals, and others who care about children and are concerned aboutchild traumatic stress. They provide resources on how to create trauma-Informed systems for various sectors such as school, health care, child welfare, justice system and more. Learn about the importance trauma screening and trauma-informed mental health assessments.


    The Traumatic Stress Institute
    The Traumatic Stress Institute (TSI) of Klingberg Family Centers promotes excellence in trauma-informed services to organizations nationally and internationally who treat clients with histories of psychological trauma and attachment disruptions. Their Risking Connection Change Model (formerly named the Whole-System Change Model) is the result of TSI’s years of experience working with clients to create lasting change. TSI serves as a steady, long-term partner supporting systems as they prepare to launch, implement, and sustain TIC culture and practices.


    Project Echo
    The mission at Project Echo is to educate families, communities and professionals about trauma and resilience in order to promote survivor empowerment, resolve individual and community-level trauma, and create the safe, stable, nurturing relationships that break the cycle of generational trauma.
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    The Office for Victims of Crime
    The Vicarious Trauma Toolkit (VTT) was developed on the premise that exposure to the traumatic experiences of other people—known as vicarious trauma.The VTT includes tools and resources tailored specifically to these fields that provide the knowledge and skills necessary for organizations to address the vicarious trauma needs of their staff. To begin exploring the VTT, select one of the disciplines below and visit the comprehensive Compendium of Resources.


    The TRIADS Framework
    The TRIADS Framework(Trauma and Resilience-informed Inquiry for Adversity, Distress, and Strengths) describes an evidence-informed approach for screening, provider response, and patient education about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) in healthcare settings. They offer free training and scenarios that illustrate ACEs screening using the TRIADS framework in clinical encounters between health care team members and patients and families.


    The Child and Adolescent Health Measurement
    The Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI) offers a library of resources(External link) related to their work to improve child and family health and well-being. Resources, summaries of projects, toolkits, research papers and reports, issue briefs, presentations, are available on their site.


    National Council for Mental Wellbeing
    The National Council for Mental Wellbeing provides this guide Trauma Informed Care Sustainability Guide as well as various resources and tools for organizations that deliver mental health and substance use recovery services in America.


    New Jersey Department of Children and Families Office of Resilience
    Review New jersey’s Department of Children and Families, Office of Resilience Trauma Informed Approach Continuum Definitions.