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The PA Care Partnership, a statewide System of Care grant initiative funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (OMHSAS), Bureau of Children’s Behavioral Health Services, is pleased to announce the Youth Organization Funding Opportunity for the 2020/2021 fiscal year, through their partner, Youth MOVE PA.
Youth MOVE PA will award up to five (5) counties, youth groups, or organizations for the Youth Organization Funding Opportunity in the amount of $10,000 each, to explore innovative options for providing activities that support youth or young adults with complex behavioral health challenges between the ages of birth–21.
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PA to Launch Trauma-Informed Network
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August 3, 2020
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Harrisburg, PA – As a companion to the Trauma-Informed PA plan released last week by Governor Tom Wolf’s Office to guide the commonwealth and service providers statewide on what it means to be trauma-informed and healing-centered in PA, the Office of Advocacy and Reform (OAR) and the PA Attorney General’s Office have worked with over a dozen community-based ACEs and trauma initiatives to launch the “PA Trauma-Informed Network” on the ACEs Connection Platform.
“There was a clear emphasis on building grass roots support and empowering people at the local level among the PA Trauma-Informed Think Tank members that mirrored my experiences with successful anti-poverty work over the years,” said Dan Jurman, the Executive Director of OAR. “When we saw what the Attorney General’s office had been working on, it was a no brainer to throw our support behind the great work.”
The Network is one of the recommendations in the Trauma-Informed PA plan to connect ACEs and trauma-informed coalitions and movements in counties and communities across Pennsylvania, as well as organizations and individuals interested in building them.
The Network will help connect all of Pennsylvania’s existing and future trauma-informed coalitions by sharing best-practices and lessons learned, and the resources to help people heal from and prevent trauma. The work on this initiative began in 2017 with the Attorney General’s Office under the leadership of Attorney General Josh Shapiro with the assistance of Robert Reed, Executive Deputy Attorney General in charge of Special Initiatives, and was reinforced by the Trauma-Informed PA Think Tank and OAR this summer.
“This network will serve as an invaluable tool to bolster existing trauma-informed coalitions and create new ones with a more well-rounded representation of all parties crucial to success including education, health, human services, law enforcement and criminal justice, among others,” said Reed.
Current counties/localities whose ACEs and trauma initiatives have linked to the PA Trauma-Informed Network page include:
- Chester
- Delaware
- Erie
- Crawford
- Cumberland, Franklin, and Perry (South Central PA)
- Lancaster
- Lehigh, Northampton and Carbon (Lehigh Valley)
- Montgomery County (Pottstown)
- Philadelphia
Individuals or organizations interested in learning more or building their own initiative to connect to the network should go to https://www.acesconnection.com/g/pennsylvania-trauma-informed-network
MEDIA CONTACT: Lyndsay Kensinger, ra-gvgovpress@pa.gov
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