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Trauma-informed community development APPLYING A TRAUMA-INFORMED LENS TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Healthy homes & communities Building communities of opportunity that support resident health and well-being Sarah Norman, Director Healthy
APPLYING A TRAUMA-INFORMED LENS TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Healthy homes & communities
Building communities of
health and well-being
Sarah Norman, Director Healthy Homes & Communities
NeighborWorks America
NeighborWorks Healthy Communities Demonstration Project
Thanks for the generous support from the County Health Ranking & Roadmaps Program and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Zoë Van Orsdol Impact and Tess Donie New Kensington Community Development Corporation
“Trauma is to mental health
as smoking is to cancer.”
“Childhood trauma, in public health, is probably considered today the single greatest preventable cause of mental illness.”
“T ra uma -info rme d c a re is a n a ppro a c h to e ng a g ing pe o ple with histo rie s o f tra uma tha t re c o g nize s the pre se nc e
a nd a c kno wle dg e s the ro le tha t tra uma ha s pla ye d in the ir live s.” (http:/ / www.sa mhsa .g o v/ nctic)
1/ 3 o f c hildre n will witne ss
do me stic vio le nc e .
We ll o ve r 80% o f Ame ric a ns
ha ve e xpe rie nc e d tra uma , inc luding witne ssing o r b e ing ta rg e t o f thre a ts o f vio le nc e a nd sudde n lo ss o f a lo ve d
Only a sma ll pe rc e nta g e a re
dia g no se d with a tra uma re la te d stre ss diso rde r.
Adult inc o me is c lo se ly c o rre la te d with
ACE sc o re s – tho se who ma ke le ss tha n $25,000 pe r ye a r a re a lmo st twic e a s like ly to ha ve e xpe rie nc e d fo ur o r mo re ACE s a s tho se who ma ke mo re (O’ Co nne r, F inkb ine r, & Wa tso n, 2012)
Alte rs the b ra in: e xe c utive func tio n,
a tte ntio n, me mo ry se q ue nc ing , pla nning , a nd visua l-spa tia l func tio n (Da ne se , De Be llis, T e ic he r, 2015)
Ca nc e r, COPD, o b e sity, dia b e te s, he a rt
dise a se , c hro nic pa in, live r dise a se , hig h b lo o d pre ssure
T r auma- Infor me d Car e Conc e pts
A ba sic unde rsta nding of tra uma Sa fe ty both e motiona lly a nd e nvironme nta lly A stre ng th- ba se d a pproa c h to se rvic e s
F r
T
“What happe ne d to you?”
Re sto re Po we r
Cho ic e E
mpo we rme nt
Stre ng ths
pe rspe c tive
Skill b uilding Mo de ling
Suppo rt Se lf-Wo rth
Re spe c t L
iste ning
Co lla b o ra tio n Co mpa ssio n Mutua lity Re la tio nship
E valuator s: Dr . Natasha F le tc he r & Asia King
Ado pte d Sa nc tua ry Mo de l 2013-2015 Sinc e b e c o ming tra uma info rme d:
Pro g ra m c o mple tio n ra te inc re a se d b y 20% E
nro llme nt is rising
Sta ff re po rt “re ma rka b le ” jo b sa tisfa c tio n E
na b le suc c e ss fo r “a wide r spe c trum o f yo ung pe o ple ”
Co lla b o ra tive a tmo sphe re with “mutua l
re spe c t a nd trust”
I
nte rnships ha ve se t hig he r sta nda rds a nd pa rtic ipa nts ha ve rise n to the c ha lle ng e
Building healthy resident-led micro-communities
Demographics
African American, 29% White
High School
earn under $25,000/year
led by single adults with children Challenges
drugs, prostitution
cohesion
population
education at all levels
investment
A model for strengthening communities in trauma-affected neighborhoods
Systems
Community
Interpersonal
Individual
Principals:
empowerment
process
Weinstein, Wolin, and Sherin Rose, “Trauma-informed community building”, BRIDGE Housing and Health Equity Institute, May 2014.
Co nne c ting he alth and c o mmunity de ve lo pme nt
Pho to s: T NDC
Thanks to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps Program for generous support Thanks to Susan Jouard (NeighborWorks America) for conceptualizing this workshop Photograph: TNDC