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About NCTICNCTIC Focus and Mission NCTIC Focus and MissionViolence, abuse, neglect, disaster, war, and other emotionally destructive experiences create trauma and these experiences know no boundaries with regard to age, race, ethnicity, economics, gender, geography, or sexual orientation. Trauma affects us all, directly or indirectly, and can be devastating. While the prevalence of trauma is more recognized now than ever, there is still great need to create trauma-informed environments with trauma-specific interventions that support consumers and survivors. NCTIC offers consultation and technical assistance, education and outreach, and resources to support this revolutionary shift in publicly-funded programs. NCTIC is working closely with a wide variety of human service organizations and agencies to support the systemic changes needed to bring about TIC. CMHS's NCTIC was created in 2005 and is funded by the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) through contract number HHSS2832007000201 to the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors. Susan Salasin is the CMHS Federal Project Officer and CMHS Public Health Advisors Mary Blake and Wanda Finch are Project Managers for the Center. This site was published March 2007. Back to the topThe History of NCTICViolence knows no boundaries with regard to age, race, ethnicity, economics, gender, geography, or sexual orientation. Trauma may be experienced in the aftermath of violence, and places people “at risk” for damaging psychological and social injuries. Trauma is now understood to be an almost universal experience of public mental health and substance abuse and social service consumers. The need to address trauma has become a fundamental obligation for effective public mental health services delivery, and is increasingly recognized as essential for the growth and recovery of trauma survivors. Symptoms of unaddressed trauma include:
CMHS’s National Center for Trauma-Informed Care (NCTIC) was created in 2005 to offer technical assistance to stimulate and support interest in and implementation of trauma-informed care in publicly-funded systems and programs. NCTIC is dedicated to the proposition that, with a better integration of trauma into public health services, more trauma survivors and consumers will find their path to healing and wellness. Especially in settings where trauma services are already available, if these services are provided in a context of an agency that has not adopted a trauma-informed management and training orientation, then the effectiveness of the trauma services actually offered can be undercut. With a greater public commitment to trauma-informed programs and systems for survivors, a wide range of health, behavioral health, and social problems will be lessened for generations to come. NCTIC is rooted in a long-term commitment by CMHS, through its Community Support Program, to improve public mental health service system responses to consumers and trauma survivors. CMHS sponsored three major initiatives that laid the foundation and contributed to the momentum behind the formation of NCTIC, and a fourth event is planned for this summer to revolutionize human services by promoting trauma-informed implementation:
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