Building a Trauma Informed System of Care Toolkit

Building a Trauma Informed System of Care Getting Started

Identify Partnerships

A Trauma Informed System of Care is the key to reaching your goal of moving your community from an awareness of ACEs to action. Once you begin to offer training, this alone will not be enough. Your goal is to change the culture of organizations and eventually that of your community to becoming more resilient. As you begin, collect a baseline evaluation of understanding on trauma and ACEs from your service providers (described in later chapters). The assessment tools used in the Johnson City System of Care are included in this toolkit and may be duplicated. By using the assessment tools, whether for research or tracking community progress, you are measuring perceptions from the beginning. As you move forward with training, it will be exciting to watch those perceptions change.

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