Grant awarded to increase community focus on trauma-informed care

Created by the Crittenton Children's Center, Trauma Smart is an innovative practice model designed to address the high incidence of complex trauma that negatively impacts children’s lives. After a large grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and matching funding from HCF, the model expanded in 2012 and is currently provided in Head Start preschool programs in 26 counties in the Kansas City metro area and across Missouri, and includes around 3,200 children annually.

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