Published: Oct. 24, 2016

Mental Health Partners announcement

The team of grant recipients, five women from Mental Health Partners and Ҵýƽ, stand in a row and pose for a photo, smiling.

Left to right: Sara Reid, MHP research and evaluation manager; Janine D’Anniballe, MHP director of trauma services; Kimberly Shipman, Ҵýƽ senior research associate; Marcella Torres, Ҵýƽ research associate; Monica Fitzgerald, Ҵýƽ senior research associate. (Photo courtesy of MHP)

has been awarded a 5-year$2 milliongrant from the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration for a collaborative project with the Universityof Colorado Boulder’s . The aim is to increase the capacity to identify children and families who have experienced trauma and provide evidence-based trauma-focused treatment.

The partnership also allows MHP to become a Community Treatment and Services Center in the prestigious National Child Traumatic Stress Network.

The jointgrant project, Building a Trauma Center of Excellence for Children and Families in Colorado: A Community-Academic Partnership, is a coordinated effort in which the Center for Study and Prevention of Violence will provide vital capacity-building training in trauma-informed evidence-based practices, including targeted interventions for Hispanic families, military familiesand families involved in the child welfare systems.

Also, the project will lead to the development of a trauma-informed system at MHP to screen, assessand provide trauma-focused treatment to children and families who have experienced trauma. It is expected the project will provide training and implementation support to more than 900 clinicians, as well as serveover 3,100 clients at MHP.