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CCS recently received a $1.17 million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to take the successful program to schools across Louisiana and the nation.
Among U.S. states, Louisiana has the third highest number of children per capita who have experienced two or more traumatic life events, according to the KIDS COUNT Data Center of the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
With the SAMHSA grant, the Coalition will expand its work into after-school programs as well as youth-serving organizations. It will also hold quarterly sessions to help educators deal with secondary traumatic stress, which can arise when working closely with students who have experienced trauma.
Other groups in the Coalition include:
- Beloved Community
- Children’s Bureau of New Orleans
- Institute of Women and Ethnic Studies
- Louisiana Public Health Institute
- New Orleans Children and Youth Planning Board (CYPB)
- New Orleans Health Department
- New Orleans Youth Alliance
- NOLA Public Schools
- Project Fleur-de-Lis at Mercy Family Center.
Avery T. Brewton, LCSW, and Teddy McGlynn-Wright, MSW, lead the Coalition's Training of Trainers program.
CCS is also taking part in the city’s recently created Mental Health Collaborative, which received its own $1.7 million grant from SAMHSA to expand and coordinate mental health services for youth.
To learn more about the grant funding, read the Tulane press release.
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