Trauma Informed Health Department

Hi, Erin: A while ago, I did a couple of stories about a small public health dept in Port Townsend, Washington. Here are the links:

https://acestoohigh.com/2012/0...cohol-hiv-screening/

https://acestoohigh.com/2012/0...t-takes-a-community/

I checked in a couple of years afterwards, and they were still doing the screening.

If you need contact information, let me know.

Cheers, J.

HI Erin- Great that you asked this question!  I want to be sure you know about the Becoming Trauma Informed and Beyond community - there are some good tools there.

I know a couple of other County health Depts (Yolo County and Sacramento Co) that have started down this path of being trauma informed and it might be cool if there was a space here on AC where you all could connect with each other, share successes, challenges, etc.  Maybe in the Becoming Trauma Informed and Beyond community... Would that be of interest/ useful?  

You and your staff may find this new book very helpful: Anna, Age Eight: The data-driven prevention of childhood trauma and maltreatment -- www.AnnaAgeEight.org

Are you connected with Trauma Informed Oregon?

https://traumainformedoregon.org/

We have a couple of health departments working toward being trauma-informed in Washington State. Email me for contact information, tory.henderson@doh.wa.gov

Thanks for all of the suggestions so far. I am connected with Trauma Informed Oregon. We have used them for some of our trainings. I was also hoping to connect with some local health departments that are going through this process.