Strong Families, Thriving Children, Connected Communities Initiative

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Children thrive when they have regular interactions with responsive, caring adults. Families experiencing significant stressors related to financial insecurity, housing instability, or the impact of systemic and interpersonal trauma can be overloaded with stress, interrupting those interactions. Families that are experiencing this overload of stress are at greater risk for having neglect identified as a threat to their child(ren)’s safety. If we ensure that communities are equipped to ease the burden on overloaded families, we make resilience a real possibility.

To learn more and sign up to get involved, please visit the SFTCCC project page.


Research Features - T-SBIRT: Improving the lives of those exposed to serious trauma

Research Features - T-SBIRT: Improving the lives of those exposed to serious traumaThe work of Dimitri Topitzes, ICFW Director of Clinical Services, on T-SBIRT (trauma, screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment) was highlighted in Research Features in May 2023. “T-SBIRT can ...