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  • CMHA police build relationships as they help to solve problems

    June 08, 2016 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    The Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority's police force has transformed its culture using a police assistance referral program that focuses on getting people the help they need first rather than arresting them. It's a way to address the underlying issues that prompt an incident by partnering with social workers and nonprofits to help police to look at themselves as problem solvers. The majority of referrals for services focus on violence committed against or in front of children and this is one way to try and address trauma before it wreaks devastation on young lives.

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  • Ways to improve interactions between police and kids: Pathways to Peace

    June 08, 2016 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Police can work better with young people if they understand more about how their brains work. Young people can deal better with police if they understand more about their jobs, and the law. New training and techniques aim to improve those relationships. Some are already being used in Cleveland, and others are on the way.

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  • Arresting a parent in front of a child has lifelong impact, officers learn

    June 08, 2016 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Trauma training for police and community workers teaches them how to make tough situations, such as the arrest of a parent, easier on young children. Painful memories can alter perceptions of police for a lifetime.

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  • In Philadelphia, healing trauma is intense, difficult work: Pathways to Peace

    June 07, 2016 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Healing trauma has never been an easy process but programs like Healing Hurt People help to promote recovery in traumatized, angry young men. This program, in partnership with local medical services, aims to provide therapy in place of violence, which would only cause more trauma down the road. Those who stick with the program have found great success in overcoming their pasts.

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  • Pathways to Peace: Healing Hurt People's small victories in Philly may translate to Cleveland

    June 07, 2016 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Victims of violence that end up in the emergency room can return within two years with more injuries because of retaliation efforts. Philadelphia’s Healing Hurt People is a hospital-based violence intervention program that assists individuals who need medical care and mental health services. The hospital and social work collaboration helps reduce emergency room costs.

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  • Pathways to Peace: In Philadelphia, a dealer becomes a healer

    June 07, 2016 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Healing Hurt People (HHP), the program that helped save his life, now employs men like Jermaine McCorey - men who used to be a part of a violent life on the streets of Philadelphia - to reach out to boys and young men in the emergency department and help get them through empathy and personalized support. HHP's goal is to help young people recognize the role trauma has played in shaping their lives, to respect and honor their experience and to help them avoid fueling the cycle of violence.

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  • Pathways to Peace: Philadelphia's Healing Hurt People helps violence victims recover

    June 07, 2016 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    The Healing Hurt People program, or HHP, is an ER-based violence intervention program that works on the public health-based notion that violence - like other diseases that spread - can be prevented. It targets services to those at highest risk, patients like those in Philadelphia, who are being treated for violent injuries in the city's emergency rooms. Unlike other programs, it recognizes and attempts to heal the underlying emotional trauma that results from, and often predates, violent injury.

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  • A day in trauma-informed court: Parents work to regain custody of their kids

    May 22, 2016 |

    Wisconsin Watch |

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    Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    In a regular court it is very difficult for a person with a history of drug abuse to regain custody of their children. The state of Wisconsin is promoting trauma-informed drug courts which offer participants the chance to get their children back if they pass a strict rehab program.

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  • Focus on traumatic childhood helps victims heal and succeed

    May 22, 2016 |

    Wisconsin Watch |

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    Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

    Adults who never heal from their traumatic childhoods often become perpetrators of the same violence they experienced. State departments across the US are adopting trauma-informed care, an approach that helps people overcome negative childhood experiences.

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  • Simple initiatives may curtail alcohol use

    May 17, 2016 |

    El Paso Times |

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    Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

    In an attempt to curb risky alcohol use and its consequences, advocates and researchers are launching two initiatives in El Paso – one to get people to reconsider their drinking habits, and another to reduce underage drinking at parties.

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