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square bulletTrauma Informed Oregon’s First Collaborative Meeting

November 14, 2014

From: Margaret Cary, MD, MPH, Co-Director, Trauma Informed Oregon

On October 10th just over 130 Oregonians gathered to share experiences, learn from each other, and brainstorm ideas about strengthening and dissemination of trauma-informed practices throughout Oregon’s social, health, educational, and judicial services. People commented about their appreciation of working collaboratively with individuals from other organizations and systems of care. More interagency, interdisciplinary discussions were desired. In addition, there was strong motivation to move beyond conversation into measurable action. There was shared aspiration to further increase the cultural diversity of the collaborative.

Let us continue to work together to create a collaborative that is relevant to and advocates for all Oregonians, let us disseminate information about this collaborative, let us recruit our colleagues who have developed innovative ideas for promoting healing and health that deserve sharing!

Some of the additional ideas included:

  • Expanding traditional ACEs screening to include both resiliency & strength markers as well as other adverse childhood events such as economic insecurity, food insecurity, racism and institutional oppression.
  • Establishing standards for trauma informed practices.
  • Creating a process for collecting outcome data about the impact of trauma-informed practices.
  • Ensuring that the role of culture, the voices of survivors, and leadership from individuals who have experienced adverse events and trauma are all included in Trauma Informed Oregon recommendations.

The following organizations were represented at the Collaborative:
(Please contact TIO if your community or organization was inadvertently left off this list)

  • Albany Partnership for Housing and Community Development
  • Albertina Kerr
  • Bradley Angle
  • CareOregon Advantage
  • CARES Northwest
  • CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates for children)
  • Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare
  • Catholic Community Services
  • Central City Concern
  • Community Services Consortium
  • Confederate Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Yellowhawk Tribal Health Clinic
  • Counselors, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists, and Therapists working in the community, with county programs, in hospitals, with juvenile justice
  • Deschutes County Health Services Early Learning Development
  • Ford Family Foundation
  • GOBHI (Greater Oregon Behavioral Health, Inc.)
  • Health Share of Oregon
  • Impact NW
  • InterCommunity Health Network CCO
  • Kairos
  • Legacy Emanuel
  • Lifeworks Northwest
  • Linfield College
  • Lutheran Community Services Northwest
  • Marion County Health Department
  • Mending the Soul Ministries, Inc.
  • Mid-Valley Behavioral Care Network
  • Moda Health
  • Multnomah County Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children
  • Multnomah County Department of Community Justice
  • Multnomah County Health Department Early Childhood Services
  • Multnomah County Mental Health and Addiction Services Division
  • NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
  • NARA Northwest (Native American Rehabilitation Association of the Northwest, Inc.)
  • NAYA (Native American Youth and Family Center)
  • New Avenues for Youth
  • North Wasco County School District
  • Options for Southern Oregon, Inc.
  • Oregon Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision
  • Oregon Center of Excellence for Assertive Community treatment
  • Oregon Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Oregon Children’s System Advisory Committee
  • Oregon Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence
  • Oregon Department of Human Services Child Welfare
  • Oregon Family Support Network
  • Oregon Foster Youth Connection
  • Oregon Health Authority Addictions and Mental Health Division
  • Oregon Health Authority Public Health Division
  • Oregon Health Authority Transformation Center OHSU (Oregon Health & Science University)
  • Oregon Judicial Department
  • Oregon Law Center
  • Oregon Office of Developmental Disability Services
  • Oregon Pediatric Improvement Partnership
  • Oregon Social Learning Center
  • Oregon State Hospital
  • Oregon Youth Authority
  • Outside In
  • Polk County Child Mental Health
  • Portland Children’s Levy
  • Providence Health & Services Oregon and Southwest Washington Region
  • PSU (Portland State University)
  • The Trauma Healing Project
  • Trillium Family Services
  • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Volunteers of America Oregon, including Relationship-Based Visitation Program
  • Western Conexiones
  • Youth M.O.V.E Oregon

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