Center for Trauma Innovation

 

The Center for Trauma Innovation (CTI) is a transformative hub established to serve communities who have experienced trauma and have traditionally lacked access to appropriate treatment and psychoeducation. Located in East Harlem, the CTI will design and test new approaches, and expand access to existing ones, to promote trauma healing across Northern Manhattan, with a particular focus on young adults (16-24), the LGBTQIA+ community, immigration populations, and adults with histories of justice involvement. The CTI will use evidence-based clinical and grassroots healing practices into holistic approaches to healing. Our goal is to help residents avoid succumbing to the cyclical violence that can perpetuate crime and incarceration. 

The CTI will focus on three key areas to serve as a model for trauma healing:

• Direct Care, which consists of innovative interventions, both clinical and non-clinical, to promote healing from trauma (Please see below for our current services). For more information, please contact Jennifer Kaaka at jkaake@etcny.org

• Training and Technical Assistance (TTA), to offer tools, guidance, and resources locally and nationally: For training requests, please contact Jose Humphreys at jhumphreys@etcny.org.

• A Learning Community of local and national experts, in order to share learnings in, and learn from, the field of trauma healing. To join our Learning Community, please contact Myrtho Gardiner at mgardiner@etcny.org