As informed by the lived experience of trauma, both personal and collective, TICD is a framework that establishes and promotes resilient, healing communities so that people can be healthy enough to sustain opportunities and realize their potential. of Agriculture National School Lunch Program's Free or Reduced Price School Meals.
● Emergency Relief - provides document recovery services such as bi
rth certificates, licenses along with bus passes and assistance with rent, utilities and security deposits.
● Food and Clothing Distribution - provides people in need with emergency food from the food pantry and clothing from the clothing pantry.
● Health and Wellbeing:
● Free Health Center - a Volunteers in Medicine (VIM) facility providing free primary health care, behavioral health and dental care to the uninsured. Also offers care coordination to those needing help through the healthcare system.
● Micro-Community Interventions (MCIs) - helps revitalize the community by establishing and promoting healthy healing micro-communities by way of community based intervention.
● Trauma Response Team - Addresses the acute phase of trauma as a result of gun violence in our communities.
● Leadership Development:
● Trauma Responder Training - First Aid/CPR/AED, Psychological First Aid, Mental Health First Aid and Public Safety trainings as well as two drills for a total of 40 hours of training.
● Behavioral Health Community Organizer (BHCO) Training - A 40 hour course to teach community organizers how to address, from a trauma-informed perspective, the systemic causes of poverty, meet human service needs and empower community residents to take an active role in their health and healing.
● Community Leadership Training - helps those who are healing become agents of healing in their own communities through monthly community meetings, community engagement sessions and consultative workshops.
