Voices for Children of San Antonio expands our community's capacity to respond to current and emerging needs of children through purposeful and strategic advocacy that improves programs, practices and policy.
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The South Texas Trauma-Informed Care Consortium began as a collaboration between The Children’s Shelter, Voices for Children and City of San Antonio Metro Health Department (The Partners). The consortium brings together community participants who are committed to addressing the impact of trauma. The Consortium’s goals are:
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To educate the community about trauma, about the damage of trauma and re-traumatization, and about how widespread trauma-related damage is
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To raise awareness of the importance of being trauma informed.
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To build a resilient community and mitigate the effects of trauma related damage
Trauma Informed Care is an organizational approach that understands and responds to the life-long potential impacts of trauma in the children and families that we serve.
A Trauma Informed Care Approach emphasizes the physical, psychological and emotional safety for clients/work force/participants/patients and providers to assist trauma survivors to strengthen their resiliency, gain their empowerment and thrive.