Lucas County is fortunate to have an active CIT program, and the Lucas County Trauma Informed Care Coalition is actively involved. The Crisis Intervention Team...
Archive for category: Trauma – Community
Coalition Celebrates 5 Years!
The Lucas County Trauma Informed Care Coalition began as a grass-roots effort in early 2015 and has worked steadily for five years toward its mission:...
Excerpt from “Transformation: The Journey of Healing”
Local author and speaker Fanell Williams is a social worker whose career has raised awareness of the problem of human trafficking and advanced the need...
Gratitude All Year Long
Thanksgiving is a time of year when many focus on gratitude and acknowledging their blessings. This is certainly a positive and worthwhile endeavor! In fact,...
Trauma-Informed Communities: Maintaining the Vision
I recently spoke with Amber Wolfrom, former Deputy Director of ADAMHS Board of Hancock County. Hancock County began an intensive focus in August of 2014...
16th Annual Conference Raises Human Trafficking Awareness
For the 16th year, the University of Toledo will be hosting a 2-day conference on the topic of human trafficking on September 19 & 20,...
Lucas County D.A.R.T. Unit Strives to Engage All Ages
Responding to the public health and safety crisis, Lucas County Sheriff John Tharp launched the Drug Abuse Response Team in 2014. This unit was the...
Children and Grieving
Research shows that 1 in 12 children in Ohio will experience the death of a parent or sibling before they reach 19. That’s nearly ten...
Program Serves Expectant Women Addicted to Opiates
Mercy Children’s Hospital offers the Mother Child Dependency Program to all pregnant women in Lucas County suffering from an opiate addiction. This program offers free...
Trauma Competence with Opioid Treatment
Last week I attended the annual training of the National Association of Drug Court Professionals. One of the speakers I seek out every year is...
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