C3 - Cultivating Community Capacity

2021

Cultivating Community Capacity (C3) will provide a system-level and community-level intervention with the intention of: Providing opportunities for healing for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault within the Arkansas Deaf Community. Increasing the capacity within the Arkansas Deaf Community to create trauma-sensitive settings (trauma-informed schools, dorms and spaces) to enable continued opportunities for support and healing. Goal 1: Develop materials and resources for an educational intervention that addresses understanding trauma and its impact, creating trauma-informed settings (schools, dorms and spaces), and developing pathway to healing from trauma. Goal 2: Increase capacity of project staff, Deaf community members and allies in the victim services community to respond to victims who are Deaf and to build trust and understanding. Goal 3: Deliver training and disseminate resources to Arkansas Deaf community members through co-facilitation by teams made up of project staff and Deaf community members.

Deaf, Trama-aware, Trauma,

Developing & Disseminating Information, Continuing Education/Community Training

Health-Related Activities, Quality of Life

Professionals and Para-Professionals, Adults with Disabilities, Children/Adolescents with Disabilities/SHCN

Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Limited English, Specific Groups, Other

State

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