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What is Trauma-Informed Training and Technical Assistance?

Trauma-Informed System of Care Training and Technical Assistance THRIVE is the Nation’s First Trauma-Informed System of Care for Children & the First System of Care for Juvenile Justice. THRIVE has successfully: Changed Maine state contract language to require that child serving agencies be trauma-informed and practice system of care principles Created and Implemented the Trauma-Informed…

Youth M.O.V.E. Maine

Youth MOVE Maine is a regionally based statewide youth and young adult driven program dedicated to ensuring that all young people have a say in the decisions that impact their lives. We support youth in building skills for partnerships, improving policies that impact young adults, and supporting leadership so that they can raise awareness and…

Training & TA

Trauma-Informed System of Care Training and Technical Assistance THRIVE is the Nation’s First Trauma-Informed System of Care for Children & the First System of Care for Juvenile Justice. THRIVE has successfully: Changed Maine state contract language to require that child serving agencies be trauma-informed and practice system of care principles Created and Implemented the Trauma-Informed…

Youth Move Maine Wins the RockStar Award

From Youth Move National: The 2015 Youth MOVE Chapter #RockStar Award for outstanding and continued performance as a nationally recognized chapter of Youth MOVE National in good standing for at least one (1) year goes to Youth MOVE Maine. Youth MOVE Maine has successfully embedded themselves in communities across Maine as youth leaders and advocates…

Youth Move Maine

YMM now accepting Referrals Have you heard the good news? Youth MOVE Maine is now accepting referrals to our Youth Support Partner (YSP) program from all providers across the state! We are so very excited to announce that with the support of a new grant, we are now able to offer YSP services to youth…

Trauma-Informed Resources

Adverse Childhod Experiences (ACE) Study – CDC Access to peer-reviewed publications resulting from the ACE Study Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study – Kaiser Permanente An ongoing collaboration with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) analyzing relationships between childhood traumas and health/behavioral health outcomes later in life Child Welfare League of America Training, cultural competence, transforming residential services Children’s Mental…

Evidence-Based TF-CBT and CPP

Evidence-based practices are treatment models that have been found effective through multiple research studies documenting similar outcomes. TF-CBT Info and Clinicians Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) is a short-term  (12-16 weeks) treatment that teaches coping skills to children (6 years and older), youth and families helping them tell the story of the trauma they’ve experienced. Research studies…

THRIVE and Youth MOVE Maine featured in the New England Psychologist

“Programs Help Teens Connect to Services” is in the December 2012 issue of the New England Psychologist. The article highlights the two SAMHSA grants awarded to THRIVE and Youth MOVE Maine in partnership with Maine’s Department of Corrections’ Division of Juvenile Services to  improve services and supports for Maine’s youth. “The work is recognizing that…

Moving: THRIVE, Youth MOVE & Diversion to Assets

THRIVE has new role in Juvenile Services grant, Youth MOVE has new grant for Youth Courts LEWISTON – As of October 1, THRIVE and Youth MOVE Maine (“Youth MOVE”) have new homes and new federal Substance and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grants to support. Diversion to Assets, Androscoggin County’s alternative juvenile corrections program, has…

CDC: Half of Americans will suffer from mental health woes

http://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/medical/mentalhealth/story/2011-09-05/CDC-Half-of-Americans-will-suffer-from-mental-health-woes/50250702/1 USA Today Your LIFE|Health                            By Steven Reinberg, HealthDay posted Sept 5, 2001 About half of Americans will experience some form of mental health problem at some point in their life, a new government report warns, and more must be done to help them.  Getty Images/BananaStock One survey done in 2009 by the Substance Abuse and…