About SaintA •  Started 1850, orphanage •  1960’s focus shifts to

residential treatment •  1984 treatment foster care •  2009 child welfare work •  2,000 individuals daily •  $35 million, 450 employees •  COA Accredited

•  Family stability: housing, education, jobs, health care, caring connections

•  2014 St. Aemilian-Lakeside, Integrated Family Services merge

•  National leaders in trauma informed care

NMT™ Flagship Status •  Granted by the ChildTrauma Academy (CTA) •  One of 6 organizations worldwide •  Neurosequential model of therapeutics, (NMT):

assess when trauma occurred in development, create ways to mitigate it

•  Creation of Dr. Bruce Perry •  Flagship: dedicated thousands of hours to master

core concepts and implementation of NMT •  Exceptional creativity, program excellence, sharing

Youth Thrive award, for trauma-informed work •  Awarded by Center for the Study of

Social Policy (CSSP) •  One of 15 exemplary initiatives in

U.S. •  Selected from 136 applications •  Critical difference for youth in

foster care, child welfare system

•  CSSP’s Youth Thrive framework:

1.  youth resilience 2.  social connections & concrete

support in times of need 3.  knowledge of adolescent

development 4.  cognitive & social-emotional

competence in youth

Shaw Grant •  Trauma-informed practice in child welfare •  $450,000 from Russell J. and Betty Jane Shaw Fund of Greater

Milwaukee Foundation •  Only agency in nation doing such work •  Experts in TIC, ACEs help with external research

Training and consultation •  By end 2013, 10,000 individuals trained •  Children’s Court judges, educators, law enforcement

personnel, human services •  Initiated advanced training in Trauma Sensitive Schools

Integration of innovation within child welfare •  Co-­‐Sponsor:  ACE  Interface  Master  Trainer        Cer6fica6on  for  Wisconsin      Bridges  ACE  Science  with  support  of  families      and  communi6es      Seeking  to  reduce  the  intergenera6onal          transmission  of  ACEs