Assets and Barriers for Providing Coordinated Care to Child and Youth Victims

• In Event: How Systems Work Together (or Don’t) to Serve Child and Youth Victims

Abstract

Linking the systems of care where services are provided to children, youth, and their families has become a top priority for policy makers and practitioners. Of particular importance to this work is the ability to identify prior victimization and more fully address associated trauma among children and youth who have experienced polyvictimization. The findings presented are based on work done during the demonstration phase of the Office for Victims of Crime Vision 21: Linking Systems of Care project in Montana. Evidence from a needs assessment survey of services providers administered in the spring of 2016 will be presented. The findings address assets and barriers for providing coordinated care. Service provider perspectives on current and needed trauma informed care training and the use of screening and assessment tools will also be presented. The implications of the findings for future planning, policy, and practice are discussed.

Authors

• Dusten Hollist, University of Montana

• Amy Lommen, University of Montana

• Nicole Camp, Montana Board of Crime Control