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File #: 0080X-2022    Version: 1
Type: Ceremonial Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 5/5/2022 In control: Favor
On agenda: 5/9/2022 Final action: 5/11/2022
Title: To designate May 9-13th as Trauma-Informed Awareness Week in the City of Columbus and recognize the work of the Columbus CARE Coalition.
Sponsors: Shayla Favor, Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Elizabeth Brown, Rob Dorans, Emmanuel V. Remy, Shannon G. Hardin

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To designate May 9-13th as Trauma-Informed Awareness Week in the City of Columbus and recognize the work of the Columbus CARE Coalition.

 

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WHEREAS, Trauma-informed care is an approach that can bring greater understanding and more effective ways to prevent, identify, support and service children, adults, families, and communities affected by adverse childhood experiences, trauma, adversity, and toxic stress; and

 

WHEREAS, Trauma-informed care is not a therapy or an intervention, but a principle-based, culture-change process aimed at recognizing strengths and resiliency as well as helping people who have experienced trauma to overcome those issues in order to lead healthy and positive lives; and

 

WHEREAS, Trauma-informed care is essential to our overall health, and the importance of attending to mental health has become even more pronounced during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has not only negatively impacted many people’s mental health but has also created barriers to treatment; the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and many other agencies and organizations provide substance resources to better engage individuals and communities across the United States in order to implement trauma-informed care; and

 

WHEREAS, the Columbus CARE Coalition provides hope and healing to individuals, families, and neighbors experiencing trauma through various workshops focused on trauma training, racial trauma and networking and by offering support in communities following a traumatic event, including canvassing neighborhoods post-homicide in Linden, Southside and Hilltop; and

 

WHEREAS, research over the last two decades in the fields of public health, neuroscience, molecular biology and genomics reveals that experiences in the first few years of life build changes into the biology of the human body that, in turn, influence the person’s physical and mental health over the person’s lifetime; and

 

WHEREAS, A trauma-informed Columbus enhances the ability of children and adults to adapt, cope and thrive despite difficult times, supporting the mental well-being of everyone in our city; now therefore,

 

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS: That this Council does hereby designate May 9-13th as Trauma-informed Awareness Week in the City of Columbus and recognize the work of the Columbus CARE Coalition.

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT: This Council does hereby thank the Columbus CARE Coalition for the education, support and advocacy that they provide to improve the mental health of the residents of Columbus- Moreover this Council expresses its ongoing support for organizations that provide and ensure access to affordable, quality, and evidence-based trauma-informed care services.