264026 Trauma-Informed Strategies to Address and Prevent Hate and Bias

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health Bureau of Community Health and Prevention is seeking applications to implement Trauma-Informed Strategies to Address and Prevent Hate and Bias. This grant focuses on reducing the prevalence of hate and bias and improving the mental health and wellbeing of those who are targeted by hate and bias. Funding is intended to support the development of a training and technical assistance program or refinement of existing programs that support practitioners, defined as mental health clinicians, counselors, and non-clinical providers that engage impacted communities in implementing a multi-tiered response to hate and bias. Key aspects of the project include: • Developing a training and technical assistance program to support practitioners in addressing hate and bias • Refining existing programs to better support impacted communities • Implementing a multi-tiered response to hate and bias • Improving the mental health and wellbeing of those targeted by hate and bias