Author Lisa Bunting et al.
Publisher Queens University Belfast, (2018)
For the purposes of this summary, only the findings related to child welfare services are reported.
The review included peer-reviewed literature, focused on trauma-informed care in child welfare systems, ranging from state-wide initiatives targeting multiple system levels, to small programmes aimed primarily at workforce development and staff training.
Key findings
System-wide approaches
This review identified eight state-wide initiatives to implement trauma-informed care in child welfare systems in the United States. One of the most comprehensive and extensively evaluated of these was the Massachusetts Child Trauma Project (MCTP), a five-year state-wide systems improvement initiative funded in 2011 by the Children's Bureau and US Department of Health and Human Services.
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