News and Updates

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02 Aug: THANK YOU!

The Center on Child Wellbeing & Trauma has been re-funded in the Massachusetts state budget for FY2023

It is with deep gratitude and appreciation that we share that the Center on Child Wellbeing & Trauma has been re-funded in the Massachusetts state budget at $3.5 million for the coming fiscal year. This means we will be able to continue our work supporting child-serving organizations in Massachusetts in becoming more trauma-informed and responsive with training, coaching, and technical assistance, and significantly expand the number of organizations we can partner with this year.

This fall, we also plan to launch a coaching and training academy on trauma and resilience — more information on that will be forthcoming!

A huge THANK YOU to those who have made this possible, including:
• Our partner, the Office of the Child Advocate
• The Baker-Polito Administration
• The Massachusetts Legislature
• And all our partners and supporters

We also greatly appreciate our partners in this work, including:
• Department of Children and Families
• Family Resource Centers that participated in our Assessment & Coaching Pilot
• Wayside Youth & Family Support Network
• Congregate Care Spring Cohort
• Walker Therapeutic & Educational Programs
• Department of Transitional Assistance
• Department of Housing and Community Development
• Coalition for a Healthy Greater Worcester
• Rennie Center, the Massachusetts School Mental Health Consortium, and BRYT (Thriving Minds)
• Marlborough Public Schools
• Worcester Public Schools
• And many others

We are truly grateful for all your support.…

Audrey Smolkin

18 Mar: An Interview with Audrey Smolkin on the Center on Child Wellbeing & Trauma

The HOPE (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences) team at Tufts Children’s Hospital interviewed Audrey Smolkin, executive director of the Center on Child Wellbeing & Trauma, on how the Center came to be, how it addresses the needs of children and families in Massachusetts and the purpose of the Center’s website. Audrey shares, “The mission of all of our work, HOPE, and the Center on Child Wellbeing & Trauma needs to be focused on creating an even playing field where we are really all starting from a position of health and ability to contribute to each other.” Read the HOPE interview.

Worcester is the second largest city in New England after Boston. A center of commerce, industry, and education, Worcester is also known for its spacious parks and plentiful museums and art galleries

20 Jan: Collaborating for a Healthy Greater Worcester

In partnership with the Center on Child Wellbeing and Trauma, the Worcester Trauma, Resiliency & Racial Equity Training Institute offered a series of opportunities to learn to use trauma-informed knowledge and skills to promote racial equity and resilience in Worcester this winter. The sessions covered three areas: