Dr. Colleen Bridger's presentation from TPR's Think Science event on 11-15-19.

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San Antonio’s Approach to
Becoming Trauma-Informed
Colleen M. Bridger, MPH, PhD
Assistant City Manager
November 15, 2019

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South Texas Trauma-Informed Care Consortium
The consortium’s initial priorities
include:
• Gathering data to understand
community needs
• Connecting with existing
coalitions
• Community ACEs awareness
and training
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Initial Findings:
Everyone is trauma-informed

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Title here
A small river named
Duden flows by their
place.
South Texas Trauma-Informed
Care Consortium
Tri-Chairs
Yvette Sanchez
The Children’s Shelter
Dr. Kathy Fletcher
Voices for Children
Dr. Colleen Bridger
City of San Antonio
The Consortium’s Vision:
A Certified Trauma Informed Care Bexar County
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Sector Workgroups
• Education: Pre-K – 12
• Early Care & Education
• Higher Education
• Child Welfare & Foster Care
• Mental & Behavior Health
• Medical, Hospitals, Clinics
• Justice Systems
• Local Gov’t & Strategic
Communications
• Philanthropy
• Youth Development &
Afterschool
• Faith Based & Congregations
• Family Support Services
Total Organizations = 158
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What’s happening in San Antonio?
• South Texas Trauma-Informed
Care Consortium is created
August 2018
• Inaugural observance of
Trauma-Informed Care Month
May 2019
• Institute for Trauma-Informed
Care
October 2019
• Trauma-Informed Care
Certifying Entity
November 2019
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Never stop investing. Never stop
improving. Never stop doing something
new. The moment you stop improving
your organization, it starts to die.
City on a Mission:
May 2019
Trauma Informed Care
Awareness Month
Event Topics Included:
• Working with Survivors of Trauma
• Getting Relationships Right
• Mindfulness
• Screenings of the documentary
Resilience
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Certifying Entity?
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• Market research revealed there are no
organizations in Texas that currently provide
this certification service
• The certifying entity will be the community
leader to provide training and technical
assistance to organizations seeking this
certification
• Certification can be achieved at the following
levels:
• Level I or Bronze Certification
• Level II or Silver Certification
• Level III or Gold Certification

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Institute for Trauma-Informed Care
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• Partnership between the City of San Antonio and University
Health System
• First year budget = $1.2 million
• Provide training and technical assistance at no cost to
organizations aspiring to become trauma-informed care
certified

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Certifying Entity
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• $150,000 grant from Methodist
Healthcare Ministries
• The Ecumenical Center will work
with the Consortium and the
Institute for Trauma-Informed Care
to:
1) Develop certification standards
2) Assess and certify organization
as trauma-informed

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Colleen M. Bridger, MPH, PhD
Assistant City Manager
(210) 207-8706
Colleen.Bridger@sanantonio.gov