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FPWA offers various written resources, videos, and webinars to aid in the implementation of a trauma-informed and people-centered approach to service delivery and organizational effectiveness
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All human services organizations, regardless of their primary mission – legal services, foster care, elder care, mental health services, housing – can benefit from a trauma-informed approach. Many of the strategies and actions are free and can be effectively used by everyone at your organization.
During this training, learn what trauma-informed service delivery actually “looks like,” and walk away with specific strategies for “what you can do” and “what you can say” when working with individuals who have experienced trauma.
Every fall, FPWA highlights and addresses different sections of our “Trauma-Responsive Organization Checklist.” During this session, we will focus on Safety and Crisis Management.
In partnership with Vibrant Emotional Health, we will explore trauma-informed strategies and actions for crisis de-escalation that will ensure safer interactions between human services staff and participants. Attendees will have the opportunity to practice using the CAPE Model for crisis intervention with real-world examples.
Workplace stress has a negative effect on productivity and morale. Vibrant’s Staying in Balance workshop will help participants gain valuable skills and techniques for stress reduction and burnout prevention. The training also provides supervisors and other leaders with a long-range approach to addressing workplace stress.
Registration is required.
Please be advised that by registering for this event, unless we hear from you otherwise, we will include you as part of our regular mailing list and you may receive solicitations from FPWA. Please also be advised that the event will be recorded by FPWA. By enrolling for this event, you hereby: (1) give consent for FPWA or any third parties to use your photograph or image in its print, online and video publications; (2) release FPWA, its employees and any outside third parties from all liabilities or claims that you might assert in connection with the above-described uses; and (3) waive any right to inspect, approve or receive compensation for any materials or communications, including photographs, videotapes, website images or written materials, incorporating photos/images of you. To revoke this waiver, please email info@fpwa.org
FPWA member organizations help low-income New Yorkers meet critical needs, like food, housing, healthcare, and more.
Fostering effective, lasting change requires providing assistance to New Yorkers. But it is also essential to educate on the entrenched structural biases that cause poverty and inequality, and advocate for policy that dismantles it.
FPWA has recently been receiving claims from members of the public emailing and calling our offices that individuals posing as FPWA agents have contacted them claiming that in order for the recipient to claim grant monies from FPWA they must first send the agent personal information, a cell phone number, gift card codes or money.
FPWA does not use social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.), text messages or direct phone contact to solicit, review, or make awards. FPWA staff will not call or message you requesting money in order to be eligible for an award.
Further, FPWA does not make grants directly to individuals. FPWA works with its member agency partners and other reputable community-based organizations to direct support to families and individuals in our community.
If you or someone you know has been contacted by someone posing to be an “FPWA Agent” or staff person requesting money to release a grant, please do the following:
If you have questions prior to reporting your incident, view the IC3 FAQs for more information.
