TRAUMA CARE

Trauma fuels the ongoing cycle of violence in DC, and by healing trauma we can break the cycle and stop the violence.  Existing models of care do not reach the most impacted individuals or neighborhoods. Moreover, victims, survivors, and their loved ones have few options when looking for providers who look and sound like them and understand their background and pain.

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Peace For DC is committed to delivering innovative trauma and mental health care to victims and survivors of violence.  Drawing on proven models, we have developed a strategy to deliver best-in-class clinical care in the neighborhoods with the highest homicides rates.

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Peace For DC has Facilitators trained in Roca’s Rewire Cognitive Behavioral Theory (CBT) on staff and we are teaching this model at the DC Peace Academy, at our HEAL DC program, and through partnerships for at-risk and high-risk communities. This highly effective program helps DC's Peacemakers heal their own trauma and help their participants to learn how to heal their trauma as well. ​