Austin is one step closer to opening the first ever trauma recovery center in Texas.
Austin is one step closer to opening the first ever trauma recovery center in Texas – a resource that can be key to reducing violent crime and supporting victims of violent crime that has been sought by community advocates for two years.
TRCs offer a place for victims of violent crime to receive recovery support – like clinical case management, psychotherapy, and legal advocacy – in a venue that is not directly connected to actors within the justice system. For victims of crime who fear the justice system, tying recovery to it can sometimes deter people from seeking such support. The quest to open a TRC in Austin gathered steam three years ago as uprisings against police violence spread throughout the United States.
When City Council voted in 2020 to reallocate funding from the Austin Police Department into other programs that could address the root causes of violent crime – poverty, lack of mental health care, insufficient support for people involved in violent relationships – that was their intended goal. The Reimagining Public Safety Task Force, established to generate policy ideas aimed at achieving that goal, recommended a slew of priorities – one of which was the opening of a trauma recovery center.
When the contract with AAYHF is signed Sept. 1, the nonprofit and Austin Public Health's Office of Violence Prevention will collaborate with the National Alliance of Trauma Recovery Centers on TRC operations such as service delivery, data tracking, and staffing., the OVP contracted with Dr. Chico Tillmon, a research fellow at the University of Chicago's Crime and Education Labs, to study community violence in Austin and develop programs aimed at reducing it.
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