The Urban Youth Trauma Center (UYTC) in Chicago, IL is a SAMHSA funded Treatment Service Adaptation Center and a member of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. Their mission is to promote resilience among youth and families affected by community violence through leadership, collaboration, and action.
UYTC aims to increase awareness about the needs of traumatized youth, disseminate trauma-informed intervention models, and provide training and consultation to facilitate service system and community resource collaboration. They emphasize the enhancement of community resources and service system collaboration to address the complex needs of multi-problem, high-risk youth affected by trauma and community violence.
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