Workforce Development

Children's Cause Orange County (CCOC) provides a limited number of scholarship opportunities for therapists to receive training in TF-CBT, EMDR, and other evidence-based interventions for issues related to child traumatic stress. CCOC is also facilitating a Countywide Trauma-Informed Workforce Development Initiative in coordination with the Orange County Trauma Informed Practices Steering Committee (TIPS-C) and other stakeholders. 

Children of Veterans Initiaitve

This initiative supports veteran and active service member families in Orange County by addressing the impact on children who have parents with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) resulting from military service. The initiative expands the number of trained trauma therapists in the County who specialize in working with children in military families and establishes veteran and active service member peer support and action groups to reduce the effects of secondary trauma on children.  

Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Reform

Efforts to improve the quality of mental health services for children in Orange County that are funded by the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA). MHSA was adopted as a result of the passage Proposition 63 by California voters in 2004.  For additional information on the barriers to improved mental health services for children under MHSA, please click here.
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