Posted on July 18, 2024

To support the expansion of the Safe Horizon Counseling Center’s (“SHCC”) short-term trauma intervention efforts by training their Intake Team to share their learnings and replicate their intervention strategies within their 8 domestic violence shelters. In the past year, their SHCC Vice President of Mental Health has trained their Intake Team to provide callers to the SHCC with short-term mental health interventions. This project has equipped their Intake Team to help survivors recognize trauma reactions, provide coping strategies, and further emotional support – all in the one-on-one moment when survivors call them for help. They hope to fine-tune these trainings, equip additional trainers, and create a fully replicable model for their domestic violence shelters, with potential rollouts across other Safe Horizon programs and beyond. Safe Horizon is the nation’s leading victim services provider, serving some 250,000 persons annually via a wide range of programs and a network of over 150 program locations across NYC.