Raising public awareness about the scope and serious impact of child traumatic stress is central to raising the standard of care and increasing access to quality services for traumatized children and their families.
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The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) was created to raise the standard of care and increase access to services for children and families who experience or witness traumatic events.
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The National Child Traumatic Stress Network is made up of three components.
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The UCLA-Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stress (NCCTS) provides leadership, organizational structure, and coordination to the current grantees, Affiliates, and partners of the NCTSN.
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The Steering Committee of the NCTSN guides the development of the national network of centers to improve treatment and services for all children and adolescents in the U.S. who have experienced traumatic events.
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The mission of the NCTSN Advisory Board is to raise the national visibility of the issue of child traumatic stress and enhance the capacity of the Network to identify its priorities for action.
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The NCTSN Affiliate Program has created opportunities for Network members no longer receiving SAMHSA funds to continue their child trauma work and stay connected with the NCTSN.
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The National Center for Child Traumatic Stress works closely with National Child Traumatic Stress Network members to develop and expand comprehensive external partnerships.
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Collaborative work with policymakers has been an essential part of the mission and activities of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network since it began in 2000 as part of the Children’s Health Act.
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NCTSN position statements are developed collaboratively by members of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network in response to important issues in the field.
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