ICOY CARES

CARES is part of ICOY’s comprehensive range of services, distinguished by its unique focus on Collaborative Approaches to Resilience, Education, and Support. CARES is specifically designed around trauma-informed principles and frameworks. These principles not only shape CARES’s strategies, but also guide its approach to forming partnerships, conducting trainings, and enhancing capacity building services. This distinctive emphasis ensures that CARES not only supports but empowers individuals and organizations through a deeply informed and empathetic approach.

CARES (Collaborative Approaches to Resilience, Education, and Support) prioritizes understanding and responding to the impact of trauma on individuals and communities. This foundation not only informs our partnerships but also shapes our trainings and capacity-building efforts.

Learn More About CARES

How Can CARES Support Organizations?

Training/Facilitation - Facilitation of standard or customized training/team building/processing space for your team or organization

Technical Assistance/Capacity Building - Consultation and action planning for organizational policies, practices and goals, compilation of toolkits, and creation of specialized resources.

CBAT-O - This is a standardized assessment used to gauge areas of strength and growth in Trauma-Informed Care.

CARES Trauma-Informed Services Inventory

Click Here to Download the Inventory

Interested in Collaborating or Learning More?

Here's a little more information about how the ICOY CARES process goes.

Click below to submit a CARES inquiry and get the ball rolling!

FAQs

Do you charge for services? What if my organization lacks funding or training budget?

There are various fees for our services. A link to our trauma-informed services inventory can be found here. We believe being trauma-informed means addressing as many barriers to accessing training and education as possible, cost being one of them. We are always working on more ways to ensure equitable access to our services. If cost is a barrier, please meet with us to discuss options about how best we can serve your team and community.

What is included when contracting ICOY CARES for services?

CARES is a unique “choose your own adventure” model. Services are determined by and customized to client needs and wants. Each service includes its own specified number of planning meetings, resources, follow-ups etc. As a rule of thumb, inquiry meetings and contract negotiations are free of charge, and 2-5 hours of meeting time and content walkthroughs are included. For more information on what specific services are included in the price, please see our trauma-informed services inventory.

Do you train in person and/or virtual settings?

Do you provide CEUs/COAs?

ICOY currently provides COAs for all trainings through our evaluation survey. At the conclusion of our trainings, an evaluation survey will be emailed to all participants, once the survey is completed and submitted, a COA will automatically be emailed. CEUs will be available per request, via evaluation survey. ICOY provides CEUs for the license types: LSW, LCSW, LPC, LCPC only. The license must be currently active, and a photo of the license will be required for verification.

Contact Us!

To submit an inquiry about receiving CARES services at your organization, please click here.

With all other questions, please email the Trauma Initiatives team at trauma_initiatives@icoyouth.org.

Meet the Team

ICOY houses a variety of incredible teams, one of which being the Trauma Initiative’s Team. ICOY’s Trauma Initiatives Team is distributed among a number of projects and contracts, one of which being CARES. Trauma Specialist, Marlee Goodman, and Quality Assurance Manager, Karina Velazquez are the leads for CARES and will be with your team every step of the way during the CARES process. Read more about them by clicking their pictures below.

ICOY CARES is dedicated to collaboration internally and externally. Each member of ICOY’s Trauma Initiatives team has a unique specialty and skillset. To provide the best services, CARES will sometimes use a co-facilitation model to bring you the most personalized expertise our team has to offer. The team works together to analyze and update training decks to meet the specific needs of each client, whether that be focusing on the organization, the audience, or the community they serve, in regard to trauma and healing. This collaboration helps support not only the goals and mission of ICOY CARES, but of each organization we partner with. Director of Trauma Initiatives Gabriela Zamora, Trauma Specialist Grace Shine, and Trauma Specialist Pearl McRae will also support the CARES Team on an as-needed basis.

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