Dante Dieso Foundation Trust
APPLICATION AND SUCCESSFUL FUNDING AWARD OF A SUBSTANCE ABUSE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE ADMINISTRATION (SAMHSA) NATIONAL CHILD TRAUMATIC STRESS NETWORK (NCTSN) CATEGORY II GRANT TO CREATE THE COMPLEX TRAUMA TRAINING CONSORTIUM. THE FOUNDATION TRUST TOOK THE LEAD IN GRANT WRITING AND PROJECT DESIGN AND IS THE LARGEST SUBAWARD RECIPIENT OF THIS GRANT 5-YEAR GRANT (2021-2026) TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL NETWORK OF 200+ COMPLEX TRAUMA TRAINERS ACROSS 60 FIELD SITES (ALL 50 STATES, DC, THE 5 US TERRITORIES AND THE 4 LARGEST US METROPOLITAN REGIONS). OUTLINED A 20 MODULE TRAINER-TRAINING CURRICULUM, IDENTIFIED CONTENT EXPERTS TO DEVELOP TRAINING MODULES, AND SELECTED INITIAL COHORT OF 16 TRAINER-TRAINING FIELD SITES TO LAUNCH A FEASABILITY PILOT BETWEEN YEARS 1-2. FOUNDATION TRUST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OVERSEES THIS PROJECT, FOUNDATION TRUST MANAGER SERVES AS ONE OF TWO PROJECT COORDINATORS, AND FOUNDATION TRUST SENIOR TRAINING ASSOCIATES SERVE AS DEVELOPERS OF TWO OF THE 20 MODULES.