Center for Asian American & Asian Immigrant Child Trauma-Informed Care and Prevention
Funded by the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Lotus Project is a collaboration between the Public Health Institute (PHI) and Richmond Area Multi-Services (RAMS) that provides technical assistance, such as workshops, webinars, and consultations, to mental health service providers, clinicians, community health workers, and school staff who work with Asian American & Asian Immigrant (AAAI) children and families affected by traumatic events and stress. The project provides technical assistance and resources regarding the implementation of culturally competent and evidence-based interventions and promising practices to reduce immediate distress from exposure to traumatic events.
The Lotus Project Brochure highlights project activities, resources, data, and key quotes from event attendees and board members!
The Lotus Project’s one day in-person workshop on "Supporting Asian American & Asian Immigrant (AAAI) Communities in Healing from Racial Trauma". Learn more about and access recordings of presentations here.
WHAT WE DO
Training, Education, and Technical Assistance
Our center provides workshops and webinars about trauma-focused approaches and services for use in child mental health clinics, schools, child welfare, and juvenile justice settings, and other service areas. These trainings are developed based on wide-scale dissemination and implementation of effective, evidence-based treatment and service approaches in child trauma that are specific to AAAI populations. We also provide individual consultation to service providers, educators, and other professionals.
Network Building
Our center serves as a growing network and community of service providers, school teachers and counselors, public officers of child welfare, juvenile justice systems and public health departments, and researchers for trauma-informed care and prevention for AAAI children and families. We collaborate with network members and organizations to develop and disseminate mental health resources and training material for webinars and workshops.
Advocacy
Our center advocates for and promotes policy changes to increase cultural competency in providing trauma-informed care and prevention for AAAI children and families. We reach out to local and state governments where a large number of AAAI reside, as well as identify cities, counties, and states with a high incidence of mental health problems and hate incidents targeting Asians due to the pandemic, to suggest program implementation and policy changes to improve trauma-informed care and prevention for AAAI.