Partnered with trauma centers, county departments and community stakeholders to decrease trauma disparities and reduce trauma injuries and deaths throughout Los Angeles County.
The Los Angeles County Trauma Prevention Initiative (TPI) serves to support intervention work with Hospital-based Intervention, Street Outreach and Community Violence Intervention. It provides Capacity Building through Peer-to-Peer Violence Prevention Learning and Training and Technical Assistance, and works in Prevention in communities through facilitated community engagement and strategic planning (CAP meeting) and implementing community identified prevention strategies.
Resources
Downloads
Links
Community Outreach
Community Outreach Videos
CRSSLA vaccine awareness video by Fernando
Villegas
COVID 19 TESTING 101
FINAL VACCINE
Wooten depression video by Ernez Crayton
COVID 19 testing awareness
Wooten depression video by Alexia Cadena
Community Reflections
Food Bank
Community Reflections – Provides a food bank every other Friday at 10020 S Western Ave., from 1pm-3pm. Please practice social distancing and wear your masks when you arrive. Recipients will receive 2 to 3 boxes of food; if you are walking to the agency, please bring a cart for these boxes.
Mental health needs and resources, please contact Kisha Thompson, LCSW, from the LA County Department of Mental Health at KThompson@dmh.lacounty.gov
Westmont Counseling Center – provides counseling for mental health needs. Please call us; we are getting a lot more calls these days, which is good and not good because it tells us that there is no question that our community has been negatively impacted on mental health. Call us at 323-531-0565. We are located at Western/Manchester, next door to Ralphs
Youth Resources:
I'm A Movement Not A Monument is hiring tutors for their Top 100! Tutoring program. Students will receive a stipend of $150 for their participation. This program will begin in January. This virtual tutoring program is open to students:
• Pre-K to 12th, from 3pm to 5:30
For more information log on to https://imamovement.org/ or
contact Duran at 310.493.8607 or by email at duran_bowie@yahoo.com
Al Wooten, Jr., Youth Center –The tutoring program is free and meets Monday – Friday, form 2pm to 6pm. Al Wooten Jr, Youth Center: offering online private tutoring, 1-on-1 sessions for 45 mins per session, up to 3 sessions per week. The center is offering world languages and culture, Teen Talk, Girl Talk, all for free! This is offered for students in grades 3 to 12. For more information, go to www.wootencenter.org
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Office of Violence Prevention
Trauma Prevention Initiative