Past Collaborations

From September 2024 through June 2025, ITTIC partnered with Acacia Network to deliver and evaluate trauma-informed supervision training to all supervisors working within Acacia's addiction programs across the state.

From spring 2017 through fall 2019, ITTIC partnered with All Star Children's Foundation in order to assist in the development of their trauma-informed campus in Sarasota, Florida.

ITTIC partnered with the American Red Cross of Erie County to provide Seeking Safety groups across the city of Buffalo.

From February through June 2025, ITTIC partnered with the Arizona Department of Health Services to provide trauma-informed care education, training, and consultation to staff.

In July 2018, ITTIC provided Trauma 101 psychoeducation and follow-up consultation to staff members at Belmont Housing Resources for WNY.

From October 2019 through May 2020, ITTIC was in partnership with the Bennett Rehabilitation Institute to offer short-term, supportive counseling services to patients and their families. 

From April 2021 - August 2021, ITTIC facilitated a learning collaborative with Champions in Westchester County to assist them in becoming more knowledgeable in TIC. 

ITTIC collaborated with the Capital Region Youth Justice Team in order to sponsor a trauma-informed care Champion leaning collaborative from August 2020 through June 2021. 

Both Catholic Charities and Gateway-Longview have made an agency commitment to trauma and trauma-informed care and are working with ITTIC to achieve that goal.

From April 2017 to March 2022, ITTIC was in partnership with Catholic Health Systems in order to begin the process of becoming more trauma-informed. ITTIC provided evaluation, training, and consultation on trauma-informed approaches and the impact of the work.

ITTIC received a grant from the Health Foundation of Western and Central New York in order to provide a 10-week psychoeducational support group for pregnant women and new mothers with opioid addiction.

Through a half-day training in trauma and trauma-informed care and two follow-up consultations, over 30 staff within CA-BOCES were trained in how to understand trauma and its effects on students and how to begin to think about making their work more trauma-informed.

From fall 2014 until spring 2017, Cazenovia Recovery Systems, Inc. partnered with ITTIC to launch a trauma-informed organizational initiative. 

From fall 2016 through spring 2017, ITTIC partnered with Buffalo's Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) to provide Seeking Safety groups, as well as training on trauma and trauma-informed care for staff.

From August 2018 - February 2020 , ITTIC partnered with Cheektowaga Central School District and provided training, consultation, and coaching in Trauma-Informed Educational Practices.

From February 2021 - December 2023, ITTIC partnered with City Year Buffalo and provided training and coaching sessions on Trauma-Informed Care.

From April 2021 - August 2021, ITTIC provided Colonial Village Elementary with three virtual sessions that provided trauma-informed education and support.

From January 2020 - December 2022, ITTIC will collaborated with the Community Health Care Association of New York State to build capacity for trauma-informed practices and culture change in community health centers across the state.

From January 2016 to March 2017, ITTIC will partner with experts from Coordinated Care Services, Inc. (CCSI) to create an online trauma-informed care assessment tool as part of the NYS Success Initiative.

In 2012, ITTIC and Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service, Inc. partnered to develop and implement an agency-wide survey for volunteers, staff, management and board members focused on the principles of trauma-informed care.

From January -June 2020, ITTIC facilitated a six-month learning collaborative to train trauma-informed “Champions” sponsored by the Delaware County Rural Health Care Alliance.

From May through September 2019, ITTIC facilitated a five-month learning collaborative to train trauma-informed care "Champions" sponsored by the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS).

The DREAM Program embodies the core principles of trauma-informed care, as each relationship established through this program built on a foundation of safety, trustworthiness, choice, collaboration and empowerment. DREAM volunteers served individuals at the Mary Agnes Manor and Vive, Inc.

In April 2013, ITTIC assisted the Erie County Department of Health in the planning and delivery of the "Can We Talk?" Conference, a trauma-informed care conference about youth and risky behaviors, for over 200 local professionals.

From January 2017 to December 2018, ITTIC was in partnership with ECMC’s behavioral health units and clinics in order to create a more trauma-informed environment.

From September 2024 through June 2025, ITTIC partnered with Evergreen Health to create, pilot, and evaluate a new trauma-responsive and harm reduction strategies curriculum

ITTIC and the Family Justice Center of Erie County collaborated with inclusive partners across WNY to develop and implement agency-wide evaluations and surveys for organizational staff that focused on the principles of trauma-informed care.

From 2023-2024, ITTIC will partner with Global Shepherds Berhad to provide trauma-informed training and begin the process of cultural change.

ITTIC and Harvest House collaborated from April to May 2020 in order to provide trauma-informed virtual support sessions to staff. 

HealtheConnections sponsored the provision of a six-month trauma-informed Champion learning collaborative from January 2020-June 2020.

From May 2017 through March 2018, ITTIC worked with Insight House Chemical Dependency Services, Inc to provide trauma-informed care trainings and follow up consultation.

From 2023-2025, ITTIC partnered with Iroquois School District to provide support on trauma and trauma-informed educational practices (TI-EP).

ITTIC worked with Jericho Road Community Health Center to provide the intervention Seeking Safety and created an agency culture of trauma-informed care.

From January-September 2018, ITTIC partnered with Jewish Family Service to provide trauma-informed care training to staff and facilitated a Seeking Safety/Mandala Trauma Support Group for clients.

From January 2018-June 2023, ITTIC will be in partnered with the Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda Union Free School District to create the first trauma-informed school district in Western New York.

From September 2018-February 2019, ITTIC partnered with KidsPeace to provide trauma-informed care psychoeducation and follow-up consultation.

ITTIC developed an implementation model to assist organizations in becoming trauma-informed.    

From January 2021 through June 2023, ITTIC will be partnered with Lancaster High School Alternative Program (LAP), through Lancaster Central School District, to provide trauma-informed education and support. 

From May 2021 - September 2024, ITTIC will be in partnership with the Lockport City School District to co-facilitate a trauma-informed culture change and provide trauma-informed education and support.

From January-June 2018, ITTIC was in partnership with Matt Urban Hope Center to create a trauma-informed environment for their staff and clients.

ITTIC collaborated with the Mental Health Association of Genesee and Orleans Counties beginning in spring 2017 to provide trauma-informed care trainings to staff and volunteers.

ITTIC's partnership with New Directions Youth and Family Services focused on equipping New Directions with an agency assessment, focusing particularly on trauma-informed care and how it relates to staffing and agency culture.

From September 2022 through March 2023, ITTIC partnered with PenFinancial and the Armstrong Strategy Group to deliver a Trauma-Informed Care champion learning collaborative for individuals working in various agencies in the Canadian Niagara Region.

From August 2020 through January 2025, ITTIC will be in partnership with the North Tonawanda School District to facilitate trauma-informed culture change.

From 2023-2024, ITTIC will collaborate with Oneida County Department of Family and Community Services to begin building a foundation for trauma informed care.

From September 2018-April 2019, ITTIC facilitated a learning collaborative with Champions in Oswego County to assist them in becoming more knowledgeable in TIC.

In the spring of 2012, ITTIC launched a refugee youth group, collaborating with Our Lady of Hope Parish on Buffalo's west side. The group was aimed at creating a trauma-informed space for youth to discuss issues and trauma they had faced, as well as ongoing and current struggles.

ITTIC collaborated with P.E.A.C.E. Inc. (Parents Encouraging Accountability and Closure for Everyone) to create a needs assessment for those who have lost a loved one to homicide in the city of Buffalo. 

From June through September 2019, ITTIC collaborated with the Rockland County Department of Social Services (DSS) to build a foundation for trauma-informed practices in their work.

From November 2018-March 2019, ITTIC partnered with the Salamanca City School District in order to facilitate a learning collaborative to train Champions in Salamanca to assist them in becoming more knowledgeable in TIC.

Spectrum Human Services worked with ITTIC to develop and implement an agency-wide evaluation on trauma-informed care for staff, management and board members.

From July through September 2019, ITTIC collaborated with the St. Lawrence County Youth Advocate Program to facilitate a trauma-informed Champion learning collaborative with its own staff and partner agencies.

Alongside BestSelf Behavioral Health, ITTIC served as one of the administrative homes to the Trauma-Informed Community Initiative of WNY (TICI). The mission of TICI is to lead and assist organizations, individuals and communities through the mobilization of resources in education, prevention and response to the multi-dimensional aspects of trauma as a root cause of our growing public health crisis. Now, TICI is a website directory and resource page that can still be viewed. 

During the 2020-2021 school year, ITTIC partnered with the University at Buffalo Police in order to provide training on trauma and trauma-informed responses.

In 2012 and 2013, Villa of Hope partnered with ITTIC to develop and implement an agency-wide assessment, evaluating the Villa of Hope's use of trauma-informed care. The assessment included an evaluation of all levels of staff as well as client perspectives.

ITTIC and Vive collaborated on two refugee resource groups focused on addressing the trauma of refugees. The groups combined elements of the evidence-based curriculum Seeking Safety with the creation of mandala art.

From January 2018-June 2018, ITTIC partnered with West Hertel Academy to provide training to all faculty and staff members on Trauma-Informed Educational Practices.

From September 2020 through June 2023, ITTIC partnered with the West Seneca Central School District to build a foundation for trauma-informed educational practices.