Primary care, mental health and substance use providers and staff are all being asked to expand their knowledge, roles and responsibilities in response to the challenge of care integration. To improve trauma-informed care, providers need new skills like motivational interviewing, recognizing bias and practicing empathy. They also need knowledge about new medications and effective treatments. In many communities, providers are building these new capacities together, leveraging each others' strengths, and using resources more efficiently. They are also engaging new members of the care team, such as community health workers and peers, to better support patients and bridge care into the community.

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Partners leading this work across California include:

 

Alameda County Healthcare Services Agency

Health Quality Partners of Southern California

Redwood Community Health Coalition

Siskiyou Community Services Council

 

• Alameda Micro-Doc: Leading the Way in Behavioral Healthcare

• UC Davis Train New Trainers Primary Care Psychiatry Fellowship

• Utilization of Community Health workers in Emerging Care Coordination Models in California

• Demonstrating the Value of Non-Licensed Providers

• Webinars:

  • ​Expanding Capacity with Non-Licensed Providers: State and Practice Level Considerations for CHWs and Peers recording, slides and resources. 

• Additional tools and examples of innovations in this area:

  • Issue Brief: Key Ingredients for Successful Trauma-Informed Care Implementation, Center for Health Care Strategies

  • Why Trauma Matters in Primary Care Infographic

  • Training Staff in Trauma Treatments: Considerations for Complex Care Providers

  • Integrating Community Health Workers Into Complex Care Teams: Key Considerations

  • Meaningful Roles for Peer Providers in Integrated Healthcare

  • Center for Integrated Solutions - Workforce

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