Developing trauma resilient communities through community capacity-building.

Abstract in brief

• The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health funded nine community partnerships to build trauma-informed capacity through training, outreach, and resource linkages, aiming to improve community resilience.
• These efforts involved widespread training (with over 3,300 members) and conducted more than 7,800 capacity-building events, reaching over 250,000 community members; nearly 14,000 resource linkages were successfully established, both before and during COVID-19.
• Despite the pandemic, the success rate of linkages remained high (around 85-87%), and community engagement focused on increasing stress tolerance and resilience among members, highlighting the importance of trauma-informed education and resource connections in fostering resilient communities.]