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ReCAST's Year 2 celebration will be held on December 18 from 2:30-5 p.m. at the University of Minnesota Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center (2001 Plymouth Ave N). The ReCAST team and other community partners will highlight the work done in the implementation year of the grant. The location and a full agenda will be available soon.
Agenda:
- 2:30-3 p.m. - Networking and Light Refreshments
- 3-3:20 p.m. - Welcome and Introductions
- 3:20-4:45 p.m. - Where we have been, where we are going, support to get us there
- 4:45-5 p.m. - Closing
ReCAST Connect Capacity Building for Providers
The ReCAST team, with guidance from our Advisory Team, seeks applicants who are equipped to provide training for ReCAST Connect Providers. ReCAST Connect consists of a network of community cultural healers, faith based leaders, and mental and behavioral health clinicians who offer services to treat trauma and support community's ability to repair and recover from trauma.
ReCAST Minneapolis will hire one trainer to provide ReCAST Connect providers with concrete education and skills to inform and address their capacity to understand stress and trauma, deepen their ability to foster healing and resiliency and to promote policy and systems change.
Please submit proposals to ReCASTMinneapolisInfo@minneapolismn.gov by 5 p.m. on December 31. Please view the complete RFQ for more details on information sessions.
Capacity Building Institute Existing Opportunities
The ReCAST team, with guidance from our Advisory Team, seeks applications from trainers who have existing or ongoing training opportunities for community leaders, community cultural healers, faith based leaders, those who work with youth and mental and behavioral health professionals. The goal is to build on what is already working and that which has proven success in community.
Existing and ongoing training opportunities can include but are not limited to:
- Conferences
- Network of Practice/Community of Practices
- Cohort-based training opportunities
- Series-based training opportunities
Please submit proposals to ReCASTMinneapolisInfo@minneapolismn.gov by 5 p.m. on January 4. Please view the complete RFQ for more details on information sessions.
Year of Learning
ReCAST Minneapolis is investing in a Year of Learning in 2019. This year will be spent bringing together City employees who have completed Cultural Somatics and Psychological First Aid training to be a part of a community of practice and leadership development. We are looking for a provider to design a yearlong program where City employees can be a part of a community of practice and obtain leadership development skills as it relates to Cultural Somatics and Psychological First Aid.
Please submit proposals to ReCASTMinneapolisInfo@minneapolismn.gov by December 14 at 5 p.m.
As part of the ReCAST Minneapolis program, the Program Manager will work directly with the director of the ReCAST Minneapolis program, other ReCAST Minneapolis team, a community advisory body, City staff and other community stakeholders to execute the program activities. The ReCAST Minneapolis Program Manager will focus primarily on growing capacity of first point of contact staff and community to develop and apply a racial trauma lens in the development and implementation of policy.
Deadline to apply is December 14. Please apply here.
MYCepaz was developed by the Minneapolis Youth Congress (MYC), in grades 8-12, whose motto is “No Decision about Us without Us,” in collaboration with the Minnesota Department of Health, Minnesota Behavioral Health Medical Reserve Corp (BH MRC). Funding for the site was obtained through the Minneapolis Youth Coordinating Board (City of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minneapolis Public Schools, Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board) and from a 2014 and a 2016 National Association of City and County Health Officials (NACHO) Medical Reserve Corp Challenge Award.
Here you will find tools that will help create and establish:
- Safety
- Calm
- Connect
- Empower
If you or someone you know is feeling overwhelmed - Ask an adult for help!
MYCepaz is now available as an app for Android phones. The iOS version will be available soon.
For more information, please email ReCASTMinneapolisInfo@minneapolismn.gov.
Use the Vicarious Trauma Toolkit Blueprint to Become More Trauma-Informed
Informed by research and lessons learned, the Office for Victims of Crime is pleased to announce the release of the Blueprint for a Vicarious Trauma-Informed Organization as a component of the Vicarious Trauma Toolkit (VTT).
Created by and for the field, this step-by-step guide provides additional tools and technical assistance to help organizations begin the process of becoming more trauma-informed.
The blueprint includes four steps to help guide you:
- Lay the foundation for success.
- Assess current organizational capacity for addressing vicarious trauma.
- Determine priorities and develop an action plan.
- Explore the VTT for resources to implement your action plan.
Learn more.
About ReCAST Minneapolis
The Resilience in Communities After Stress & Trauma (ReCAST) Minneapolis Program is funded through a multi-year grant from the Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). ReCAST Minneapolis is intended to assist high-risk youth and families, and promote resilience and equity in communities that have recently faced civil unrest through the implementation of evidence-based violence prevention and community youth engagement programs, as well as linkages to trauma-informed behavioral health services. SAMHSA created the ReCAST Program to support communities that have lived through demonstrations of mass protest in response to police-involved shootings of unarmed African-American males.
For more information, please email ReCASTMinneapolisInfo@minneapolismn.gov.
This update was developed [in part] under grant number 1H79SM063520-01 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The views, policies, and opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of SAMHSA or HHS.
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