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Trauma Healing Response Network describes post-shooting support, partnerships with RPD and VCU
Summary
The Trauma Healing Response Network told the Richmond Education and Human Services Committee it provided emergency housing, funds and outreach after firearm incidents, described a new incident-response protocol with Richmond Police Department and VCU, and outlined prevention and community training work funded in part by the city.
Lorraine Wright, violence prevention program manager for the Richmond and Henrico Health Districts, told the Education and Human Services Standing Committee that the Trauma Healing Response Network engages families in the immediate aftermath of firearm injury or death and connects them to short-term case management and long-term resources.
The presentation matters because the network combines crisis intervention, intensive case management and the use of credible messengers to deliver timely services and to try to prevent retaliation and further violence, officials said.
Wright said the network was created in 2021 through a partnership among Richmond City Council, the Richmond and Henrico Health Districts and the Richmond…
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