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Center for Community Alternatives opens Brooklyn trauma recovery center with $1.2 million from New York City Council
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The Center for Community Alternatives opened a Trauma Recovery Center in Brooklyn funded in part by a $1.2 million allocation from the New York City Council; organizers said the site is the first in the U.S. to center survivors harmed by the criminal legal system and urged sustained funding to expand capacity.
The Center for Community Alternatives on Wednesday opened a Trauma Recovery Center in Brooklyn financed in part by a $1,200,000 allocation from the New York City Council that will allow the center to offer services to survivors of interpersonal and community violence at no cost.
"The Trauma Recovery Center is supported by $1,200,000 from the New York City Council," said Asada Terry, clinical director of CCA's Trauma Recovery Center, at the opening. The center's leaders described the site as built on a nationally recognized model developed at the University of California, San Francisco and adapted to meet needs in New York City.
CCA Executive Director David Conliff said the council's investment and leadership enabled the launch. "Trauma care…
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