About NCS3

The National Center for Safe Supportive Schools (NCS3) is a Category II Treatment Services and Adaptation (TSA) Center of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network.

 

The NCS3 reflects a national-regional partnership between the National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH), the NCTSN Center for Trauma Care in Schools (CTCS; Massachusetts), and the Center for Childhood Resilience (CCR; Illinois). 

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NCS3 partners will address critical gaps by:

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• Integrating and aligning trauma-informed policies and practices into comprehensive school mental health systems nationwide

• Augmenting existing school trauma approaches by attending to social determinants and injustices that lead to disparities and improving engagement of Black, Indigenous and Youth of Color and newcomer (immigrant/refugee) youth in existing trauma EBPs

• Integrating trauma-informed training into pre-service workforce development for educators and behavioral health providers

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Our Mission, Vision, Goals page describes what the NCS3 aims to accomplish and why this work is important.

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The Our Team page provides information on the leaders and team members who have merged to create the NCS3.

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The NCS3 Partnership page describes the three sites that partnered to create the NCS3.