Toni Hoy honored as NAMI Outstanding Member
July 2016. Toni Hoy – trauma mama, incredible advocate and Advocacy Director of ATN – was recognized with the Outstanding NAMI Member Award at the National NAMI Conference in Denver this month. The Outstanding NAMI Member Award is the highest honor given by NAMI to a member in recognition of long and effective work toward […]
House Passes Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act
July 2016. On July 6, the House of Representatives passed this act which, among other things, will: create the position of Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders to take over the responsibilities of the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). amend the Public Health Service Act to […]
First Trauma-Sensitive Schools Training a Success
June 2016. ATN’s Trauma-Sensitive Schools (TSS) Initiative hosted our first Professional Development Training June 27 & 28 in Somerville, NJ. The Superintendent of Somerville Schools, Dr. Tim Purnell was the keynote and spoke on the importance of viewing things through a different lens. Then ATN’s TSS trainers Melissa Sadin and Jen Alexander provided a full […]
Families First Prevention Services Act Passed the House
June 2016. On Tuesday, June 21, the Families First Prevention Services Act passed with bipartisan support. This bill will change the SSA Title IV to enable states to provide prevention services and supports to children at risk of entering the child welfare system. These services and supports include mental health and substance abuse prevention and […]
ATN Board Members visit Capitol Hill
June 2016. Lorraine Schneider, Board President and Sandy Davis, Board Member, along with Julie Beem, ATN’s Executive Director called on many key legislators in Washington DC to discuss the needs of traumatized children and their families and to encourage support of the bipartisan Families First Prevention Services Act, which passed the House while ATN was […]
Three Experts Join ATN’s Advisory Council
April 2016. The Attachment & Trauma Network (ATN), the voice for traumatized children and their families since 1995, has added three Advisors to their newly formed Advisory Council. The Advisory Council is a group of experts in the areas of Child Development, Early Childhood Trauma, Attachment/Trauma Disorders, Adoption, Trauma-Sensitive Education, At-Risk Youth and other Child […]