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The Center for Child and Family Health is a collaboration between Duke University, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Central University, Child & Parent Support Services (CAPSS), and the community, created for improving prevention and treatment of childhood trauma. Founded in 1996, CCFH has benefited approximately 16,000 children through direct treatment and established training programs. In addition to services delivered in the state of North Carolina, CCFH has provided assistance in the aftermath of national tragedies such as 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina.

Services and Programs
Prevention

CCFH focuses their attention on the prevention of child abuse and neglect in children between the ages of 0-5. Through Healthy Families Durham, an intensive, home-based support program for low-income, high risk families; CCFH works to prevent child abuse, identify special needs, and promote child health. They conduct new parenting programs in addition to the Attachment and Biobehavioral Catchup, Parent Child Interaction Therapy, and Child Parent Psychotherapy programs. The Center is currently involved in the East Durham Children's Initiative, which is a local replication and implementation of the Harlem Children's Zone.

Training

CCFH has been involved in many training programs including the national program, the Period of Purple Crying, which aims to reduce traumatic brain injuries in infants. Another program, North Carolina Domestic Violence and Children Training Academy in partnership with the North Carolina Area Health Education Centers aimed to develop, implement, and evaluate the effectiveness of a training protocol that improves the capacities of domestic violence shelter staff to screen, intervene, and refer child shelter residents experiencing distress related to their exposure to violence and other adverse events.

Treatment

CCFH offers direct psychiatric services in the community including Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, Structured Psychotherapy for Adolescents Responding to Chronic Stress, Child-Parent Psychotherapy for Family Violence, Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Abuse Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Childhood Traumatic Grief. In 2001, the US Office for Victims of Crime named CCFH as one of the most effective child treatment centers in the country. In addition, CCFH creates partnerships to maximize effectiveness and outreach. For example, CCFH currently collaborates with the Durham police officers as part of the North Carolina Child Response Initiative (NCCRI) to reduce the effects of violence on children. Due to the success of this program, a 2007 report recommends an expansion of this program in its comprehensive gang assessment.

Research and Publications
CCFH is designated by The National Child Traumatic Stress Network as a Community Treatment and Services Center. Through this designation, CCFH bridges the gap between community-based practice and research on empirically proven interventions for childhood trauma. The Center is well-renowned and has multiple publishings by faculty and staff including:


 * The Child Status Index
 * Child Maltreatment:What We're Learning and Where We're Going
 * Dissociation Predicts Later Attention Problems in Sexually Abused Children
 * Evidence-Based Pyschosocial Treatment for Children and Adolescents Exposed to Traumatic Events
 * Improving Law Enforcement Response and Mental Health Services for Child Trauma Victims in North Carolina