Healing Hurt People expansion to St. Christopher's Hospital for Children

9/28/2009

The Healing Hurt People (HHP) program at the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice will be expanding its services to the trauma department at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children. This expansion will enable St. Chris’s to provide additional mental health and social support to young victims of trauma and intentional injury between the ages of 8 and 21. Located in close proximity to five public schools, a primary impetus for this expansion is the high incident rate of intentional injury among school-age children. This partnership will utilize St. Christopher’s pre-existing relationship with the Philadelphia School District to connect intentionally injured youth identified by the Office of School Climate and Safety with HHP.

In its expansion to St. Christopher’s, HHP will seek to engage parents and guardians and incorporate them into the healing process, including the S.E.L.F. groups. While Healing Hurt People will be facing unprecedented challenges in its expansion to St. Christopher’s, the program will continue to act as a bridge between physical and mental health services for its clients using a trauma-informed approach.

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