Health Centers & Clinicians

Screening Trauma to Heal Communities and Cut Costs

Improve whole-person care with trauma-informed screening. The FACES Assessment helps health centers identify and address trauma that may be impacting patient health outcomes and healthcare utilization.

Individual Level

  • Tailors care plans based on trauma exposure

  • Prevents escalation into crisis by offering timely mental health interventions

  • Improves patient engagement in therapy, education, and self-regulation

Community Level

  • Promotes collaboration between clinics, schools, and nonprofits

  • Informs wraparound service development to support entire families

  • Builds safer, more supportive communities through trauma-informed practices

Economic Level

  • Reduces healthcare costs by decreasing ER visits, inpatient stays, and chronic illness

  • Mitigates long-term consequences of untreated trauma

  • Optimizes funding by targeting high-impact services with data-informed insights

Clinical Guidance

  • Not diagnostic; identifies exposure to adversity

  • Includes culturally responsive, trauma-informed approach

  • Score 4+ = higher risk for emotional disturbance

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