Providing Basic Needs Support Through a Trauma-Informed Lens Training

To better equip staff and partners with the tools to support refugee and immigrant communities, this training presentation, Providing Basic Needs Support Through a Trauma-Informed Lens, offers practical guidance on delivering essential services in ways that recognize and respond to the effects of trauma. This resource explores the connection between trauma and basic needs support, introduces core trauma-informed care principles, and highlights strategies to provide compassionate, empowering, and culturally responsive support when addressing basic needs such as housing, food, transportation, and healthcare access.