ACRC Webinar – We’re All in it Together: A State-Wide Collaboration to Enhance Trauma-Informed Care Across Kentucky

ACRC Webinar - We're All in it Together: A State-Wide Collaboration to Enhance Trauma-Informed Care Across Kentucky

When

April 2, 2026    
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Event Type

Presenters: Beth Casarjian, Executive Director, The Lionheart Foundation; Kelli Root, Assistant Director of Division of Protection and Permanency, Kentucky DCBS; Rashmi Brown, Chief Operating Officer, CHES Solutions; and James Wade, Staff Development Coordinator, Maryhurst

This presentation will explore how the EQ2 KY residential cohorts were created and buy-in was built, offer an overview of the EQ2 state-wide onboarding and implementation approach, and share successes, challenges, and insights gained from a large-scale implementation across a highly diverse state. In addition to leaders from The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Human Services, CHES Solutions Group, and The Lionheart Foundation, the lead EQ2 facilitator from one of the 23 participating residential agencies, Maryhurst, will share the impact of the project on staff and youth in the agency.