Family Resource Center St. Croix Valley

The Family Resource Center St. Croix Valley (FRCSCV) is a community nonprofit which seeks to strengthen children, families and communities by offering education, resources and support to families with young children in Pierce, Polk, and St. Croix Counties. Through programs designed to strengthen and empower parents, FRCSCV promotes optimal child development, social connections, and positive parent relationships during the critical early years.

FRCSCV is pleased to be using grant funding from Fostering Futures to educate and train its Program Manager in Trauma-Informed Care by way of the very credible WellPoint Care Network. The Program Manager will then in turn use the training to educate all client-facing team members of FRCSCV in trauma-informed care, so they are better prepared to understand and address the needs of the clients and families they serve who may have been affected by Adverse Childhood Experiences and traumas.

Through this training effort, FRCSCV hopes to increase the understanding of trauma, improve relationships between children and parents, enhance behavior management skills, improve classroom environments, enhance collaboration with families, and increase staff resiliency, ultimately, creating the safe environments of trust and care that are vital for the work of the parent educator to be most effective.

The Family Resource Center St. Croix Valley was able to successfully complete Trauma-Informed Care training for its Program Manager through the WellPoint Care Network. She was then able to provide training for all client-facing team members. Two additional staff are expected to receive the training before year’s end, as well. 

Assessment and follow-up trainings, intended to provide a tune-up for any aspects that need reinforcement, will occur in both January and July of 2025 for all staff who completed the initial Trauma-Informed Care training in 2024.