NY to spend millions helping people cope with 'collective trauma'

New York is soliciting grant applications for a $15 million program designed to help residents of the state cope with “collective trauma,” including the purported pain brought on by the “structural inequalities and disparities” experienced by people of color and immigrants, state documents show.

NY to spend millions helping people cope with 'collective trauma'

TL;DR

  • New York is offering $15 million in grants for a program called "Promoting Wellness and Healing in Communities."
  • The program aims to help residents cope with "collective trauma," including pain from structural inequalities and disparities affecting people of color and immigrants.
  • Applicants are tasked with proposing ways to reduce the impact of trauma through community-based strategies.
  • The state suggests that trauma can be embedded in cultural norms and passed down generationally.
  • Grantees are encouraged to use public funds for non-traditional, culturally sensitive approaches like rituals.
  • The grant procurement document highlights "emerging practices" drawing on "culturally based knowledge, ritual and practice."

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