The City of Lawrenceville has been awarded the Resiliency in Communities After Stress and Trauma Grant to support the city’s vision that will lead to improved behavioral health, empowered residents, reductions in trauma, and sustained community changes. The grant requires the creation of an Advisory Board to help guide the projects and programs developed to further engage with youth and their families. Read more about Lawrenceville's ReCAST grant participation in a September 2021 press release and learn more about the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA) 2021 grant recipients. 

ReCAST Goals

Through ReCAST the City of Lawrenceville will achieve the following:

Goal 1
Increase well-being, resiliency, and community healing through community-based, participatory approaches 

Goal 2
 Increase community and youth engagement, leadership development, improved governance,
 and capacity building

Goal 3
Increase access to trauma-informed community behavioral health resources

Goal 4
Increase the level of cultural competency of the City of Lawrenceville’s employees and citizens

Goal 5
Strengthen the integration of community-based services addressing the social determinants of health 
for high-risk youth and their families.

ReCAST Advisory Board

ReCAST Advisory Board members were approved at the February 28^th Council Meeting. More information to follow.

The Advisory Board will primarily advise work of ReCAST and provide guidance to our projects as we achieve our collective goals. For additional information regarding the establishment and purpose behind the ReCAST Advisory Board, click here to review the ordinance establishing it.