The Trauma Resiliency Model - Community (TRM-C), a biologically-based model that is derived from TRM, has been developed specifically for communities in which there are large numbers of disenfranchised and “at risk” populations. CRM is accessible and relevant to many diverse groups for whom insight-oriented approaches may not be desired or effective. The goal of CRM is to help create healthier, more resilient communities. 

TRM-C projects create a network of community-based agencies that are “trauma informed” and incorporate skills for self-regulation that can be used with adults and children. Included in TRM-C projects are 1) an orientation to the biological basis of trauma, 2) use of training protocols that have been tested, refined, and utilized with different racial and ethnic groups, 3) TRM-C training for both clinicians as well as non-clinicians and paraprofessionals,  4) train-the-trainer programs, and 5) delivery of TRM-C education and training programs at the grass-roots level, including stabilization and affect management skills, to consumers, family members, and the community by TRM-C trained individuals working with inter-agency Mentors.

The Train-the-Trainer component of TRM-C expands the capacity of local communities to treat their own people. The interagency networking aspect of TRM-C creates a collaborative group of trauma-trained specialists from many parts of the community, parts which may not typically have interaction. TRM-C Trainers and Facilitators become Mentors to newly trained CRM Community Trainers to provide interagency collaboration, support of skills, and sustainability. read more. . .