Flint Resiliency in Communities After Stress and Trauma (ReCAST) aims to assist high-risk youth and families by supporting the recovery and rebuilding of Flint’s vibrant community. While many needs remain unmet within the city of Flint, one truth remains: the residents are resilient and have the ability to cultivate change. Therefore, the City of Flint and its partners are collaboratively reshaping the narrative surrounding Flint through efforts towards improved behavioral health, empowered community residents, reductions in trauma, and sustained community change. Flint ReCAST is developing opportunities, activities, practices, and policies that seek to promote resilience and equity in a way that will change the way residents view and interact with their city.
What is Flint ReCAST?
Flint ReCAST Supports:
- The development of Flint youth through evidence-based violence prevention youth engagement programs.
- Behavioral health organizations increasing the capacity of trauma-informed practices and strengthening the integration of behavioral health services to improve equitable access to these services for residents.
- Training in trauma-informed practices, establishing solution-based dialogue, and supporting compassion fatigue response efforts to improve relationships between law enforcement and residents.
- Efforts to address the racial and social inequities within the community via the implementation of participatory approaches, which will give residents a voice in the program’s work.
Areas of Focus
Behavioral Health
Race & Equity
Youth Support
& Development
Public Safety &
Violence Prevention
African Drum and Dance Parent Association
2022 ReCAST funded programming
Flint Institute of Music
2022 Music Therapy for Youth
Boys & Girls Club
2022 Club member learns about DJ equipment, including different rhythms and beats, in a partnership with Bangtown Studio Productions and Recordings: Studio on the Go
Youth Arts Unlocked
Men's Yoga 2022
Heart of Worship Dance Studio
2022 Flint Youth Chance to Dance
Tapology
2022 Tapology Outreach Director Shanzell Page teaches choreography to children at the Sylvester Broome Dance Center
Flint Freedom Schools Collaborative
2022 Experiential learning summer program
Sisters Supporting Sisters
2022 Heal the Mind Group Therapy
Boys & Girls Club
Navaeh, Kyrie, and Alex play a board game in the Cadet Room. Alex is a high school student gaining workforce development experience at the Boys & Girls Club.
Bangtown Studio On The Go
ReCAST funded 2022 workshop
Total Life Prosperity CDC
ReCAST funded summer 2022 event
Big Brothers Big Sisters
2022 programming
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