Disaster and Community Crisis Center, the; University of Missouri
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The Disaster and Community Crisis Center (DCC) at the University of Missouri focuses on enhancing mental and behavioral health preparedness, recovery, and resilience in children, families, and communities affected by disaster. DCC provides national expertise and resources for intervention, training, consultation, and technical assistance related to disasters and terrorism, and promotes public awareness of disaster mental and behavioral health.
DCC’s mission includes providing national disaster mental health leadership, increasing disaster mental health public awareness, developing and implementing disaster mental health interventions, creating disaster mental health training protocols, generating disaster mental health resources, partnering with service providers, and collaborating with community partners on disaster issues.
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