NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAMILY RECOVERY

Dr. Portia Hunt, a recognized authority on crisis intervention, is co-founder and head of the National Center for Family Recovery (NCFFR), a public education resource to link those with mental and emotional health needs to appropriate information and services.  This organization will serve minorities and distressed individuals by providing a medium to help them recognize when and how to seek emotional assistance.  It will also serve professionals who have the mental health resources to respond to these short and long-term needs.  In support of efforts to assist victims of the Katrina and Rita crises, for example, the NCFFR website will feature a list of warning signs of trauma.  It  offers consulting and training assistance to enable direct responders and other providers to frame their services within a culturally relevant context.  Because of Dr. Hunt’s competency in these areas and her teams’ expertise in working with minorities and children, her organization was chosen by Philadelphia and PEMA to complete their “Brotherly Love” initiative with activities directed toward relocated Katrina & Rita evacuees in Southeastern Pennsylvania.  The project hired evacuees and local residents to administer these outreach and recovery services through their "Project Thrive" component.  This population is now being serviced through Horizon House.

Dr. Hunt is frequently called on as a leading thinker on the state of African American mental health. Her client list exceeds 100 governmental, business, public and private organizations that she has effectively advised on various issues relative to diversity and crisis management. She was engaged by the West Philadelphia Consortium in the Osage Crisis to work with residents whose homes were destroyed during the bombing of the MOVE organization.  Throughout her career, including during the national 9/11 Crisis, Dr. Hunt has been invited to do public affairs talk shows to discuss the impact of trauma on surviving children and families.

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