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ATI’s Newcomers Program serv es more than 350 refugee and <br />immigrant children and adults from more than 30 countries <br />worldwide. Through this program, newcomers are prov ided <br />accessible, art-based mental health serv ices across the Triangle and <br />Triad regions of North Carolina. In addition to serv ing newcomer <br />children in the school systems, ATI also offers art therapy to adults <br />through the Carrboro Community Health Center, monthly women’s <br />groups and through groups offered by Church W orld Serv ices in <br />Durham. Newcomers present with a unique set of mental health <br />concerns. Beyond the potential - and probable - trauma experienced <br />before and during migration to the United States, newcomers also <br />contend with difficulties experienced post-arriv al, including language <br />and cultural barriers, financial concerns, ongoing legal battles, <br />homesickness, ethnic discrimination, and other barriers to housing, <br />employment, and education. ATI’s Newcomers Program helps clients <br />express and process this complex trauma, build confidence lev els, <br />learn social skills, and acquire acculturation practices. <br />ATI’s Arts and Peer Support Group is a free, weekly Carrboro based <br />group serv ing adults liv ing with sev ere and persistent mental illness. <br />Using the expressiv e arts, group members learn to celebrate <br />themselv es as artists and integral community members rather than <br />as stigmatized people, continually challenging the stigma that shapes <br />our public conv ersation about mental illness. <br />ATI also collaborates with other agencies in the area. <br />ATI clients range in age from 3-100 years, the majority (78%) of which <br />are ages 3-24. ATI clients come from ov er 30 countries. ATI works <br />with Asian/Pacific Islanders (20%), Black/African Americans (17%), <br />Hispanic Latinix people (29%), W hite/Caucasians (20%) as well as <br />refugees and immigrants identifying from other backgrounds (14%). <br />ATI clientele are ev enly div ided between male and female-identifying <br />clients, with sev eral clients identifying as transgender or <br />genderqueer/gender non-binary. Eighty percent of ATI’s clients are <br />considered low income or liv e at or below the pov erty line. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 3B7987D4-AE68-4972-853F-8188A0E8440B