Kitsap Strong’s mission is to help all people in our community flourish. We recognize the formation of healthy and trusted relationships is critical. Our goal is bringing together diverse perspectives, holding spaces for difficult, “brave”, conversations to build thriving & healthy communities. 

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"You help everybody, and you have to help yourself."


  • Domingo Almirol, Tribal Chief of Police Port Gamble S'Kllalam Tribe on processing traumatic events


KISS Framework


Our mentors at the Community Resilience Initiative lead with a community-building framework and 21 years’ experience in capacity building is the essence of what created the platform for the documentary Paper Tigers.


From its beginning, CRI has focused on building community capacity to mitigate the effects of ACEs and build Resilience through collaborations and partnerships.

Helping All People Flourish


Learn the science behind human behavior, explore the impacts of trauma & toxic stress on our brains, bodies, behavior, & choices. Develop ideas/strategies for supporting ALL individuals by helping them develop the skills and giving them the opportunities they need to flourish.


7EI of Trauma Informed Care


Learn the basics of these Seven Essential Ingredients to becoming more trauma-informed. A community-network selected framework: SaintA's TIC curriculum covers: Prevalence. Impact. Perspective Shift.  Regulation.  Relationship. Reason to Be. 

Caregiver Capacity.


Hi, I’m Kody Russell


Kitsap Strong is honored to support and collaborate with organizations who are moving towards becoming a more trauma informed community.

I am Kody, the Executive Director of Kitsap Strong with over ten years of experience working with children and families in the child welfare system both with the Department of Children & Family Services (DCFS) for over seven years and as a supervisor at Ryther Child Center in Seattle, a behavioral rehabilitation center for “Sexually Aggressive Youth”.

I am one of 25 Washington State certified trainers in the NEAR sciences (neuroscience, epigenetics, Adverse Childhood Experiences - ACEs, & resiliency) curriculum that challenges our understanding of human behavior and many of the social and health challenges we see in our community.

This science has changed how I view the world and inspired me to focus my passion and energy on helping communities flourish!