6 New Communities Join PACEs Connection

Please welcome these new communities to the PACEsConnection.com network.

Details about each of them are below, as is information about starting and growing your community initiatives and joining the Cooperative of Communities.

Prince George's County, MD PACEs Connection Chapter: We are the Prince George's County (MD) Chapter of PACEs. Our goal is to educate residents about ACEs and Positive Childhood Experiences while encouraging them to implement trauma-informed and resilience-building practices in their individual, family, and work lives to build stronger, healthier communities. Community Manager: @Cherry Melissa Price

Resilient Wilco TX: We are a cross-sector working group in Williamson County called Resilient Wilco. We serve to train and educate all sectors of the community on ACEs and Building Resilience. We offer ACE Interface presentations, Community Resilience Initiative certification courses, and TBRI caregiving classes. All at no cost to the community. Community Manager: @Dorothy Light

HB Foster Care Initiative: Post stories, trainings, ideas, meeting minutes, and calendar events for the Healthy Blue Initiative advisory council comprising Kelly Purcell, Kelly Graves, Amy Read, Kristi Blackwell, and Melanie Garner. This site will be our accounting of activities and work through 11/22 in, thus far, Bladen, Brunswick, Guilford, New Hanover, Pender, and Robeson counties. Buncombe and Columbus may eventually come in. Community Managers: @Kelly Purcell; @Carey Sipp

South Central Resiliency Project: In response to the latest brain science on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), our mission is to grow upstream wellness by cultivating Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences (HOPE) for Tennesseans through collective impact and community engagement. Community Manager: @April Scott

Trama-Informed Community Asia: We are Trauma-Informed Community Asia, consisting of members from Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, and other Asian countries. Our vision is to create a trauma-informed society in Asia across different sectors; our mission is to prevent, intervene and educate trauma-informed practices. Community Manager: @Pohyee Tang

Northeast Florida ACE Alliance: The Northeast Florida Ace Alliance, NFAA, strives to create a better world for our children, families, and communities by working together across sectors to prevent and address the impact of ACEs and toxic stress. Community Manager: @Nancy Castillo

Interested in Starting a Community on PACEs Connection?

For questions about starting or growing an initiative using our site and tools, please reach out Mathew Portell, Director of Communities.

The PACEs Connection Cooperative of Communities, offers an additional layer of tools and guidelines for PACEs initiatives that are more mature and ready to join the Cooperative as affiliates, according to Portell. More details can be found here and here in this video.