ORD. 2016-130 AKA “THE 2016 ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE SUMMIT ORDINANCE”
To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept funds in the amount of $10,000 from the United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 2015-2016 Special Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Social Services by $10,000 for the purpose of providing funding for the 2016 Adverse Childhood Experiences and Community Resilience Summit to be held Aug. 3 through Aug. 4, 2016.
United Way of Greater Richmond and Petersburg is paying the City money to host a summit this August. The topic: Adverse Childhood Experiences, or “ACES,” which is a big United Way focus. Things that happen to children while their brains are still developing are at the root of many later issues, including violent tendencies. The United Way of East Central Iowa has a good ACES/Resiliency site (“community resiliency” is learned behavior that basically cancels out ACES).
Anyway, this summit will have “learning tracks” for youth ages 13-17 and adult professionals.
Want to know more about ACES? Here’s a handy website.
[For more go to https://rvanews.com/etc/city-c...may-23rd-2016/137674]
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