By Sabrina Bodon, Photo: Office of Gov. Josh Green, Hawai'i Public Radio, January 3, 2023
The state Legislature passed a bill to establish an Office of Wellness and Resilience last year, and late last month, Gov. Josh Green nominated Tia Roberts Hartsock to lead it.
"The big hope is to really look at taking a deeper dive into why and how to address the disproportionate number, the disproportionate representation, of those who are Native Hawaiian, those who are Micronesian that are represented — over-represented — in our systems, (and) to improve the way that we respond to people suffering and struggling in our communities," Hartsock said during a Friday interview.
Hartsock, with more than 20 years of mental health and criminal justice experience and currently a project director at the state Department of Health’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division, said trauma-informed care is a prevailing thread to tackle these issues.
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