The third annual Racial Truth & Reconciliation Week begins today!
The mission of RTRW is to empower the voices and experiences of marginalized communities in acknowledgement of truth to promote healing, reconciliation, and justice. This year, we celebrate good troublemaking and young changemakers.
Head to the Voices website to register for workshops, view the full schedule of events, presentation descriptions, presenter bios, and more! Even if you can't make a workshop, registration will provide you access to a recording!
FACT Funding for TICNs
FACT provides up to $3,000 in ad hoc financial support to organizations that host statewide activities that improve the prevention, treatment, or public awareness of family violence. You can also apply for another round of Emergency Funds Awards of $5,000 to provide direct assistance to your communities. For more info, visit the FACT website.
The 2022 KIDS COUNT Data Book was recently released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Read a breakdown of some of the data from Voices for Virginia's Children and view the full book on the Foundation's website.
Washington, D.C. August Update from CTIPP
Jen Curt, CTIPP's Director of Government Affairs, provides updates on legislation related to trauma-informed community coalitions, ACEs, and trauma-informed practice and policy.
Free Trainings & Workshops for VA TICNs
Click on the image below to register for this upcoming event! SCAN can also provide additional trainings, workshops, and consultations for your networks or network agencies as well as the CACs in your regions. Please reach out to Charlotte Eure, ceure@grscan.com if you are interested in scheduling a training or workshop!
Additional Events & Trainings
Reminder! August 22-27 | Racial Truth & Reconciliation Week
August 29, 3:00pm-4:15pm | Resilience for Liberation
August 30, 3:00pm-4:30pm | Moving Families From Surviving to Thriving: Strengthening Families Protective Factors Framework Overview by Children’s Trust Fund Alliance
September 1, 7:00pm-7:30pm | Teachers' Inner Resilience
Voices for Virginia's Children interviewed youth advocate and founder of Hear Our Voices Elijah Lee about what led him to discover his voice, fuels his confidence, and much more. Elijah Lee will be participating in RTRW this year - view the full schedule to find out when and register!
The Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Call or text 1-800-4-A-CHILD (1-800-
Mental Health America of Virginia's Warm Line is a peer-run service for individuals, family members, and other concerned parties in Virginia who would like someone to talk to, or who request community mental health resources, or who have specific questions about their recovery journey. Call 1-866-400-6428, Mon-Fri 9am-9pm and Sat-Sun 5pm-9pm.
The National Domestic Violence Hotline provides 24/7 support for survivors and their loved ones. Call 1-800-799-7233, use the website's live chat function, or text LOVEIS to 22522. They also provide services for those who are deaf and hard of hearing.
SAMHSA (the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) offers a Disaster Distress Helpline for immediate crisis counseling for people who are experiencing emotional distress related to any natural or human-caused disaster. For services in both English and Spanish, call 1-800-985-5990. To connect with a trained crisis counselor, text TalkWithUs (for English)or Hablanos (for Spanish) to66746.
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