"This legacy is being handed down. Researchers at Washington State University looking at the Spokane school system found that 12 percent of students in grades K-6 already have three or more ACEs. ACEs included abuse or neglect, living in a home with domestic abuse, drug abuse or incarceration, and divorce.
"We’re a trauma town. And yet we’re cutting back on helping those who need it most – the kids and the soon-to-be born kids of the traumatized....
"Throughout the past four years, the state has steadily pared away at programs that help at-risk moms in poverty. Which means that we are nurturing long-term, intergenerational poverty – we are tending it like a garden, providing what makes it grow....
"Conley says a vigorous new approach is needed. Given the realities of public budgets, she says a broad effort among community organizations is needed to collaborate, find savings and prioritize resources...."
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/jul/31/vestal-county-has-decision-to-make-on-trauma/
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