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By Brian Mann, Photo: Unsplash, National Public Radio, January 13, 2022 The U.S. is facing the deadliest drug overdose epidemic in its history, but there is hope. Research shows most people with addiction do survive and recover, especially when they get quality treatment. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Would you like some good news? Yeah, me too. We've been reporting on the epidemic of drug deaths in the U.S. More than 100,000 fatal overdoses last year alone. Here's the good part. This morning, we're...

By Jeremy Loudenback, Photo: File photo, The Imprint, January 13, 2022 t the end of last year, Bobby Cagle stepped down as leader of Los Angeles County’s child welfare system after four years at the helm, citing the overwhelming pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the past two years, Cagle shepherded the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) through a host of challenges, including a lack of personal protective gear, outbreaks at congregate care facilities, social workers...

By Jesse Rhodes, Raymond La Raja, Tatishe Nteta, and Alexander Theodoridis, Photo: Carlos Carria/Reuters, The Washington Post, January 17, 2022 In his famous address at the 1963 March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr. drew a direct line between the struggle for racial equality and the nation’s efforts to realize democracy. “When the architects of our Republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which...

By Jeff Asher and Rob Arthur, Photo: Education Images/Getty, January 10, 2022 After murders in the United States soared to more than 21,000 in 2020, researchers began searching for a definitive explanation why. Many factors may have contributed, such as a pandemic-driven loss of social programs and societal and policing changes after George Floyd’s murder . But one hypothesis is simpler, and perhaps has significant explanatory power: A massive increase in gun sales in early 2020 led to...

By Terri Huggins, Illustration: iStock/Washington Post Illustration, The Lily, January 4, 2022 When it comes to taking care of their health, Black women in the United States have a lot working against them, according to research. They are three times as likely to die of a pregnancy-related cause as White women. They have the highest rate of obesity in comparison to other groups, and they experience higher rates of discrimination, which is a stressor related to poor physical and mental health...

By The Imprint Staff Reporters, Photo: Unsplash, The Imprint, January 11, 2022 A new study of young people who have been in foster care and are enrolled at community colleges in Illinois paints a dismal picture of their educational success, and researchers said they would expect similar results if studies were conducted in other states. Released Monday by Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, the study said such youths typically struggled in high school, leaving them ill-prepared for...

By Annia Ciezadlo, Photo: Seth Wenig/AP, The Guardian, January 14, 2022 I n New York , some things never change. If you die in a fire, it’s always your fault. When a fire started in a heater and ripped down the hallway of an apartment building in December 1998, killing four people in a blast of heat and smoke, city officials framed the fire as a tragedy that could have been avoided if people had only remembered to close their doors. “People should close the door behind them when leaving a...

Laura Porter’s research supports increasing three capacities that allow people to thrive. They are: building capabilities, increasing attachment and belonging, and supporting the culture and spirituality in communities. When working with organizations and communities, she warns that if the focus is solely on building capabilities, we make the process into an “individual fix.” Building individual capacities is very important to help people thrive, however we cannot deny the biologically...

By Laura Gallant, 1/19/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ Registration is now open for the 2022 HOPE Summit – Growing HOPE! Join us on March 8th for our one-day Virtual Summit. This is an opportunity to learn about the power of Positive Childhood Experiences, the HOPE Framework and how to incorporate HOPE into your work and organization. The HOPE framework offers a new approach that brings identifying, celebrating, and promoting positive experiences to the forefront of care. [...

<<<Editors note: Judge says she 'made a mistake' berating an elderly cancer patient over weeds. >>> This is the first of an irregular series called "What Would You Do? " Many of you probably saw the story, including the courtroom video, about the Michigan judge who yelled at a 72-year-old cancer patient for not maintaining his yard. "You should be ashamed of yourself!" 31st District Judge Alexis G. Krot (yelled...or spoke loudly and sternly, depending on your definition) at...

Peace Over Violence is offering a free webinar series on Dating After Trauma. I'm sure this is something that our ACEs members and communities would appreciate. Anyone from anywhere in the country can attend. The time is PST. RSVP at peaceoverviolence.org/dating-2022 You need a free Zoom account to register. ASL interpretation and Spanish translation are available. Flyers in English and Spanish are attached. Please contact me should you have any questions. Take care. Federico Carmona...

The Attachment & Trauma Network is honored to announce the participation of the U.S. Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona in our 5th annual Creating Trauma-Sensitive Schools Conference. Sec. Cardona will address attendees during our general session on Tuesday, Feb 22 in Houston, TX. Sec. Cardona and leaders in the trauma-informed education community will have a live (via satellite) conversation about the importance of trauma-informed strategies and practices in schools and the ways in...