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Video: What is Trauma-Informed Care?

Michael Canonico ·
How do our experiences as children shape our health as adults? What does it mean to be trauma-informed, and what does trauma-informed care look like in a health care setting? In this animated video, meet “Dr. Cruz,” who addresses these questions and shares what she has learned about caring for patients with exposure to trauma, including abuse, neglect, and violence. View the video to learn about the lifelong impact of trauma on health, and how trauma-informed care can create a more welcoming...
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Requests for Proposals, Qualifications/or Information and Funding Opportunities

Dwana Young ·
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR Three (3) Regional Peer to Peer Programs Region 1 – North Jersey: Essex, Middlesex, & Union Counties Region 2 – Central Jersey: Mercer, Monmouth, & Ocean Counties Region 3 – South Jersey: Atlantic, Burlington & Camden Counties https://www.nj.gov/dcf/providers/notices/requests/
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Trauma Informed Care

Dwana Young ·
Trauma Informed Care Newsletter | Issue 4, February 2021 Do you remember your first job as a helper? Mine goes back more than 25 years when I was hired as a Treatment Foster Care therapist for Community Impact Programs in Racine, Wisconsin. Transforming Systems of Care: What's Going On in Racine County, Wisconsin By Tim Grove, Senior Consultant Do you remember your first job as a helper? Mine goes back more than 25 years when I was hired as a Treatment Foster Care therapist for Community...
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Resources: Engaging Families in Affirming Trauma-Informed Care for LGBTQ Children and Youth

Dwana Young ·
Research has shown that LGBTQ youth who have family support have better outcomes through their youth and into adulthood. This is especially relevant for LGBTQ youth who have experienced trauma and may face ongoing safety concerns related to their identities. This webinar will outline techniques for engaging families in affirming treatment and care of their LGBTQ youth, including a review of strategies used within the Family Acceptance Project (FAP) with founder Caitlin Ryan. FAP, a...
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This is What Trauma-Informed Hunger Relief Looks Like

Dwana Young ·
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021 CUMAC’s two-story facility in Northern New Jersey has the look and feel of a standard food bank, with a warehouse, a handful of trucks, a client-choice pantry, and even a small garden. In practice, the operation has a mission that goes much further than giving out food or even addressing the root causes of hunger. In the view of Executive Director Mark Dinglasan, problems related to food insecurity go back — way back — to childhood traumas and the harmful impacts they...
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Examples of Current Trauma-Informed Judicial Systems

Porter Jennings-McGarity ·
Please join us for a new series entitled: Trauma-Informed Criminal Justice. This monthly virtual Zoom series will feature conversations facilitated by Porter Jennings-McGarity, PACEs Connection’s criminal justice consultant, with special guests to discuss the need for trauma-informed criminal justice system reform. Using a PACEs-science lens, this series will examine the relationship between trauma and the criminal justice system, what needs changing, and strategies being used in this area...
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Re: Examples of Current Trauma-Informed Judicial Systems

Amy D Johnson ·
I registered for this session but couldn't attend. I am very interested in this topic and in introducing the concept of trauma-informed justice to my colleagues on the bench. By any chance is there a video or slides available? Thanks so much for this excellent programming.
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Need to fund your resilience initiative? Here’s how.

Carey Sipp ·
Chart is sample page from county-by-county funding allocated as part of ARPA. Information is available by clicking here. This is the first of several articles on the importance of any resilience-focused entity, including your PACEs Connection community, seeking out the people in your area allocating ARPA funding and asking for money. Organizations do not necessarily have to be 501 C-3 nonprofits to receive funding. Thanks to federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to states in April...
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Back by Popular Demand! Trauma Informed Care Live Webinar!

Christine Cowart ·
Intro to Trauma Informed Care is for YOU! Designed to help you implement a trauma-informed approach throughout your organization, this live webinar provides an introductory understanding, and will equip you with tools you can use right away.
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Spring Registration Now Open for These Courses for Educators!

Christine Cowart ·
Cowart Trauma Informed Partnership is pleased to announce three upcoming courses for educators! This school year has introduced us to a whole new understanding of what "tired" means. Even before, studies showed that a significant portion of the population have experienced trauma, or harmful or life-threatening events which have impacted their everyday functioning or well-being. Research shows that individuals living in poverty or with a disability are even more at risk for having experienced...
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Trauma-informed Design Evaluation Tool for K-12 Schools Is Here!

Christine Cowart ·
The Trauma-informed Design Society is pleased to announce the new TiDEvalK12 tool ! This tool is the first of its kind--an evidence-based tool to facilitate interior design renovations and new builds of K-12 schools! It can be used to evaluate the physical space and identify changes that can lower the stress levels of students and staff. The tool is grounded in the Substance and Mental Health Services Administrations' guidance for a trauma-informed approach, the Trauma-informed Design (TiD)...
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The 2023 Creating Resilient Communities Accelerator Program is now Open For Registration

PACEs Connection is excited to kick off our 2023 Creating Resilient Communities (CRC) Annual Accelerator Program.
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The NJ Office of Resilience Has Shifted Its Focus from ACEs to PACEs

Rebecca H Bryan ·
But the good news is that when we add Positive Childhood Experiences into the conversation, the emotional demand is lessened; hope enters the room.
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Re: The NJ Office of Resilience Has Shifted Its Focus from ACEs to PACEs

David Dooley ·
The Camarillo, CA nonprofit Advancing Parenting would like to share our free resource…sets of parenting norms bumper stickers. They can be put in holders and placed on counters so folks can choose one for their cars or they can be given away at meetings and events. Bumper stickers are an easy and powerful way for community members to promote positive childhood experiences and prevent adverse childhood experiences. Just one will be read thousands of times! Visit www.advancingparenting.org to...
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Connections Matter! Join us on August 7th!

Christian Baresic ·
Norwescap Child and Family Resource Services will be hosting a virtual Connections Matter training on August 7 th , 2023, at 12:00 -2:00 pm. Connections Matter is a program funded by NJ Department of Children and Families and led by Prevent Child Abuse New Jersey. This training is designed to engage community members in building caring connections to improve resiliency. Please share this flyer and the link below with anyone who might be interested. We hope you can join us! Questions: Molly...
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Healing New Jersey One Project At a Time

Christian Baresic ·
The First Round of RAC projects, funded by DCF’s Office of Resilience, is now five months into the grant period and we have seen some outstanding results. While three of our projects in the Central RAC are preparing to launch, five others are up and running. We are seeing creative project activities and curriculums, participants experiencing success, and programs evolving. Projects are currently serving Hunterdon, Union, Mercer, and Middlesex counties. One of the most exciting, inspiring...
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The NJ Office of Resilience Has Shifted Its Focus from Self-Healing Communities Model to Healing-Centered Engagement Model

Rebecca H Bryan ·
The shift to a Healing-Centered Engagement Model releases culture as a root cause of trauma, to instead celebrate the intrinsic resilience and the capacity to promote PCEs that ethnic history, racial and other social identities afford. This is particularly important for white, privileged communities to embrace, given their historical diminishment of non-white cultures.
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The first of its kind: Introducing Boston Architecture College TiD Course!

Christine Cowart ·
BIG NEWS! We are teaming up with the BAC to offer the first Trauma-informed Design college course of its kind this Spring!
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Creating Resilient Communities in 2024: The Year of Cultivating Resilient Networks Through Healing Centered Cultural Wisdom

As we head into our full CRC curriculum this January, we invite current and future CRC Accelerator participants to join us with collective care and self care in mind.
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