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The ACF Indigenous Programs Conference
We are pleased to invite you to attend the 2022 Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Indigenous Programs Conference! This exciting event will be held virtually via Zoom, starting Tuesday, March 22 through Thursday, March 24, 2022 , with each day starting at 1:30 PM (EST) and ending at 7:30 PM (EST). Below, you will find a copy of the agenda to review the full list of plenary, workshop, and networking sessions. Event Overview & Agenda The meeting will include outstanding Native...
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NOTICE: Request for Proposal for Child Advocacy Development Grants Treatment Services, Programs, and Technology or Capital
An RFP notice was posted on the New Jersey Department of Children and Families' website: Request for Proposal for Child Advocacy Development Grants Treatment Services, Programs, and Technology or Capital Please click on the link above or visit https://www.nj.gov/dcf/providers/notices/requests/ to view this RFP document. (If the link does not take you directly to our Website, please copy and paste the address in your Web browser.)
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Happy Purim
Last night began the observance of Purim, a Jewish national festival during which friends and family gather in the tradition of feasting, rejoicing and exchanging food to celebrate the defeat of Jewish enemies. Traditions also see people wearing colorful masks and costumes. To all who celebrate, Chag Purim Sameach! Florence Racine, MSW, LSW Director, Office of Diversity, Equity & Belonging
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Systemically Neglected How Racism Structures Public Systems to Produce Child Neglect
In recent years, more than a quarter of a million children each year have been removed from their families and placed in foster care because of alleged neglect and these children are disproportionately Black or Indigenous. Too often, circumstances stemming from poverty are construed as neglect, but underlying both poverty and neglect is historic and present-day racism. This report outlines the history of how child protective services developed to over-surveil families of color, examines how...
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'Perfect timing' for CDC funding to take PACEs work in New Jersey to next level with focus on prevention
@Kamala Allen , vice president, program operations and child health quality, Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) and principal investigator, CDC PACEs: D2A award to CHCS. Liz Buck is project director. _____________________________ “The timing couldn’t have been more perfect,” says Kamala Allen, principal investigator for the New Jersey-based Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS). She was referring to the award from CDC’s Preventing ACEs: Data to Action (PACE: D2A) of $400,000 per...
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Office Announcement
As you may already be aware, the two year contract with Dave Ellis, DCF’s Executive on Loan (EOL) to coordinate statewide efforts to prevent, protect against, and heal from the effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) has ended. I know this is disappointing to so many of us whose lives, organizations and philosophies, Dave touched and influenced, but the EOL role was always expected to be short term. Together with support from DCF and philanthropy (the Burke Foundation, The Nicholson...
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Youth Leadership Opportunity: Recruiting Youth Advocacy Board Members
16 Strong Project is excited to be recruiting for our third Youth Advocacy Board! We are looking for youth ages 14-24 who are passionate about mental health education, want to learn more about ACEs, and who are ready to inspire change in their communities.
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JOB POSTING: Assistant Director of the NJ Resilience Institute (UNCLASSIFIED)
PACEs Family, The Office of Resilience is hiring an Assistant Director for the NJ Resilience Institute. Attached you will find the job posting or you can click here . Please share with your networks!
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Hey Camden Families! Don't Miss Out - THIS IS FOR YOU!!
Hello everyone! The Culture of Health Leaders Program have been hosting Family Cafes at Urban Promise since December. It is an opportunity for families to gather in community, share space with other families and also learn/discuss issues impacting their lives. We have been talking about ACES and its impact on how we show up in the world. This week we will talk about "community". How we define it, who is in our community, how we build community and how our children view community. There are...
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Connections Matter! Join us on August 7th!
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
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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Microgrant Moment - Build 360
Everything starts with a vision! The vision of one organization was curated with passion, dedication, persistence, and drive. NWON Opportunities, has been in business for years. Staff there are creating opportunities for young people, people of color, and women who have building construction skills and are between 18–25-years-old. In 2022, the Office of Resilience within the NJ Department of Children and Families created a microgrant program for communities to design programs that help to...
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UPCOMING WEBINARS - Check Them Out!
Anyone is welcome to attend these free webinars! Registration details below and flyers attached. Please feel free to forward to any individuals or agencies who you think may be interested. A full list of our upcoming webinars can also be found on our website at: www.sjlslaw.org under the Upcoming Webinars tab. Thank you! The Bankruptcy Discharge: Protections and Exceptions – Learn what is protected in bankruptcy and what is not. Wednesday, Sept. 20 th 10 am – 11 am followed by Q&A...
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embrella's Power to End Adverse Childhood Experiences (P.E.A.C.E.) Initiative
Work within or interact with the child welfare community in New Jersey and want to get involved in a movement to prevent childhood adversity? You're invited to participate in embrella's P.E.A.C.E. Initiative! Our goal is to Help Build a Connected and Healthy New Jersey Child Welfare Community embrella’s inaugural Power to End Adverse Childhood Experiences (P.E.A.C.E.) Initiative is a year-long series of Educational Workshops and Family/Community Engagement Events for foster, adoptive, and...
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All Call to Bridgeton Residents
Kindly see the attached flyer for an upcoming in-person youth event from Amber Pierce, Gateway Wellness Center. This event hits all the relevant points: positive youth development, trauma prevention, violence reduction, and Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
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NJ DCF Office of Resilience- "Lunch & Learn"
NJDCF Office of Resilience is inviting anyone that may be interested in learning about Resilience.
Executive Director of our Office, Dr. Rebecca Bryan, will be conducting a virtual "Lunch & Learn."
The Topic will be: Everyday Resilience Attitudes
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Microgrant Moment: Career Academy at Trenton Central High School
Dress for Success- Central New Jersey is dedicated to empowering women and teen girls by providing them with clothing and essential workforce development tools. Their mission is to instill confidence through effective communication, personal branding, and image enhancement, guiding these individuals to the next level of their academic and professional journeys. Dress for Success Mercer County began modestly in 2007 as a small affiliate, primarily focused on providing clothing to women...
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Microgrant Moment: Makers Place- YOU FIRST!
Makers Place, launched in July 2018, was founded on the principles of asset-based community development, emphasizing the value of building relationships and fostering a sense of community strength. Instead of focusing on what a community lacks, Makers Place recognizes and celebrates the inherent gifts within each individual. The organization is committed to bringing people together and leveraging community support to create a more unified and empowered environment. The challenges posed by...
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Microgrant Moment- Bloom Project
The Bloom Project, initiated by Sanar Institute to address the profound impact of adverse childhood experiences, particularly violence, stands as a beacon of hope and healing. Established with a prevention-oriented mindset, the project provides trauma healing services to youth and young adults who have endured adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). By facilitating their journey towards holistic well-being, the Bloom Project aspires to heal existing trauma and also to mitigate the risk of...
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Microgrant Moment: Expressive Art Therapy
Program Name: Expressive Art Therapy RAC: CUMAC Organization name: Aspire NJ Person of Contact: Davida Hunter Davida Hunter was a longtime school counselor about to start Expressive Art Therapy, a program for children, when the pandemic disrupted her plans. What she found was that during COVID, while it was easy enough to provide online therapy, she was finding it difficult to keep the attention of the children with which she worked. To address this, Davida and her coworker, a former art...
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Family Connects NJ - Universal Home Visiting
In July 2021, Governor Phil Murphy signed into law P.L.2021, c.187 to create a statewide, universal home visiting (UHV) program for newborns in the State of New Jersey.1 The program has been branded in New Jersey as Family Connects NJ. New Jersey is the second state in the country to legislate a statewide program through which families with a newborn can have a specially trained nurse visit their home in the first few weeks after the child’s birth. The services are free, voluntary, and meant...
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Microgrant Moment: Champions For Life
Program Name: Champions For Life RAC: Give a Kid a Dream Person of Contact: Jacklyn Atkins In her long professional career, Jacklyn Atkins has a diverse background. From being the Executive Director of Research and Development at AT&T to working with at-risk youth in Long Branch, to traveling to India for similar work. Her travel required long absences from her clients in New Jersey, which became increasingly difficult, eventually leading her to build her own program- Champions for Life.
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Microgrant Moment – Center for Prevention and Counseling’s Toolkits and the Education for Success Initiative Program
At the Center for Prevention and Counseling (CPC), staff are committed to seamlessly integrating strategies and education on healthy youth development They saw a natural alignment between Search Institute's 40 Developmental Assets for youth and the importance of raising awareness of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), including strategies to prevent and mitigate their impact. Using funding from the Department of Children and Families’ Office of Resilience microgrants, CPC staff developed...
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Trauma, Healing and Resilience
Idalmis T. Lamourt, MSW, LSW Assistant Director DCF Office of Resilience As I began my new position at the Office of Resilience, I found myself thinking a lot about the word trauma. We hear the term so often that we can become numb to it. But that isn’t case for those of us who have been impacted by trauma. We don’t become desensitized to what it truly means or what it took to get through that trauma. And each new trauma builds upon past ones. The federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health...
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DCF Documentary, Truth to Transformation, to Screen at Garden State Film Festiva
DCF Documentary, Truth to Transformation , to Screen at Garden State Film Festival Documentary Short Follows the Stories of Three People Affected by the Child Welfare System as They Work with the Department to Co-Design the Future of Child Welfare in NJ ASBURY PARK, N.J. – Over the last six years, the New Jersey Department of Children and Families has been actively working to change the narrative of child welfare in the state, to promote a vision of a family-serving system that helps all...
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Re: NJ DCF Office of Resilience #Resilience NJ Task Force Meeting
😖 The registration link is not working. 😖 ~ Terri Envision a world where… …we know that how we treat the child is how the child will treat the world. …each child’s nature is cared for as one would care for a garden, so it can unfold at that child’s own rhythm and pace. Every child is wanted, welcomed, loved, and valued. Every family is prepared for and supported in practicing the art and science of nurturing children. Adults respect children and honor childhood. Children joyfully...
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Re: NJ DCF Office of Resilience #Resilience NJ Task Force Meeting
Hi Andre, the registration link is not working. Thanks - Risikat
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CRC Accelerator Hiatus Announcement: Limited Time Left to Complete the CRC Accelerator Program, Certificate of Participation Toolkit & The Road Ahead
March marks the final month of the granting period for the CRC Accelerator. Here are the next steps for certification or a certificate of participation.
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NJ DCF Office of Resilience #Resilience NJ Task Force Meeting
Please open attached PDF file for registration link. Meeting Registration - Zoom (zoomgov.com)
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Meeting Registration - Zoom (zoomgov.com) HI all. I am placing a new link in the comments. Sorry for any inconvenience.
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The White House is highlighting NJ’s regional health hubs. Here’s why.
The hubs coordinate medical and social services, especially for people with complex challenges like homelessness or addiction. When state health officials sought to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates in Camden — one of a handful of communities lagging statewide immunization levels in July 2021 — they turned to the Camden Coalition for help. The Coalition, a nonprofit alliance founded two decades ago to improve health outcomes in the city, distributed information about the benefits of...
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NJ DCF Office of Resilience - Police Youth Initiative
The OOR Police-Youth Initiative was highlighted in the newest issue of The NJ Police Chief Magazine. Community navigator Tim Woody authored an article – look for it on page 25 on this link: The NJ Police Chief Magazine - Volume 30, Number 5 FEB 2024 MAG (joomag.com)
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OOR/ Ministry and Community Connection -- Faith Based Symposium 2024
Use Eventbrite Link to Register: 2024 Office of Resilience Ministry and Community Connections Tickets, Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 11:00 AM | Eventbrite The Office of Resilience (OOR) seeks to endorse strengthening collaborations, expanding local resources, and building the capacity to provide resources and supports to communities through faith-based efforts. The OOR intends to engage statewide faith-based leaders in the hopes of exploring and fostering potential partnerships. The goal of the...
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Youth Arts Ed Summit
The NJ Resiliency Coalition would like to share flyer for the Event shown. Please click on the attachment to open the flyer in the Adobe PDF format. From there you will be able to use the clickable links.
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Annual Healthy Kids Day which will take part on May 4th
This is a community event where we encourage healthy habits and activities for children and families. Organizations and Vendors are able to set up tables (free of charge) and share information with the community. We just ask that you bring an activity for the children to participate in, engage in, take, etc. I’ve attached additional details. Alejandrina Batista, LCSW ( She/Her) Director of Mental Health Services RARITAN BAY AREA YMCA 357 New Brunswick Avenue Perth Amboy, NJ 08861 (P)...
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Ways to Help Heal Hidden Wounds of Trauma
“What if I was made for evil?” These are the words of a 15-year-old African American male that I will never forget. He was in an alternative to incarceration program. As a social worker, in my usual capacity of trying to encourage and uplift this young man, I told him that he was made for good and he countered with the aforementioned question. He said, ‘If someone was made for good, then someone had to be made for evil.’ He asked, what if that was him? It stopped me in the middle of my...
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Guidelines Released for New Jersey Cultural Trust’s FY25 Institutional and Financial Stabilization Grants for Arts Organizations
TRENTON, NJ — The New Jersey Cultural Trust, in partnership with the New Jersey State Council on the Arts (Arts Council), has released the guidelines for its Fiscal Year 2025 grant program , Institutional and Financial Stabilization Grants for Arts Organizations (IFS Arts). The IFS Arts program addresses the financial and institutional challenges that threaten nonprofit arts organizations’ stability, helping them build greater operational capacity. Past grant projects funded through this...