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Bounce Coalition (KY)

Bounce is a coalition of community partners working together to build the resiliency of children, adults, and families by improving knowledge about the impact of ACEs and the skills to help people bounce back from adversity. We do this by: educating and training; measuring impact; and advocating for policies that support trauma-informed communities. www.bouncecoalition.org

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Bounce Coalition Joining Kentucky Youth Advocates to Expand Efforts to Build Resilient Families and Trauma-Informed Communities

Carli Mosby-Smith ·
Louisville, KY – The Bounce Coalition is joining Kentucky Youth Advocates to further strengthen its efforts as a collaborative network of professionals and advocates that works to increase understanding of the impact of childhood trauma, address the root causes of poor health and inequities, and improve outcomes of all Kentucky children. “The Bounce Coalition has had success in working with agencies serving children to better understand the immense impact childhood trauma can have throughout...
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Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence Funds Bounce Partnership with Louisville’s Providers of Adolescent Residential Services

Carli Mosby-Smith ·
Louisville, KY (February 14, 2020) – The Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence (JHFE) has awarded the Bounce Coalition a grant to provide training and support to several of Louisville’s adolescent residential services over the next two years. Bounce will partner with Uspiritus, Boys and Girls Haven, St. Joseph Children’s Home, and the on-campus Jefferson County Public Schools serving these agencies to become self-sustaining, trauma-informed organizations – serving children and families through...
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Data-Driven, Cross-Sector: Bounce Coalition Boosts Trauma-Informed Change in Kentucky

Anndee Hochman ·
Student suspension rates dropped. Teacher retention rose. Membership in the PTA swelled from zero to more than 200. More kids said in a survey that there was at least one adult at school whom they could talk to if they had a problem. The data—a comparison of the Bounce Coalition’s pilot school and one with similar demographics—told the Kentucky resilience-boosting group that they were on the right track. The Bounce Coalition formed in 2014; the catalyst was a grant from the Foundation for a...
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Bounce Coalition Partners with Humana to Provide Trauma-Informed Training to Employees serving Kentuckians with Medicaid

Carli Mosby-Smith ·
Louisville, KY (September 17, 2020)  – The Bounce Coalition is partnering with Humana to provide trauma-informed training for the managed care organization’s employees serving Medicaid members in Kentucky. Across the country, there is growing recognition of trauma’s profound negative impact on the health and well-being of children and adults. Exposure to abuse, neglect, systemic discrimination, and violence increases the risk for poor health outcomes throughout life. Yet it is possible to...
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Bounce creates new tool for youth serving organizations

Shannon Moody ·
Trauma triggers set off responses that can appear confusing and out of place to others and are easily misunderstood when taken at face value. Bounce, in partnership with the YMCA of Greater Louisville developed an easy-to-remember tool for those working with young people. The 4 C's of Calming helps remind the adults to: Clear Out, Create Space, Communicate Simply and Consider Posture. See the resource here: https://bouncecoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/4-Cs-of-Calming.pdf
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Watch the latest Grand Rounds from Bounce Coalition + Updates from Kentucky.

Carli Mosby-Smith ·
See below for links to video and other resources! Thanks to everyone who attended Bounce Grand Rounds last month as we discussed supporting foster youth and families who have struggled with adversity. In case you missed it, watch the recording here . Special thanks to our panelist Sarah Stalker, child advocate and Kentucky Department for Community Based Services foster parent. Tip of the Month There are lots of different ways to teach our kids how to take deep breaths. One of the best ways...
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Building Resilience in Child and Youth-Serving Organizations

Carli Mosby-Smith ·
The Bounce Coalition recently wrapped up its year-long work with two youth-serving organizations in the Greater Louisville area. With support from the C. E. and S. Foundation, Bounce provided training and technical assistance to the YMCA of Greater Louisville’s Infant, Toddler and Preschool Program and School-Age Child Care Program (K-8), and Boys & Girls Clubs of Kentuckiana’s legacy clubs in the Newburg, Parkland, and Shawnee neighborhoods to become trauma-informed organizations –...
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Check out updates from Bounce Coalition - Kentucky!

Carli Mosby-Smith ·
Building Resilience in Child and Youth-Serving Organizations The Bounce Coalition recently wrapped up its year-long work with two youth-serving organizations in the Greater Louisville area. With support from the C. E. and S. Foundation, Bounce provided training and technical assistance to the YMCA of Greater Louisville ’s Infant, Toddler and Preschool Program and School-Age Child Care Program (K-8) , and Boys & Girls Clubs of Kentuckiana ’s legacy clubs in the Newburg, Parkland, and...
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A Look Ahead to the 2022 Kentucky General Assembly

Carli Mosby-Smith ·
As legislators and advocates around the state are gearing up for the 2022 General Assembly beginning in January, the Bounce Coalition is preparing to advocate for policies that address the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACEs. The Bounce Coalition is proud to partner with Bloom Kentucky , the Blueprint for Kentucky's Children , and Kosair Charities' Face It Movement to shine a light on the need to prevent and mitigate ACEs among Kentucky's kids and families. Join Bloom Kentucky's...
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Goodwill of Kentucky Collaborates with Bounce for Customized Trauma-Informed Care Trainings

Carli Mosby-Smith ·
With the help of the Bounce Coalition, Goodwill of Kentucky recently undertook an initiative to bring trauma-informed care training to its roughly 1,400 employees. In November, Bounce launched a new initiative with Goodwill that allowed the organizations to work together to customize Bounce foundational training curricula to more appropriately fit the goals of the organization and the needs of its employees and clients. A small, diverse cohort of Goodwill staff took part in a two-day...
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Bounce Grand Rounds - Spring 2022

Carli Mosby-Smith ·
Check out our most recent Bounce Grand Rounds , a FREE virtual learning opportunity for anyone interested in building a more connected, trauma-informed community. During the event, participants discussed supporting youth dealing with mental health challenges. Stay tuned for more info on our next Bounce Grand Rounds event coming Fall of 2022!
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PACEs Champion BJ Adkins, Kentucky’s PACEs Rainmaker

Carli Mosby-Smith ·
This post originally appeared on PACEs Connection on July 19, 2022. BJ (Betty) Adkins shares her passion for helping communities overcome trauma as coleader of a team that is seeding PACEs throughout Kentucky. Starting with a planning grant from the Foundation for Healthy Kentucky in 2012, her team of community stakeholders initiated the Bounce Coalition. Bounce reaches educators, administrators, service providers, and parents throughout Kentucky counties who are adopting the Bounce...
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Creating Trauma-Informed Communities in Rural Kentucky

Carli Mosby-Smith ·
by Beverly Winsch, PhD. The Bounce Coalition, launched in 2014 with a grant from the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky (FHK) for a program in Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) elementary schools. At JCPS, Bounce interventions reduced out-of-school suspensions for students, improved staff perception of their skills for supporting youth experiencing trauma, improved student school climate survey results, increased parent engagement, and higher teacher retention. Next, the FHK funded the...
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You're Invited: Bounce Grand Rounds on October 12th

Carli Mosby-Smith ·
Join us for a virtual learning opportunity on Wednesday, October 12 from 10:00AM - 11:30AM ET to discuss school safety and the impact of community violence on our youngest Kentuckians. People impacted by trauma are often caught in webs of complexity that challenge the very systems designed to help them. Yet organizations often work in silos, even as the people they serve have needs requiring coordinated support. Bounce Grand Rounds is a forum designed to foster cross-sector collaboration and...
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