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PACEs Connection's interactive four-part series on building and maintaining strategic partnerships in our PACEs Connection communities begins in the second quarter of 2022. This course will be facilitated by Carey Sipp, PACEs Connection’s director of strategic partnerships, and will be a combination of sharing, learning by example, exploration with your fellow community members, consensus building, brainstorming, and collaboration. Registration for this course is now open for members of the...

I want to thank everyone who attended our Cooperative of Communities monthly meeting yesterday. As promised, I have included the PowerPoint presentation on this community page. You can either CLICK HERE or click on the resources tab at the top of the page to access the presentation. Thank you all for your engagement and I look forward to seeing you next month as we collaborate around facilitating collective hope! As another reminder, please do not forget to share this quarter's Cooperative...

PACEs Connection communities professional learning sessions will begin tomorrow for the second quarter of 2022. These courses will be facilitated by PACES Connection staff and will be a combination of sharing, learning by example, exploration with your fellow community members, consensus building, brainstorming, and collaboration with a focus for each individual session. Registration for these sessions are now open! REMINDER: You can send this opportunities to anyone in your full network!

Apply for FACT's 35th Anniversary Community Resilience Awards Awards of $350 are available to help support local community resilience activities led by TICNs throughout VA. Applications have been made simple and straightforward. Visit the FACT website for full details and to apply by January 31 ! Funds may be used during Resilience Week! General Assembly Updates from Voices for Virginia's Children Read about Voices' Youth Advocacy Day , efforts to increase language access and equity in...

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...

By Special to the Enterprise, Davis Enterprise, October 25, 2021 In November, Resilient Yolo will launch a three-part virtual workshop series to educate members of the public on strategies for strengthening health and social support systems in Yolo County. To advance conversations around health and equity, the collaborative will also be hosting a Building a Resilient Yolo Summit in spring 2022. Formed in 2014, Resilient Yolo is a community-based collaborative with an interest in...

Not sure which sector or subsector to choose for your organization? See the list of examples below for help. Business : Privately owned organizations that operate at a profit. Examples: McDonalds, Local Drugstores, Child Care : Organizations that provide care to children. Daycare Centers, In-home childcare providers, after-school programs. Civic : Elected officials, city offices, libraries Community Service Organization : Local service clubs. Lions Clubs, Kiwanis Clubs, Fraternities and...

Fresno’s Milestones Tracker provides a map of organizations that have or are becoming trauma-informed. Each dot represents an organization. The dots are color-coded to a particular sector. The larger the dot, the more milestones they’ve done. Click on a dot to see the name of the organization If there’s one word that captures the engine behind Fresno’s flourishing PACEs Connection initiative, that word is “grassroots.” Just ask Jason Williams, the community manager for Fresno’s initiative...

September 15-October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month . View a collection of Hispanic and Latino Heritage Events in the Commonwealth via the Governor's website . You can read about the history of the month and the importance of considerations of language, equity and justice during this month and beyond, as well as peruse a collection of resources , on NPR. Longstanding racism and the harms caused by the COVID-19 pandemic create significant strains on mental wellbeing. The pandemic has...

By Nicole Rosenthal, Patch, September 16, 2021 The Garden State has committed to make universal preschool programs available to all New Jersey families within the next several years, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Thursday. The New Jersey Department of Education has been tasked with creating a "strategic plan" for a universal preschool program in the state, Murphy said during a news conference and visit to Dr. Charles Smith Elementary Childhood Center in Palisades Park, which boasts a...

COOP members! Join us for the 2nd session in our series on trauma-informed schools, description and registration below. The How of Trauma-Informed Schools, September 15th, 2021 9-10:30am pst, register here How SAMHSA's 6 principles of trauma-informed care are applied in school settings and provide a framework for transforming school culture Examine ways in which schools can redesign themselves to be trauma-responsive and polyvagal-informed spaces for youth and adults. The importance of...

Miss out on an event from Racial Truth & Reconciliation Week 2021? Check out the recordings for each day’s events in their Events Archive or on Voices for Virginia's Children's YouTube channel ! Trauma-Informed Return to School This month, students and teachers are returning to classrooms amid an ongoing pandemic. In this interview with Newsweek , Dr. Nadine Burke-Harris and other experts talk about the importance of acknowledging the trauma of the pandemic and how to help students and...