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2 New Communities Join ACEs Connection: January of 2020
Please welcome these two new community initiatives from Idaho and Virginia to ACEs Connection . More information about each one of them is below. Caroline Virginia Community Resilience Network: Our local community network is newly formed in the Richmond, Va region and have a ton of support from local agencies, sheriff, Superintendent of Schools, and faith leaders who are passionate about changing the culture and trajectory of our community one family at a time. You are welcome to join the...
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BRFSS and ACEs- coming to VA in 2017!
Below is a link to BRFSS (Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a CDC annual survey) ACEs data. States get to choose what data is included, and Virginia will be including ACEs data starting in January 2017. The info learned in other states below will give you some idea of what we will get to learn about Virginia in the coming years. Also, attached is the list of the ACEs questions that will be asked when the BRFSS is conducted in Virginia. State ACEs Survey Reports
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Greater Richmond TICN Meeting Minutes 2.2.18!
Please find meeting minutes HERE from our 2.2.18 meeting. TICN member, Nina Marino, presented about ARC Reflections and TST-FC: two new trauma-responsive skill building curricula for foster/adoptive and kinship families (PPT and links are in the meeting minutes). There were 52 people in attendance at this meeting! Trauma Informed Community Network (TICN) Meeting Minutes 2.2.18 In attendance: Lisa Wright (GRSCAN), Fred Orelove (VCU/GRSCAN), Jeanine Harper (GRSCAN), Brittany Armentrout (Poplar...
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Help Support Trauma-Informed Policy by Sending a Letter to the VA Commission on Youth
Our partners, Voices for Virginia's Children, have sent out a call for organizations and individuals to respond to several recommendations being considered on state-level trauma made following the September 20 Virginia Commission on Youth meeting. You can review the list of recommendations that COY will consider at the Nov. 7 th meeting here . Attached is a document from Voices for Virginia's Children containing talking points and a sample draft letter. We ask you to consider editing the...
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Latest ACEs science research from PubMed, February 12, 2019
Hair cortisol in the perinatal period mediates associations between maternal adversity and disrupted maternal interaction in early infancy. Nyström-Hansen M, Andersen MS, Khoury JE, Davidsen K, Gumley A, Lyons-Ruth K, MacBeth A, Harder S. Dev Psychobiol . 2019 Feb 12. doi: 10.1002/dev.21833. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30747450 elect item 3074 Child maltreatment is mediating long-term consequences of household dysfunction in a population representative sample. Clemens V, Berthold O, Witt A,...
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New Study Shows Communities Can Reduce the Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences [Mathematica Policy Research]
[ Ed. note: Following is a media release published yesterday by Mathematica Policy Research. This follows on the heals of the report, "Self-Healing Communities" that Laura Porter, Dr. Robert Anda and WHO wrote for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Both reports and executive summaries are attached to this blog post. Both reports are significant, because they show that community ACEs initiatives -- with "modest investments and limited staff" -- are solving some of our most intractable...
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Petersburg Beyond ACEs: Building Community Resilience Summit - Registration Now Open
Download the Summit Flyer here . The summit’s schedule-at-a-glance is provided below. Full details of the summit are provided in the Summit Packet . Events which are free are denoted with an asterisk (*). Thursday, June 1, 2017 Tabernacle Baptist Church Family Life Center 7:30am – 8:30am: Registration 8:30am – 3:15pm: Workshops on Building Trauma Sensitive Schools and Building Trauma Sensitive Clinical and Support Services 4:15pm – 4:45pm: Meet and Greet 4:45pm – 5:30pm: Dinner and Music...
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Substance Exposed Infant (SEI) Awareness Week
July 2 - July 8, 2017 is Substance Exposed Infant (SEI) Awareness Week. Approximately 100,000 babies are born in Virginia every year and, according to national estimates, about 10,000 of them are substance exposed in utero. The 2017 General Assembly passed a resolution when they met early this year declaring that, beginning July 1, 2017 and every year thereafter, the first week in July will be considered Substance Exposed Infant ( SEI) Awareness Week. Please spread the word and consider how...
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TICN 3.31.17 Meeting!
Attached are meeting minutes from our 3.31.17 meeting! See our picture with Delegate Carr and the TICN copy of Resolution 653 to recognize TICNs across the state.
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TICN Meeting Minutes from 5.25.18
Please find meeting minutes at THIS LINK (and attached). We had an amazing guest speaker and great turnout on a holiday weekend!
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Trauma Informed Care -- Workforce training framework
A colleague of mine -- here in New Zealand!! -- recently passed the attached PDF, from Scotland, onto me. It concerns a relatively recent, and still developing, proposed trauma training framework. This might be helpful to others wishing to go further in introducing TIC in their own services. It includes a consideration of ACEs. Naturally, it needs to incorporate culture-specific additions or modifications to suit your local conditions. The document as it is likely has broad application.
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Virginia statewide Trauma-Informed Community Networks
On 9.19.17, the Greater Richmond TICN convened a statewide meeting for Trauma-Informed Community Networks in Virginia. There are currently nine TICNs at various stages of development. Summaries from six of these networks (Fairfax, Greater Charlottesville, Greater Piedmont, Greater Richmond, Harrison burg & Southside) are in the attached document. We are SUPER excited to be connected with so many amazing people who are working to build a more resilient Virginia.
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[WEBINAR] Starting & Growing Resilient Communities: How to Tell Your Community Story GRC 2.0 Celebrate
ACEs Connection presents, "Starting & Growing Resilient Communities: Online & In Real Life (IRL)", an interactive webinar training series focused on developing existing and potential online community managers and IRL ACEs champions. This series is dedicated to providing insight into creating sustainable and effective online & IRL ACEs initiatives. In this fifth session, we’ll talk about why it's so critical to tell your story far and wide. This incudes how to blog and share...
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What would community resilience look like in Richmond?
Although Richmond is a thriving city, it has a traumatic past. For some communities this trauma is still present. How do communities heal or become resilient? What progress has Richmond made in regard to healing and how can it improve? This post will offer an initiative that may help Richmond to frame its ongoing road to resiliency. 100 Resilient Communities is an initiative that seeks to build resilience in urban communities through resilience frameworks and support. The initiative focuses...
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Re: Never Give Up: A video for youth by youth on complex trauma
Hi Hope! So glad you joined our GRTICN Community. I found this video on YouTube (approx 14 mins long). Do you know if that is the entire film? If so, this would be a great thing to view at our next full TICN meeting on 2/2. And to answer your question, I am not aware of any upcoming viewings but will ask around. Take care - Lisa
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Re: Virginia statewide Trauma-Informed Community Networks
Hi, Cristy: I was able to open it in Word. The whole thing is embedded below: Summary of Virginia TICNs from 9.19.17 VA Statewide TICN Meeting Fairfax TICN # of members, # organizations, examples of organizations represented: The Fairfax TICN is a network of over 75 individuals representing over 25 partner organizations to include Fairfax County Public Schools, the faith community, private and non-profit providers, and county government human services agencies (courts, social services,...
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VA TICNs eNote June 15 2020 [grscan.com]
Supporting Black LGBTQ Mental Health via the Trevor Project - also comes in a printable PDF . 32 Black-Led Queer & Trans Organizations to Support from the Audre Lorde Project to the Trans Women of Color Collective . Organization Development for Social Change: An Integrated Approach to Community Transformation via Racial Equity Tools includes information for sustainability when doing this long-term work. Race Forward catalyzes movement building for racial justice; in partnership with...
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Virginia Trauma-Informed Community Networks eNote June 29 2020
Adverse Community Experiences and Resilience: A Framework for Addressing and Preventing Community Trauma , from the Prevention Institute, outlines specific strategies to address and prevent community trauma—and foster resilience—using techniques from those living in affected areas. Surviving Oppression/Healing Oppression describes trauma responses from those who are targets and agents of oppression and the need for trauma-responsive strategies. Everyday Democracy created an interactive slide...
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VA TICNs eNote July 27 2020 [grscan.com]
A preview of the programs happening during Racial Truth & Reconciliation Week is up on the Voices for Virginia's Children blog! All programs will be posted by July 31, and we'll share more at the end of this week! You can already take a look at the Art & Activism Virtual Showcase , sign up to be a Partner in Solidarity , read stories , and access a Social Media Toolkit . From a Moment to a Movement: Envisioning a Child Welfare System We Have Yet to See from the Chronicle of Social...
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Greater Richmond Trauma Informed Community Network, first to join ACEs Cooperative of Communities, shows what it means to ROCK!
In 2012, Greater Richmond SCAN and five other community partners hatched a one-year plan to educate the Richmond, Virginia, community about ACEs science and to embed trauma-informed practices. Eight years later, the original group has evolved into the Greater Richmond Trauma-Informed Community Network (GRTICN) with 495 people and 170 organizations. And they're just scratching the surface.
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VA TICNs eNote August 17 2020
Hello, everyone! As we look ahead to more sustainable efforts in our new normal, the VA TICNs eNote will adjust from weekly distribution to bi-weekly. If you have any feedback about the eNote or information you'd like shared, you can reply to the email containing the eNote or contact Charlotte Eure at ceure@grscan.com . United Way of Greater Richmond and Petersburg , the backbone organization of the Southside TICN, created trauma-informed resources through their COVID-19 toolkit in handy,...
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VA TICNs eNote September 28 2020 [grscan.com]
If you are a coordinator or leader of a trauma-informed community network, you can always reach out to the State Coordinator for the VA TICNs, Melissa McGinn, mmcginn@grscan.com . Melissa is here to offer support and technical assistance for anything related to building and sustaining a TICN, from getting on a call or attending a meeting to connecting you with other network coordinators around the state. Click here for a current list of VA TICNs around the state . Happy Hispanic and Latinx...
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'A Better Normal:' Can universal ACEs screening be equitable? -- Concerns and solutions
Can universal ACEs screening be equitable? A conversation about concerns and solutions. When: Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2-3:30 pm PDT/5-6:30 pm EDT This webinar explores what it takes to ensure that equity is built into the process of screening and providing support for families who have experienced trauma and want help. REGISTER HERE Background At the beginning of this year, California, through the ACEs Aware initiative began rolling out universal screening for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs),...
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VA TICNs eNote October 26 2020 [grscan.com]
Please feel free to share any resources or events that you would like to see in the next eNote by replying to this one or emailing Charlotte Eure at ceure@grscan.com . To build healthy, resilient organizations, nonprofits need to do more than adopt standard diversity, equity, and inclusion practices. They need to acknowledge systemic racism then commit to and implement processes to upend it. Read more about ways to do this in the latest issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review . How do...
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VA TICNs eNote December 7 2020 [grscan.com]
Save the dates! Resilience Week VA 2021 will take place May 2-8. It's not too early to start planning for the next Resilience Week VA! Take some time over the last few weeks of December to look back at our first annual Resilience Week VA and get the wheels turning on creative ways to celebrate this coming year! The MARC website has some great recent articles on different trauma-informed and resilience-building initiatives throughout the U.S. Visit the links below to read more. Nashville's...
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Black HIS-Story Week Begins Today [grscan.com]
Black HIS-Story Week begins today! There are so many amazing events to tune into each day this week. We've shared a few below. Be sure to check out the full schedule of events on the Black HIS-Story Week website ! Watch this event, featuring individuals from across Virginia, on SCAN’s Facebook page ! Self Care: Healing Racist Wounds Wednesday, February 24, 7:00 p.m. Beyond the obvious effects of racism is an underlying reality — people affected by the stress of racism show signs of...
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VA TICNs eNote March 15 2021 [grscan.com]
Understanding the need for fresh, powerful framing strategies, Prevent Child Abuse America (PCA America) and the newly merged Alliance for Strong Families and Communities and Council on Accreditation asked the FrameWorks Institute to update framing recommendations that have served our field well since 2004. The result is a new strategic brief, Reframing Childhood Adversity: Promoting Upstream Approaches . This actionable guide takes recent science and current communications contexts into...
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VA TICNs eNote March 29 2021 [grscan.com]
Illustration by Sally Deng Resources for Responding to Violence Against the AAPI Community 5 Asian-Founded Wellness Resources for members of the AAPI (Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders) community who might be in need of support, right now and always. What You Can Do to Fight Violence and Racism Against Asian Americans from PBS includes information on bystander intervention, historical resources, suggestions for legislative advocacy, and more. Watch a video conversation on supporting AAPI...
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Resilience Week VA 2021 Events [grscan.com]
Click on the flyers, images, and links throughout this eNote to register for these upcoming Resilience Week Virginia 2021 events! More are coming together every day, so keep checking the Resilience Week Events Page for more ways to participate. Through this session, Chloe Edwards and Emily Griffey from Voices for Virginia's Children will walk participants through a state and federal policy deep dive by highlighting policies that contribute to resilient communities. Stay informed to fully...
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Resilience Week Virginia 2021 Begins May 2
The second annual Resilience Week Virginia begins Sunday, May 2, and it’s shaping up to be another transformative and much-needed experience. In the year since the first Resilience Week Virginia, we have continued to endure a global pandemic, racial and economic injustice, and so much grief and loss. At the same time, we have continued to persevere, connect, and care for ourselves and one another. The lessons of trauma and resilience illuminate our individual and collective strengths and the...
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VA TICNs eNote May 10 2021 [grscan.com]
Thank you all for making the second annual Resilience Week Virginia so wonderful! Many of the events are still available to view if you missed them, and the website will remain available as a resource. May 1st marked the beginning of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a moment to reflect on and celebrate the histories, cultures, and contributions of AAPI communities. Read more about taking on myths and uncovering resilience during this month . AAPI faculty and staff at UCLA...
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VA TICNs eNote May 24 2021 [grscan.com]
Enjoy this Resilience Week recap video showcasing some of the amazing contributions and celebrations throughout the week! Save the Date! Virginia's second annual Racial Truth & Reconciliation Week will be August 1-7, 2021. The week aims to implement the Racial Truth & Reconciliation Virginia mission of empowering marginalized communities in acknowledgment of truth to promote healing, reconciliation, and justice for children and families. View the Racial Truth & Reconciliation VA...
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VA TICNs eNote June 21 2021 [grscan.com]
"Our survival depends on us finding ways to create joy for ourselves, ways to laugh together and sharing insights that can only come from truly knowing ourselves," says Alex Schmider, GLAAD's associate director of transgender representation. Read more about finding joy amid trauma during Pride month and beyond . What Juneteenth Means to Me Trauma-informed specialist Amanda Lynch writes about intergenerational trauma and intergenerational resilience as Juneteenth was declared a national...
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VA TICNs eNote July 6 2021 [grscan.com]
"The pandemic has upended the meaning of authenticity in my life and has made me reconsider my own resilience in the face of hardship. ...Every day I wake up and I choose to reimagine and shape what future worlds will look like. I don’t want a new normal; I want a new era." Read more from disability justice advocate Bri M . and check out Power Not Pity , a podcast that centers and celebrates the lived experiences of disabled people of color. “People put their heads down and do what they have...
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VA TICNs eNote July 19 2021 [grscan.com]
There's a new webpage for the VA TICNs ! You can find a PDF of the full list of networks, an interactive map, the eNote archive, resources, and more. We will continue to update and add to the page and ask that you please share any resources, updated information, or additional info! -send to ceure@grscan.com or mmcginn@grscan.com- Advocacy Opportunity! The RISE From Trauma Act provides a unique opportunity to help launch a new federal grant program of up to $4.8 billion over eight years ($600...
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VA TICNs eNote July 19 2021 [grscan.com]
There's a new webpage for the VA TICNs ! You can find a PDF of the full list of networks, an interactive map, the eNote archive, resources, and more. We will continue to update and add to the page and ask that you please share any resources, updated information, or additional info! -send to ceure@grscan.com or mmcginn@grscan.com- Advocacy Opportunity! The RISE From Trauma Act provides a unique opportunity to help launch a new federal grant program of up to $4.8 billion over eight years ($600...
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VA TICNs eNote August 2 2021 [grscan.com]
"Prioritizing healing and trauma-informed policy is a commitment to restoring and healing the soul of our nation and our communities. Only when our policies and budgets are driven by compassion and center the experiences of those closest to the pain, will we finally live up to the promise of a government for the people, and by the people." - " From This Year Of Hurt And Beyond, There Is Hope " by U.S. Representative Ayanna Presley Young Black Athletes Are Launching a Mental Health Revolution...
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VA TICNs eNote August 16 2021 [grscan.com]
For the first time, state general funds are being allocated to the VA TICNs! " $1,000,000 [of American Rescue Plan funds] to the Department of Social Services for the Virginia Trauma-Informed Community Network (TICN) to provide a community awareness campaign, education, professional development, mini grants, and other initiatives to support existing networks. " We will continue to share information about this exciting news as we receive it! The website for Virginia's 2nd annual Racial Truth...
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VA TICNs eNote August 30 2021 [grscan.com]
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...
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VA TICNs eNote September 13 2021 [grscan.com]
One of the largest Confederate monuments came down September 8 in Richmond, Virginia . “This city belongs to all of us, not just some of us,” said David Bailey, whose nonprofit organization helps churches with racial reconciliation work. “Now we can try to figure out what’s next. We are creating a new legacy.” September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month Resilient Chesterfield is the theme for the Chesterfield Suicide Awareness and Prevention Coalition’s 2021 Suicide Prevention Month...
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VA TICNs eNote September 27 2021 [grscan.com]
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...
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Trauma-Informed Criminal Justice with Special Guest, Becky Haas, Pioneer in Developing Trauma-Informed Judicial Initiatives
Please join us for our new series entitled: Trauma-Informed Criminal Justice. This monthly virtual Zoom series will feature conversations facilitated by Dr. Porter Jennings-McGarity, PhD/LCSW, 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...
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VA TICNs eNote January 24 2022
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...
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Free to COOPs and your members: RYSE Center Presents: Radical Inquiry session on supporting BIPOC Youth Liberation!
COST: $150 - General Registration F REE - Cooperative of Communities Network Members using code P CCOOP22 Register here and use code PCCOOP22 J oin the RYSE Center and PACEs Connection on July 12. 2022 from 10 am-1 pm PT / 12 pm-3 pm CT / 1 pm-4 pm ET to examine how conventional social science research often produces and replicates unjust and harmful narratives about Black, Indigenous, Youth of Color (BIPOC) capacities, priorities, dreams, and needs. At the same time, research upholds and...
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Trauma-Informed Principles Rebooted
One of the biggest questions that Andi and I get whenever we talk about a trauma-informed approach is something along the lines of “Ok I get ACEs and toxic stress, but what can I do about it in my organization?” We get it–this approach can seem overwhelming because it is literally a lens through which you see everything. We often say that a trauma-informed approach is less about what you do and more about how you do it. So how in the world do we even begin the work of operationalizing our unders