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By popular demand: PACEs Connection's PACEs science 101 presentation for anyone to use

Jane Stevens ·
You asked for it! It's finally here: PACEs Connection's official PACEs science PowerPoint ! Who's it for? Anyone who needs to do a presentation about PACEs science. How long is it? About 25-30 minutes, depending on how fast you speak. What does it cover? The five parts of PACEs science—epidemiology (the ACE Study and other surveys), the neurobiology of toxic stress (brain science), the short- and long-term health consequences of toxic stress, historical trauma and the effects of toxic stress...
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Healthy Blue builds on community relationships in PACEs Connection initiatives to improve the health and wellbeing of caregivers, children, and families in the foster care system.

Carey Sipp ·
What: Multi-county initiative in North Carolina funded by Healthy Blue involves resiliency initiatives in the PACEs Connection Cooperative of Communities in hopes of improving the health and wellbeing of foster children and families, as well as caregivers. A large part of this work will be to make available trainings about the science of positive and adverse childhood experiences (PACEs) and a skills-based stabilization program, the Community Resiliency Model (CRM) ® , which helps users...
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Introducing the Creating Resilient Communities Accelerator Program at PACEs Connection!

Donielle Prince ·
Introducing the Creating Resilient Communities Accelerator Program at PACEs Connection, a 16 hour program, free and open to the public, to learn key topics in organizing PACEs science informed resilient communities.
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Introducing the Creating Resilient Communities Accelerator Program at PACEs Connection!

Donielle Prince ·
Introducing the Creating Resilient Communities Accelerator Program at PACEs Connection, a 16 hour program, free and open to the public, to learn key topics in organizing PACEs science informed resilient communities.
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January 19th CTIPP CAN Call - Trauma-Informed Initiatives in Baltimore and Maryland

Jesse Maxwell Kohler ·
Join us next Wednesday for two excellent CTIPP CAN presentations to begin our 2022 lineup. Baltimore Councilman Zeke Cohen will discuss the work, started by the late Congressman Elijah Cummings, that is making the city of Baltimore trauma-informed. Claudia Remington will describe new trauma informed initiatives by the State of Maryland, including legislation that created a Commission to develop a comprehensive strategy to make the State trauma informed. We will also report on the first...
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January 19th CTIPP CAN Call - Trauma-Informed Initiatives in Baltimore and Maryland

Jesse Maxwell Kohler ·
Join us next Wednesday for two excellent CTIPP CAN presentations to begin our 2022 lineup. Baltimore Councilman Zeke Cohen will discuss the work, started by the late Congressman Elijah Cummings, that is making the city of Baltimore trauma-informed. Claudia Remington will describe new trauma informed initiatives by the State of Maryland, including legislation that created a Commission to develop a comprehensive strategy to make the State trauma informed. We will also report on the first...
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FREE Nutrition and Cooking Classes starting January 31!

Kelly Purcell ·
The Carolina Hunger Initiative is hosting free nutrition and cooking classes for children and adults starting January 31, 2022. Information below taken directly from the Carolina Hunger Initiative website. Cooking Matters at Home: Mondays at 7pm Join us online for FREE online nutrition and cooking education lessons! The Cooking Matters at Home program shares information about buying healthy, affordable foods that families can prepare and eat together at home. Spring lessons will be held...
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February 18, 2022 - Day 4 - Building the Movement through Transformative Justice and Faith-Based Communities

Jesse Maxwell Kohler ·
Day 4 - Building the Movement through Transformative Justice and Faith-Based Communities February 18, 2022 - 1pm to 5pm ET/10am to 2pm PT Panel 1: Transformative Justice Grant-funded workshop provided by Mazzoni Center and WOAR. This workshop will give a foundational look at transformative justice with the goal of better understanding how to support people who have experienced violence through community-based approaches. The audience will learn about the core tenets of transformative...
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North Carolina initiatives featured on today's CTIPP CAN Call. Join us 2 p.m. - 3:30

Jesse Kohler ·
We invite you to join this month's CTIPP CAN call, which we've mentioned during the Building the Movement workshops . We'll discuss how multi-sector coalitions can address trauma and promote resilience - we hope to see you there! CTIPP CAN: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 from 2:00-3:30 p.m. ET / 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. PT https://us02web.zoom.us/j/742183645 Meeting ID: 742 183 645 +19292056099,,742183645# US (New York) Q&A session after presentations Our featured guests include the Winer Family...
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Free Community Resiliency Model Full Day Training

Kelly Purcell ·
Join trainers Amy Read and Bo Dean for a FREE virtual full day Community Resiliency Model training to learn skills to help manage stress and support your well-being. You will learn how stress and trauma impacts the human nervous system and the six wellness skills to support your well-being to feel like your best self again. Register with the QR code or email aread@coastalhorizons.org
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Scholarships now available for Mind Matters Now!

Kennedy Petit ·
Has the pandemic stressed you out? Want to learn the self-soothing skills of Mind Matters: Overcoming Adversity and Building Resilience directly from the author, Dr. Carolyn Curtis? Good news! The Dibble Institute has received generous funding for scholarships to the online, full 12-lesson series, Mind Matters Now . The course helps teachers, social workers, medical professionals, and others manage their stress by building resilience skills and practices for mental well-being. (CEU’s are...
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FREE Online Nutrition and Cooking Classes starting January 31!

Kelly Purcell ·
The Carolina Hunger Initiative is hosting free online nutrition and cooking classes for children and adults starting January 31, 2022. Information below taken directly from the Carolina Hunger Initiative website. Cooking Matters at Home: Mondays at 7pm Join us online for FREE online nutrition and cooking education lessons! The Cooking Matters at Home program shares information about buying healthy, affordable foods that families can prepare and eat together at home. Spring lessons will be...
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FREE Nutrition and Cooking Classes starting January 31!

Kelly Purcell ·
The Carolina Hunger Initiative is hosting free nutrition and cooking classes for children and adults starting January 31, 2022. Information below taken directly from the Carolina Hunger Initiative website. Cooking Matters at Home: Mondays at 7pm Join us online for FREE online nutrition and cooking education lessons! The Cooking Matters at Home program shares information about buying healthy, affordable foods that families can prepare and eat together at home. Spring lessons will be held...
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North Carolina initiatives featured on today's CTIPP CAN Call. Join us 2 p.m. - 3:30

Jesse Kohler ·
We invite you to join this month's CTIPP CAN call, which we've mentioned during the Building the Movement workshops . We'll discuss how multi-sector coalitions can address trauma and promote resilience - we hope to see you there! CTIPP CAN: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 from 2:00-3:30 p.m. ET / 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. PT https://us02web.zoom.us/j/742183645 Meeting ID: 742 183 645 +19292056099,,742183645# US (New York) Q&A session after presentations Our featured guests include the Winer Family...
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NC Trauma-Informed Communities Project Mini-Conference #3

Kelly Purcell ·
We are looking forward to our next mini-conference, “The Power of Collective Healing ” on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 from 9am-11am . If you haven’t already, register today for a calendar invitation and zoom link. In this mini-conference, we will focus on the concept of resilience and strengths within ourselves and communities. We’ll discuss adversity with an intersectional lens and share specific skills and strategies that individuals, communities, and organizations can implement in the...
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January 6, 2022 Task Force Meeting

Kelly Purcell ·
The Resilient Brunswick Task Force met on Thursday, January 6, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. Bonnie Jordan welcomed folks and shared the agenda for the meeting and introduced Jamie Fox, who will be taking the place of Morgan King at 4-H and with the Resilient Brunswick Task Force. After that Kelly Purcell, shared the Help Now skill from the Community Resiliency Model. Jamie Fox is the local representative for 4-H and the Health Rocks contact person shared the Health Rocks program that is used in...
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FREE Community Resiliency Model Full Day Training

Kelly Purcell ·
Join trainers Amy Read and Bo Dean for a FREE virtual full day Community Resiliency Model training to learn skills to help manage stress and support your well-being. You will learn how stress and trauma impacts the human nervous system and the six wellness skills to support your well-being to feel like your best self again. Register with the QR code or email aread@coastalhorizons.org
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Introducing the Creating Resilient Communities Accelerator Program at PACEs Connection!

Donielle Prince ·
Introducing the Creating Resilient Communities Accelerator Program at PACEs Connection, a 16 hour program, free and open to the public, to learn key topics in organizing PACEs science informed resilient communities.
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Cape Fear Film Screening of Resilience

Kelly Purcell ·
Join the Cape Fear Resiliency Initiative leaders to learn more about how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) impact our local community. Thursday, April 28, 2022 12:00-2:00. Register Here .
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February 16 CTIPP CAN Call - MIECHV Reauthorization

Jesse Maxwell Kohler ·
Funding for the Maternal, Infant, Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program expires on September 30th of this year. MIECHV is the primary federal funding source for voluntary, evidence-based home visiting programs. Learn more about home visiting, MIECHV, and opportunities to engage in advocacy efforts this year. CTIPP CAN Call - February 16th, 2-3:30pm ET/11am-12:30pm PT Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/ 742183645 Meeting ID: 742 183 645 One tap mobile...
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Resilient Brunswick County Task Force March Meeting

Kelly Purcell ·
In case you missed the meeting here are some upcoming events to share with your organizations! Tri-County Resiliency Task Force Collaboration - Bonnie shared updates from the monthly collaboration meeting between the leaders of Resilient Brunswick, the New Hanover County Resiliency Task Force, and the Pender County Resiliency Task Force. She noted that their goal is to offer regional film screenings and follow up CRM training in addition to local efforts within each county. These two tiers...
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Trauma Resource Institute 2021 Ambassadors of the Year

Winona Koldyke ·
Please join us in honoring the Trauma Resource Institute's 2021 Ambassadors of the Year, Magdalena Sunshine Serrano, LCSW, and New Hanover County, North Carolina!
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February 16 CTIPP CAN Call - MIECHV Reauthorization

Jesse Maxwell Kohler ·
Funding for the Maternal, Infant, Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program expires on September 30th of this year. MIECHV is the primary federal funding source for voluntary, evidence-based home visiting programs. Learn more about home visiting, MIECHV, and opportunities to engage in advocacy efforts this year. CTIPP CAN Call - February 16th, 2-3:30pm ET/11am-12:30pm PT Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/ 742183645 Meeting ID: 742 183 645 One tap mobile...
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FREE Resources for Resilience Training for First Responders

Kelly Purcell ·
Below is a message from Cat Parker, Program Coordinator, at Resources for Resilience about a special opportunity for our First Responders!: Happy New Year! I hope you had a restful holiday season. I am writing to share an opportunity with you for First Responders who live or work in the Eastpointe region (see list of included counties below). In partnership with Eastpointe, Edgecombe Community College, and the NC Department of Health and Human Services we are offering a specialized Reconnect...
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NC Trauma-Informed Communities Project Mini-Conference #3

Kelly Purcell ·
We are looking forward to our next mini-conference, “The Power of Collective Healing ” on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 from 9am-11am . If you haven’t already, register today for a calendar invitation and zoom link. In this mini-conference, we will focus on the concept of resilience and strengths within ourselves and communities. We’ll discuss adversity with an intersectional lens and share specific skills and strategies that individuals, communities, and organizations can implement in the...
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Free Webinar about the Brain Science of Opioid Addiction

Kelly Purcell ·
You are invited to a free webinar on Wednesday, January 12 from 10:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. to learn about the brain science of opioid addiction. Register Here Register Here
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Healthy Blue Foster Care Initiative Report Correspondence April 6, 2022

Carey Sipp ·
Hello Naimah - I hope this email finds you well, and that what I'm sharing will be a help to you as you prepare information for the Bids process. I am hoping we have more information for you in the coming days. For now, though, as I said in the prior email, we don't have outcomes data per se. There's not a metric showing that we've increased school attendance, prevented expulsions, or that we've reduced visits to the Emergency Room in the six counties where we are doing the work. We do have...
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January 19, 2022 Meeting Agenda

Kelly Purcell ·
Healthy Blue Initiative Team Agenda January 19, 2022 4:30-5:30 p.m. Check ins Items to Discuss: -Discuss long range goals/plans Healthy Blue Initiative Long Range Goals to Discuss Meeting with State DSS: Tuesday, January 25 at 4:00 Ask how we can measure success? What would success look like to you? Imagine if you could retain folks? Benefits? How many foster youths are moved/displaced from one foster home to another due to a youth's trauma response and/or behavior annually? Please share...
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Cape Fear Collaborative Effort

Kelly Purcell ·
Join your local initiative to learn and support the incredible work being done to educate and create sustainable solutions around the area of Adverse Childhood Experiences.
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May is Foster Care Awareness Month

Kelly Purcell ·
Key Facts and Statistics from Childwelfare.gov Include these key points in your messaging to demonstrate the important role relative and kinship caregivers play in supporting family connections that are essential to a child’s health and well-being. There are over 407,000 children and youth in foster care , and 34 percent were placed with relatives or kin. The term kin encompasses both relatives (those related by blood or marriage) and fictive kin (those who are unrelated but have such a...
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Robeson County Disaster Survival and Resiliency School Meeting

Kelly Purcell ·
This is an incredible opportunity to learn more about hurricane preparedness, recovery, and resiliency on Tuesday, June 7th, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.
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Register now! Dr. Bruce Perry to discuss historical trauma and help launch new "Connecting Communities One Book at a Time" book study with his best-seller, "What Happened to You?"

Carey Sipp ·
Please join us on June 28 from 1:30-3:00 p.m. ET for a virtual conversation with best-selling author Bruce Perry. Ingrid Cockhren , CEO of PACEs Connection; Mathew Portell , PACEs Connections’ director of communities, and Perry, a psychiatrist and neuroscientist, will engage in a conversation concerning historical trauma and Perry’s best-selling book " What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience and Healing, " which he co-authored with Oprah Winfrey. Please share this blog...
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June Monthly Meeting

Kelly Purcell ·
32 people came together to meet for the June Monthly Meeting. Incredible turn out of folks committed and engaged in this work. Resilient and Thriving Communities Week June 6-10: Click the link below to learn more. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eYcoe5LEQpwRkDr7Iq4XYmqa55kKO7hR/view
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Join us in Recognizing a “Resilient & Thriving Communities Week” across North Carolina’s Local Communities June 6-12, 2022

Kellie Reed Ashcraft ·
Resilient & Thriving Communities Week June 6-12, 2022 Boone, NC: June 8, 2022: A voluntary statewide coalition of people from local community collaboratives, interested staff from North Carolina non-profit organizations, and governmental agencies has organized and are facilitating the first ever “Resilient & Thriving Communities Week” in North Carolina, June 6-12, 2022! This special week is the result of discussions that began two years ago. A volunteer leader of a local North...
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Collaborative Meeting June 7, 2022

Kelly Purcell ·
The HBI Team met with members from participating counties in the initiative to share updates and information about the initiative and invite feedback from folks. See the slides and recording of the video posted below. Topic: Healthy Blue Initiative Group Meeting Start Time: Jun 7, 2022 01:58 PM Meeting Recording: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/S018BdTCUru3JDw8EFH-LvPRIMJ6SeLQ4dn0JFKZYz-8crpzH25WbVpdJRYbheo2.whvTvSqbShJOIPni Access Passcode: f38Bt+u3
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Become a BOOK STUDY Leader!

Kelly Purcell ·
Please join us for an incredible free opportunity to become a book study leader and support your community and network to learn from the powerful and incredibly informative book called What Happened to You? written by Dr. Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey about trauma, resilience, and healing. HAPPENING THIS WEEK!!!! Wednesday, July 13, 2:30-4 p.m. ET Lead Your Own What Happened to You? Book Study Register Here Here is the guide for the book study created by the Children's Trust Fund Alliance.
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Updates! The NC Healthy and Resilient Communities Initiative!

Mebane Boyd ·
The NC Healthy and Resilient Communities Initiative leverages Smart Start’s deep roots in local communities across North Carolina and honors the powerful work of local ACEs and resilience collaboratives. In collaboration with state and local partners, the initiative fosters a common understanding and shared approach for local collaboratives to support the health and well-being of children, families, and community members across the lifespan in North Carolina—in a way that broadens the...
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CRM One-Pager.pdf

Kelly Purcell ·
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Healthy Blue pilots innovative collaboration to improve health of foster care community in six NC PACEs Connection “Coop” communities

Carey Sipp ·
For the last eight months the Medicaid plan provider has engaged community resiliency-building experts and organizers to help children, families, and caseworkers in the state’s foster care program to boost resilience and better manage stress. The innovative project is called the Healthy Blue Initiative . “We all know kids in foster care have higher rates of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) than most children. They are often in foster care due to loss of a parent from death, illness —...
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The True Power of Community Resiliency Model (CRM) Skills for Foster Youth/Families

Kristy Blackwell ·
In 2020 when I first started working with Coastal Horizons, my co-worker Amy talked about the CRM Trainings she was giving. At that point I was new and wanted to learn more about it so I went to my first 8 hour CRM training. Little did I know this training would become a new way of communicating with the children in my home. See I am a single kinship/foster/adoptive/birth mother to at least four children, all of which have experience a great deal of trauma. At first I started by using the...
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Workshop for DSS Staff - September 23 at 9:00 a.m.

Kelly Purcell ·
You're invited to a one hour introduction to the Community Resiliency Model on Friday, September 23 from 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. You will learn practical skills and information that can help you during those times when stress and frustration or lack of motivation feel so overwhelming. The objectives for this workshop are: You will learn a common language to recognize and manage stress called the Resilient Zone and what it means to be bumped high and low out of your zone. You will learn about...
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2022 Resilience Symposium: Building Hope - Friday, September 30th; features Becky Haas as opening and closing speaker

Tamra Church ·
New Bern, NC – The Coastal Coalition for Substance Awareness & Prevention (CCSAP) will be hosting the 2022 Resilience Symposium: Building Hope on Friday, September 30 th from 8am-5pm at the New Bern Riverfront Convention Center. This in-person event is only $40, features internationally-respected leader and speaker in the PACEs science movement Becky Haas, and includes lunch and snacks catered by Posh Nosh. The past two years have been stressful, even traumatic form many, helping us...
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How to Help Survivors of Extreme Climate Events (psychologytoday.com)

Carey Sipp ·
By Elaine Miller-Karas MSW, LCSW Building Resiliency to Trauma Psychology Today, September 30, 2022 Mental health can suffer after extreme climate events. KEY POINTS Mental health conditions exacerbated by natural disasters include post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety. After a disaster, the number of people needing assistance from the mental health systems strains or exceeds community capacity. There are simple strategies helpers can use to help survivors restore...
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CRM Workshops for YWCA for Youth and Foster Grandparents

Kelly Purcell ·
The Healthy Blue Initiative supported a 3 series CRM workshops for the Grandparents Support Network (GSN) at the YWCA providing the biology-based wellness skills for grandparents and youth. The series consisted of: First session: An introduction to the Community Resiliency Model for grandparents to learn the skills and be able to use them for themselves and their well-being as well as have a common language to use with their grandchildren. Second session: The children/youth learned the key...
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November 28 Resilient Bladen Meeting

Kelly Purcell ·
Resilient Bladen Minutes November 28, 2022 Attendance: Tocarra Osborne Scottie Seawell Tyshell Jones Dr. Terri Duncan Welcome/Introductions/Icebreaker was given. Icebreaker question: What is your one wish for the children of the world? Some answers were that children can grow up in healthy, loving environments, that children don't have to grow up too quickly, and that children will be safe from harm. A brainstorm/IdeaBoardz asked: what do you want our focus to be for 2023? What do you want...
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EdNC Toolkit: Best practices for supporting students who have experienced the death of a caregiver

Tocarra E. Osborne ·
Best practices for students who have experienced the death of a caregiver (ednc.org) Katie Dukes June 8, 2022 Behind the Story In January, EdNC reported that evidence suggests at least 3,600 children in North Carolina have experienced the death of a caregiver due to COVID-19. Experts now put that estimate closer to 6,000. In February we distributed a survey to principals, school counselors, and EdWeekly newsletter subscribers asking how they and their communities support grieving children.
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North Carolina moves closer to creating nation's first ACEs-informed courts system

Carey Sipp ·
(l-r) Judge J. Corpening; Ben David, district attorney, New Hanover County; Chief Justice Paul Newby; Judge Andrew Heath, executive director, Administrative Office of the Courts of the Chief Justice's ACEs Informed Courts Task Force. David and Heath serve as Task Force co-chairs . “There is not any more important work going on in the State of North Carolina,” said Ben David, District Attorney for New Hanover County and co-chair of the Chief Justice’s ACEs-Informed Task Force . The Task force...
 
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