Mebane Boyd is taking a six-month leave of absence from Smart Start of New Hanover County to develop a blueprint for how the community can deal with the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACEs. [Ben Steelman, StarNews.]
A New Hanover task force, with a grant from the Duke Endowment, plays to find ways to help youngsters deal with toxic stress.
WILMINGTON -- Aces are good in most card games, but a new program in New Hanover County will try to eliminate ACEs for youngsters who were dealt a bad hand by life.
Communities in Schools of Cape Fear and New Hanover Regional Medical Center have received a grant from the Duke Endowment to develop a plan to unite the community to combat toxic stress and the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).
Smart Start of New Hanover County granted Mebane Boyd a six-month leave of absence from her job as its manager of family and community education to develop a blueprint for the project, under the rubric of the Resilience Task Force.
“The whole community has really been ignited on this,” said Boyd.
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