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North Carolina PACEs Connection

A Call to Continue the Work!

 

This week, the US Surgeon General issued an advisory entitled, "Protecting Youth Mental Health."  This advisory offers insights into the mental health crisis our nation's youth are facing as well as providing recommendations on steps we all can take to improve their mental health.  The urgency of this crisis is further supported by the latest data shared this week by the North Carolina Child Fatality Task Force, showing that youth suicides in our state had increased by more than 50% from 2019 to 2020.  EdNC provided an overview in its article "Youth suicides on the rise in N.C., Child Fatality Task Force Reports."

Though this information is staggering, we as a task force are actively and urgently working to create connections for children and families--not only to help build personal resilience, but to also make sure we have systems that truly build community resilience.

For many this will be a call to action.  For us, it is call to continue the work!

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