December 2021

This is an incredible moment – the Senate is preparing to vote on transformative legislation for early childhood education, housing, and healthcare, the Child Tax Credit, and more. We need to take action now to let Senators Burr & Tillis know how much our families need Build Back Better! Take Action This is a great time to make a gift to NC Child! Now through December 31st, your donation will be matched dollar for dollar. One gift, twice the impact! Please don’t miss this opportunity to...

We are excited to share the External Report from the 2021 NC Statewide Virtual Policy Institutes co-hosted by Prevent Child Abuse NC and the NC Collaborative for Children, Youth, and Families. We are so glad if you could join us for one or more of the four webinars where we heard from some amazing speakers and advocates. If you couldn't join us, links to each webinar are listed below. These events were an enormous success with 100% of attendees across all four institutes marking that they...

Charts below are sample pages from county-by-county funding allocated as part of ARPA. Information is available by clicking here. This is the first of several articles on the importance of any resilience-focused entity, including your PACEs Connection community, seeking out the people in your area allocating ARPA funding and asking for money. Organizations do not necessarily have to be 501 C-3 nonprofits to receive funding. Thanks to federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to states...

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...

The right mix of nutrients revitalizes the brain that's been wounded by ACEs. Good nutrition can quickly improve mood and functioning in the present, while improving the potential to rewire disturbing memories imprinted in childhood.

Please join us today at noon for our WCCI Wednesday Conversation. We will be talking with Hayley Bayne, MSW student and WCCI Outreach Specialist. We will talk about self-care and wellness, how we can change the way we incorporate it into our lives, and what it means to us. Hope you can be with us! Please share widely. Link: Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/93894662207 Upcoming topics and previously recorded Wednesday Conversations can be found here:...