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Blue Cross NC Forms New Foster Care Advisory Council for Healthy Blue, Enhancing Commitment to Trauma-Informed Care Delivery Across the State
New council will advise Healthy Blue Medicaid plan for a seamless system of care DURHAM, N.C. – Building on its ongoing commitment to improve the health and well-being of children and families in foster care across the state, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) has formed a new Foster Care Advisory Council to work with and advise its Healthy Blue Medicaid plan. The Advisory Council will serve as a valuable resource in ensuring those in foster care are receiving the...
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Building Well-Being - Winer Family Foundation Newsletter - Sept. 2021
Opioid Settlement and Community Voice In the News : NC is getting a huge opioid settlement. Here’s what should happen next : a statement in the Charlotte Observer. Overview : Four North Carolina foundation leaders, including the Winer Family Foundation's president Liz Star Winer, urge the state and counties to take a community-driven approach to determine how opioid settlement funds are distributed to prevent, address and treat opioid and substance misuse moving forward. The Urgent Need:...
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Governor signs bipartisan child welfare overhaul bill (carolinapublicpress.org)
Sen. Steve Jarvis, R-Davidson, speaks at the lectern while Gov. Roy Cooper stands behind him at a bill signing, Thursday afternoon at the Governor's Mansion in Raleigh. Photo courtesy of Sen. Jarvis' office. Legislation eliminates red tape in reuniting children with families or finding new permanent placements. New measure sets up study for a statewide child welfare hot line. By Kate Martin, Carolina Public Press, Sept. 2, 2021 Children in North Carolina’s foster care system may be placed in...
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Vibrant, thriving families: moving upstream to primary prevention in North Carolina
In the early years of life, children are building the foundation for their brains and bodies—forming more than a million neural connections every second from birth to age three . Lifetimes of lived experiences and decades of research have proven that adversity in childhood can have profound and lasting impacts on lifelong health and well-being. However, we now also know that these potentially harmful outcomes caused by toxic stress are not set in stone and can be prevented. When our goal is...
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North Carolina Poor People’s Campaign updates
1) The North Carolina Medicare For All Coalition (NCM4A) hosts a Webinar on Thursday October 7th at 7PM called "The Disadvantage of Medicare Advantage". You can join the webinar on their Facebook Page or by registering to join on Zoom . If you want to get active in this Coalition (NC Poor People's Campaign is an active member), sign up for their next orientation HERE. 2) The NC Poor People's Campaign and the NAACP of North Carolina will hold another vigil this Friday Oct 8th at 5:00PM at 200...
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Free Virtual Event: Policy Institute on Federal Advocacy
Hi everyone! Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina and the NC Collaborative for children, youth and families are excited the fourth and final Policy Institute of a series of Institutes focused on advocacy. Join us on October 19th to hear from a variety of speakers on how to impact policy on the Federal Level. CTIPP's own Jesse Kohler will be featured as a panelist for this event. Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gnxm0YuyS1CCdBOkOBj8Ow Advocacy on the federal level can...
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Red Ribbon Week is Here
Please see the attached pdf as it discusses events we are going to have during Red Ribbon Week from October 23 to October 31. We are working hard to build protective factors up in our community for our youth!
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Smart Start Early Childhood Resilience Cohort Here To Help [transylvaniatimes.com]
By The Transylvania Times, October 20, 2021 What helps you cope and get through hard times? How do you face life’s challenges, adversities and crises? The ability to be resilient in times of stress, adversity, failure, challenges or even trauma is a skill that not everyone has. Studies have found that 45% of North Carolina children have experienced one or more adverse childhood experiences and only 57% of adults studied exhibited strong resiliency. Smart Start of Transylvania County (SSTC)...
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In North Carolina, a new Civil War memorial honors Black Union soldiers (Washingtonpost.com)
By Kevin Maurer November 1, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. EDT In the early 1900s, two Civil War memorials — both honoring the Confederacy — were erected in the busy downtown district of Wilmington, N.C. They were meant largely to send a message of intimidation to African Americans and “carpetbaggers,” Northerners who came to the South during reconstruction — and there they stood for a century. Five miles away, Heather Wilson, the deputy director of the Cameron Art Museum, wanted to tell a different...
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Weekly Legislative Update Call today at 11 + More from NC Child!
NEW FROM NC CHILD Weekly Legislative Update The next Weekly Legislative Update meeting will take place on Friday, November 19 at 11 a.m. Click here to sign up for reminders. For months you have been asking Congress to make investments in early childhood education, housing, and healthcare. You asked them to extend the Child Tax Credit. The Build Back Better plan will do all that – and more! But it’s not a done deal yet. Will you your representative in Congress and urge them to pass this...
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Alexander Youth Network Continues to Advocate for Trauma Informed Services
In July, North Carolina started the process of Medicaid transformation. Oversight and management of some Medicaid behavioral health dollars transitioned from more regionalized, specialized organizations to statewide organizations that focus on both behavioral health and physical health. During this transition, providers have worked tirelessly to ensure that much needed services continue despite logistics surrounding health plans. During the process of Medicaid transformation, providers have...
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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...
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Full report from 2021 NC Statewide Virtual Policy Institutes now available!
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...
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[NC Child Digest] Build Back Better, the NC budget, and sharing your "why"
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...
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Kellin Foundation Issues Plan for Building a ‘Resilient NC’
The science in clear. Resiliency is built – and communities play a key role in promoting safe, secure and nurturing environments where all residents can thrive. Like many states, there has been a lot of momentum in North Carolina to develop initiatives addressing trauma and resilience. But how can agencies, service providers, and other organizations leverage that momentum and align this work across systems to holistically address the needs of community members across their lifespans? The...
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Register now for "Building the Movement with Coalitions", presented by the Campaign for Trauma-informed Policy and Practice, PACEs Connection, and the National Prevention Science Coalition to Improve Lives
Please register now at this link to reserve your spot. You’re invited to participate in Building the Movement with Coalitions, the first of eight remarkable workshops featured in the series, “ Building a National Movement to Prevent Trauma and Foster Resilience ”. The first half-day workshop will occur virtually on January 7th from 1-5pm ET/10am-2pm PT. It focuses on the history and future of the movement and building community-owned, trauma-informed, prevention-focused, and healing-centered...
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