December 2023

The meeting was held at the Leland Smokehouse. An attendance list is attached. The meeting began at 1:22 PM. Rebecca shared that the Carousel Center is training all Brunswick Couty EMS and Police Officers in the Darkness to Light curricula. Patricia shared that the final CRM training for Brunswick County employees will be in January. The trainings have been well-received and well attended, with the exception of November which was most likely due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Discussion for...

“YES!” was the response of Gaile Osborne, executive director of Foster Family Alliance of North Carolina (FFANC), when asked for input on a new program to help foster and kinship care families learn how to support the brain development of young children. “I love these Brain Insights materials. How soon can we start?” said Osborne upon receiving the "The First 60 Days ” booklet on myths about newborns and their caregivers and the eight “ Neuro-Nurturing ” ringed books. The materials delivered...

Something amazing keeps happening in our CRC Accelerator program that we want to shout out from the rooftops this December. Thanks to our committed participants, the number of CRC graduates keeps increasing! The number of graduates has increased by 15x this year. As we head into a new year, w e are grateful for the unique role CRC Accelerator participants have played in expanding the PACEs movement through the willingness to explore healing-centered practices through a PACEs science lens.