Tagged With "Homeless outreach"
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This is Us - Meet Peace4Tarpon -Shannon Krukonis - P4T BOD member!
Shannon has over 25 years experience working with children in preschool and after school settings. Originally from Boston, Shannon holds a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology as well as an Associate’s Degree in Early Childhood Education. Since moving to Florida in 2000, she has built a career working in the early intervention field with ages 0-5, as well as working with truant teens as a case counselor in child welfare and currently as the Behavior Specialist for the YMCA of the Suncoast.
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Webinar: Cultivating Our Best Selves in Response to COVID-19 | Tuesday, March 17 at Noon PDT
How to use the skills of the Community Resiliency Model (CRM) for self and others to be the calm in the storm as we face the unknown. Free Webinar Tuesday, March 17 at Noon PDT Speakers: Elaine Miller-Karas, LCSW Linda Grabbe, PhD, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC Zoom Webinar Registration Link: https://zoom.us/j/715837300 Additional ways to join are listed at the bottom of this post. About the webinar leaders: Elaine Miller-Karas is the Executive Director and co-founder of the Trauma Resource Institute and...
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When the Cross is On the Table
Susan Traylor says “When they see the cross on the table, they know someone has died.” The ‘they’ she is talking about are the many folks experiencing homelessness in our small community of Tarpon Springs, Florida. A few weeks ago, the cross was on the table for Terry. I knew him by sight but never knew his name. I observed him over the past few years quite often in a state that makes most people not only uncomfortable, but anxious and fearful as he argued with someone only he could see. He...
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PHC6937: A Community-Based Resilience Intervention for the Native American Community in Taos, New Mexico
As evidenced in the literature, it is clear that Native American children experience more Adverse Childhood Experiences than other groups, including non-Hispanic whites [1]. Native American children are more than twice as likely to grow up in a household where one or both parents use drugs and/ or alcohol [1]. Additionally, NA children are more than three times as likely to have lived with a parent who has been incarcerated, and are seven times as likely to have been treated unfairly due to...
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Florida Governor's Wife announces mental health aid for Panhandle after Hurricane Michael
Photo credit: Florida's Governor's Office The story below illustrates the urgent need to proactively build psychological and psycho-social-spiritual--Transformational Resilience--for climate change related disasters. It describes how the mental health impacts of these disasters often becomes most acute months after a disaster occurs, which is long after mental health first aid and other disaster mental health services have ended. Prevention is the only solution, and the focus must be on...
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HSC4930: "Destination: Home. A Center Rooted in LGBTQIA+ Identity Development and Social Connection"
Destination: Home is a public health intervention center and shelter designed to be multi-faceted and a leader when it comes to LGBTQIA+ rights and advocacy. What sparked the vision for this intervention is the need for social connection among diverse groups of LGBTQIA+ youth and the homelessness which they face. This center functions as a as a shelter targeting LGBTQIA+ youth within a specific radius. Although it functions as a shelter, there is also internal and external programming and...
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HSC4930: Improving Domestic Violence Outcomes for Children
Domestic violence not only affects the individual directly involved, but also the children who are indirectly involved by witnessing the violence. Spreading awareness to children can prevent future generations from normalizing domestic violence in the home. This project will target children in the Gainesville area to help them find peace and resilience from these incidents. Schools and teachers will play a large role in this project by giving students information on what healthy...
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PHC6534: Addressing and Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences Through an Enriched Preschool Program
Adverse childhood experiences, also known as ACEs, are highly prevalent across the United States and especially within low-income communities [i] , [ii] , [iii] , [iv] . This is particularly important for Alachua County where 12% of families live below the poverty line and 6% of the population are currently unemployed [v] . Furthermore, recent research shows the Violent Crime Rate was 579.1per 100,000 while the Child Abuse Rate children aged 5-11 was 11.8 per 1,000 [vi] . My grant proposal...
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PHC6534: ADDRESSING IPV THROUGH A CULTURALLY-COMPETENT, TRAUMA-INFORMED BIP PROGRAM
ABSTRACT Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a pervasive public health issue that ravages the lives of millions in the United States each year. [i] There is a growing scientific consensus that the three foundational models of Batterer Intervention Programs used to rehabilitate IPV perpetrators throughout the United States – the psychoeducational model, “The Duluth Model,” and the cognitive-behavioral model - do not have a measurable impact on IPV recidivism rates. [ii] [iii] [iv] Furthermore,...
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PHC6534: Grant Proposal for Implementing Trauma-Informed Curriculum in Alachua County Schools to Prevent Early-Onset and Severity of PTSD Symptoms in Children
TRAUMA-INFORMED PRINCIPLES SAMHSA’s trauma-informed principles will serve as a project guide, as our organization prioritizes the principles of safety, trustworthiness and transparency, peer support and mutual self-help, and empowerment, voice, and choice (SAMHSA, 2014). The principle of safety is upheld by ensuring that our staff pass a mandatory background check and are adequately trained in trauma, resilience-building skills, and confidentiality. Programs will take place within local...
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PHC6534: Mental Health Within the Homeless Population in Gainesville, FL
This specific program will target the homeless population in Alachua county specifically in Gainesville that utilize Grace Market Place and Saint Francis House. We will also offer support for those who participant by allowing health professionals (such as nurses and social workers) visit them and help in any capacity. The plan is to tackle the disparities within the Gainesville community in the homeless population. This will be achieved by providing the target population with social workers,...
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PH6534 Grant Proposal: Addressing the Spread of STDs Utilizing a Trauma-Informed Approach
Overview Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) have been associated with risky sexual behaviors which increase the risk of STDs and HIV infection. Due to high rates of bacterial STD and HIV infection in Miami-Dade and Broward counties, a trauma-informed project is proposed as a solution to address that issue. The proposed project aims to utilize a trauma-informed approach to prevent the infection and spread of STDs among people residing in Miami-Dade and Broward County, Florida who have...
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Siempre Adelante, Nunca Atras (SANA)
The translation to the name of this resilience interventions is "Always Forward, Never Back" and the acronym SANA-- means HEAL. This intervention focus on building resilience within the Hispanic/Latino immigrant population in Immokalee, Florida of all ages. The rural town of Immokalee in South West Florida may look small, but it houses more than 20,000 farmworkers (Flocks, 2020). The farmworkers range in all ages, and many travel with their families. This community is also known to have...
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A Trauma Informed Approach to Vaccine Fear
PLEASE SIGN ON TO THIS MEMO TO SUPPORT OUTREACH ALONG THESE LINES TO THE ADMINISTRATION! If the goal is to impact meaningful change, it might prove helpful to view vaccine fear through a trauma informed-lens. There is an intentional shift from the use of the word “hesitancy” and instead using the more specific and appropriate term “fear”. We are more likely to change that which we better define and understand. The following memo has been developed with input from an interdisciplinary team of...
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PHC 6534 Grant Proposal: Teach a Teen to Fish - A Trauma-Informed Approach for Lifetime Fitness
Teach a Teen to Fish is a program designed to limit the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) on youth who are at risk for obesity and adult poverty. The program aims to assess and identify students at risk and teach them skills to improve their chances of employment and a healthy lifestyle. Upon completion of the program, students will be able to sit for the physical trainer certification exam, lead group physical activity, and conduct healthy routines in their own life. This...
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MEDICAL and ACADEMIC NARROWMINDEDNESS BLOCK PROGRESS
As a clinician, researcher and policy specialist devoted to the prevention and treatment of the ill effects of child abuse and neglect (CAN) I read “Recommendations for Population-Based Applications of the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study: Position Statement by the American College of Preventive Medicine” (Sherin KM, Stillerman A, Chandrasekar L, Went N, Niebuhr DW. Recommendations for Population-Based Applications of the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study: Position Statement by the...
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PHC6534: Liaison Organization for Queer Youth Serving Infrastructure in Florida (LOQuYSIF) for the Development and Guidance of Queer Youth into Stable Adults
LOQuYSIF aims to connect existing resources in Florida – foster organizations, mental health services, academic counselors, career planners, and legal services – to serve queer youth facing homelessness. Primary outcomes for LOQuYSIF include reducing homelessness, increasing the number of foster homes for queer youth, reducing queer youth in the juvenile justice system because of homelessness, advocating for policy change, increasing self-efficacy, and improving emotional regulation abilities.
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PHC6534: A Multi-Tiered Intervention Strategy to Promote Social-Emotional Learning in Rural Vermont K-12 School Systems
Rural Vermont youth have shown an increase in mental health disorders and anxiety, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. Normalizing the discussions surrounding mental health, resilience training, and mindfulness behaviors can start within the K-12 school systems by supporting educators and staff in these trauma-sensitive, responsive, and informed techniques. Implementation of a multi-tiered cross-functional approach to incorporating these topics into K-12 classrooms will be achieved...
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PHC6534 Summary of Grant Proposal: Mitigating Adverse Childhood Experiences by Strengthening Economic Support for Families Through Universal Livable Wages
My grant proposal focuses on a trauma-informed and primary prevention program for ACEs by addressing poverty, a prominent risk factor for ACEs and trauma, through providing a guaranteed livable wage/universal livable income to impoverished families residing in Gainesville, FL. The program partners with the Central Florida Community Action Agency (CFCAA), a non-profit community-based organization working to reduce poverty and increase self-sufficiency among low-income families in multiple...
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PHC6534: Addressing and Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences among Women Who are Unhoused and Their Children
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can have profound effects on the mental and physical health outcomes of those who are impacted, and ACEs are prevalent among those in the United States who are unhoused. Alachua County has extremely high rates of unhoused persons, including many mothers and their children. For these mothers who are unhoused, accessing healthcare is an additional burden that can seem insurmountable. This project wants to provide access to quality women’s health and mental...
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Susan McNamara
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Review of “First 60 Days” booklet: Leveraging author’s work and movement could spark revolution to prevent and heal trauma, one precious baby, child, and caregiver at a time.
(This is a review of what I believe is an important new resource for the PACEs [for positive and adverse childhood experiences] science movement. Opinions expressed are my own, and are shared as a parent, advocate, author, and longtime student of trauma, healing, and prevention. Thoughts are also shared through my lens as someone who believes, deeply, in the incredible importance of and value in building healthier, more compassionate communities to support and nurture pregnant and new...
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Citizens Vested Against Gun Violence
Gun violence threatens public health and is the leading cause of premature deaths in the United States (Gramlich, 2023). According to the American Public Health Association (APHA), guns kill more than 38,000, and 85,000 are injured annually (APHA, n.d.). Homicides account for the largest part (60%) of gun deaths for teens younger than 18, with boys being more likely to die by gunfire (83%) compared to girls (17%)( Gramlich, 2023). There are noted racial and ethnic differences in gun deaths,...
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Strengthen Yourself, Embrace Resilience: Increasing cervical cancer screenings among Latina women in Florida by through education and open discussions.
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, it is estimated that about 11,500 new cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed, and 4,000 women will die of cervical cancer annually. Currently 8.4 women per 100,000 in Florida will be diagnosed with cervical cancer. While these numbers represent a significant decrease in diagnosis across all ages due to HPV vaccination efforts (such as campaigns to increase screening in children) and cervical cancer screenings (for women 21 – 65), it...
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Fighting Childhood Homelessness in the Orlando Metropolitan Area - CHOP
Hello! For my 'Building Resilience in Individuals and Communities for Public Health' Course, I was tasked with creating an intervention aimed at building resilience in a community focused on a particular critical public health issue. The issue I choose to focus on was childhood homelessness. In the United States, 2.5% of school-aged children are homeless (U.S. Department of Education, 2020). Florida is doing far worse in this health issue. Florida is ranked 40th in the country in childhood...
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Early Relational Health Innovators Partner In Program Supported by PACEs Connection Cooperative of Communities Members in Twelve California Counties
Christina Bethell, Ph.D, MBA, MPH, founder of the Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI), principal author of the groundbreaking study on positive childhood experiences, and creator of the free Well Visit Planner, among other innovations. Two internationally-respected leaders and innovators in complementary aspects of early relational health and childhood and maternal health equity recently launched a partnership they believe will benefit everyone from newborn babies and...
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Our Trauma-Resilient Educational Communities (TREC) Model's website launched on 1.25.24 with our Award Ceremony!
The culmination of thousands of hours from our Trauma-Resilient Educational Communities (TREC) team in developing our TREC Model, we launched TRECeducation.com website on Thursday, January 25, 2024. Craig Beswick, Vice-President, School Development Division, Lifelong Learning Administration Corporation (LLAC) opened up our exciting launch, which was hosted by the beautiful UCSD Park & Market in downtown San Diego. Craig warmly welcomed over 200 attendees to our Awards Ceremony and TREC...
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PHC6534: Preventing ACEs through CBT-Based After School Programming in Sacramento, CA
According to a 2022 community health needs assessment, Sacramento County had worse outcomes with ACEs indicators when compared to California averages ( UC Davis Health, 2022 ). Additionally, youth who resided within “Communities of Concern” were shown to have higher ACE risk factors along with poorer mental and physical health when compared to state averages (California Department of Education, 2022). The implementation of targeted interventions to high-risk neighborhoods that increase...
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PHC6534: A Trauma-Informed Approach to addressing Burnout among Nurses: A Grant Proposal targeting PTSD though increasing Mental Health Services at UF Shands Hospital
Due to the experiences they witness in their profession, nurses are likely to experience secondary traumatic stress (STS), which is the trauma that occurs when empathetic attachments are made with patients or providers experiencing other’s trauma ( İlhan & Küpeli, 2022 ). A recent study found that 39.9% of healthcare workers surveyed met the criteria for PTSD (Bayazit et al., 2022). Strengthening resilience among nurses has been found to reduce the negative effects of PTSD among this...
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PHC6534: Impacting Obesity through Altering Nutrition Beliefs in a Community with Large Adverse Childhood Experience Rates
Statement of Need Florida has a high obesity rate at 31.6% of adults according to CDC data from 2022, however Charlotte County falls in the fourth quartile in Florida, with an obesity rate of 39.5% ( Adult Obesity Prevalence Maps | Overweight & Obesity | CDC , 2023) ( County Health Status Summary Profile - 2021 , 2022). Adverse Childhood Experiences can severely impact one’s relationship with nutrition, as experiencing instability, violence, or other traumatic experiences can change the...