This community is a place where people living and working in Vermont can come together to: help prevent traumatic events and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs); promote Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs); and create a healthier, happier community. This group is made strong by the involvement and active participation of all of us! Let's use this space to promote collaboration among community members seeking to prevent, protect against, and help families heal from the impact of trauma.

To all of you, who, like me, love this website and want to see it and its communities flourish as we work to prevent and heal trauma; build resiliency: please know there is a move afoot by a small group of strategic partners to find a suitable host for PACEs Connection. More will be announced in the coming days. In the meantime, friends, we are figuring out email addresses and other communications logistics and opportunities. PEACE! Carey Sipp, former director of strategic partnerships ...

Hello partners, members, and friends, It is with mixed emotions that I am sharing that PACEs Connection will be sunsetting all operations effective Friday, April 26. While it saddens me to see this chapter of PACEs work come to a close, this work is too important to end, and efforts are underway to identify a new home for PACEs to continue its work. At the same time, this presents an exciting opportunity for PACEs to reemerge stronger than ever. Although we intended a seamless transition,...

BIG NEWS! We are teaming up with the BAC to offer the first Trauma-informed Design college course of its kind this Spring!

A student raises their hand in a classroom Photo: Shutterstock To read more of Daniel Villareal's article, please click here. Vermont’s largest school district, the Champlain Valley School District, has passed a set of policies that affirm transgender and nonbinary students’ identities. The policies require schools to let trans students access school facilities, play on sports teams, and use pronouns and names that match their gender identity without informing potentially unsupportive...