Hello! Anyone with recommendations on how to increase participation of children and families for brand new resiliency center programming, such as mindfulness activities (yoga/drumming) and parent/child curricular programming? Our community launched a pilot program located in the county's only city at the local YMCA. The city is centrally located and the YMCA is a walkable distance from many neighborhoods. The county is located in Pennsylvania, is mostly low-income and rural. Programming is free. transportation is not provided since the pilot location is walkable from many communities. The project has the support of many agencies that are referring to the program, but at this time, there are no participants registered. The resiliency center and the concept of trauma are new concepts to the county, and there are teams of practitioners conducting community presentations. Any best practices, recommendations, comments are welcomed. Thank you.
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