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From California Department of Health Care Services, February 13, 2023 Purpose: As part of the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI), the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) released a Request for Application (RFA) on February 9, 2023, seeking proposals for the second round of grant funding totaling $100,000,000. For the second round of EBP and CDEP grant funding, DHCS seeks proposals to scale trauma-informed care available to children, youth, parents and...

From Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, February 2023 Introduction & Purpose The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Culture of Health Prize (“the Prize”) honors the work of communities that foster health and wellbeing for all by addressing systemic inequities. In the 10 years since it launched, the Prize has recognized more than 50 communities across the country that are at the forefront of advancing health, opportunity, and equity for all. The Prize serves to inspire change and...

As children, we can face many negative situations and traumatic experiences, and if we don’t get the care that we need as youngsters, then it could be detrimental to our health as adults. That is why, as time goes on, we tend to hear more about children with ACEs (adverse childhood experiences) and the efforts that experts are suggesting to help kids learn resilience, get past their previous trauma, and grow up as healthy adults. Animal therapy, however, has risen as an effective method to...

[Editor's note: Dr. Harise Stein at Stanford University edits a web site — abuseresearch.info — that focuses on the effects of abuse, and includes research articles on PACEs. Every month, she posts the summaries of the abstracts and links to research articles that address only ACEs, PCEs and PACEs. Thank you, Harise!! — Rafael Maravilla] Child Abuse Shusterman GR, Fluke JD, Nunez JJ, Fettig NB, Kebede BK. Child maltreatment reporting during the initial weeks of COVID-19 in the US: Findings...

We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Pathways to Resilience job board, where we will be sharing open positions across the country focused on healing and trauma-responsive policies and programming. You can view the job board at: www.pathways-US.org/resources/jobs . Our goal is to help connect qualified professionals to impactful positions across sectors and industries. The listings will include non-clinical positions with state and county agencies, non-profit organizations, advocacy...

Elaine Liberato Jenkins, M.S. , Program Coordinator for the Traumatic Stress Institute (TSI) , reflected that her experience with the Office of Head Start programs began in 2015 as an Early Childhood Mental Health consultant. She learned in that role just how vital it is for Early Childhood programs to provide quality early childhood services that promote school readiness, encourage family and community engagement, and – most importantly – build resilience in families, children, and staff.

Join Dr. Warren Larkin and Becky Haas for the Global Resiliency Accelerator on Monday, March 6th from 12-2 p.m. EST. This session will include "postcard updates" of recent work being done by both Warren and Becky and then featured speakers David Carney-Haworth and Elizabeth Carney-Haworth will discuss The Process, The Impact, The Future. Changing the landscape of Information Sharing and Safeguarding a scheme created 13 years ago, which links Police and schools in order to enable support to...

By Emma Lowe, Photo: elliskj/Pixabay, Next City, February 13, 2023 Regional Carrillo could walk to his last job in five minutes. In most places, it would be a pleasant commute. But in Phoenix, where summer days routinely top 110 degrees Fahrenheit (and can feel like 150), it’s far from a walk in the park — especially when there are no trees or shade along the way. “When people move to Arizona, they don’t think we have any climate crisis,” Carrillo, a school teacher, says. “No, we don’t have...

By Azeen Ghorayshi, Photo: Amber Bracken, The New York Times, February 13, 2023 Aidan’s tics erupted one day after school in early 2021, about a month after the long pandemic lockdown had ended. The 16-year-old convulsed while walking into the house, head snapping and arms swinging, sometimes letting out high-pitched whistles and whoops. Aidan’s parents looked up from the living room couch with alarm. They had been worried about the teenager’s ratcheting anxiety — related to Covid, gender...

By Erika Filter, National Press Foundation, January 24, 2023 Children who arrive in the U.S. with their families can experience multiple layers of challenges, including mental and emotional trauma, poverty, etc. Monica Romo, a senior program coordinator with the University of Texas at Austin’s Girasol program, trains the staffers of organizations that support immigrant families’ mental health. She explained what constitutes trauma, where it comes from, and how navigate it to The Future of...

By Donna St. George, Photo: Caitlin O’Hara/The Washington Post, The Washington Post, February 13, 2023 Teen girls across the United States are “engulfed in a growing wave of violence and trauma,” according to federal researchers who released data Monday showing increases in rape and sexual violence, as well as record levels of feeling sad or hopeless. Nearly 1 in 3 high school girls reported in 2021 that they seriously considered suicide — up nearly 60 percent from a decade ago — according...

Are you ready to transform your school to become a trauma-informed and healing-centered environment? Join us for the second annual PACEsConnection virtual Trauma-Informed School Leadership Institute. This institute is tailored explicitly for school leaders and leadership teams who want to understand the HOW of trauma-informed schools. Speakers will include current, and former building leaders engaged in the work and other national experts supporting schools through this transformation...